<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 730 W 690 M
[</em>] SAT II: 700 Latin 650 Lit 730 M2 690 M1
[<em>]GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 Weighted
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Macroecon (5) AP Lang (5) AP Psych (5) AP Gov (measly 3- didn’t study or try too hard so ehhh)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Genetics, AP Lit, Calc, AP Stat, AP Human Geography, Honours Sociology, Advanced Latin Literature (used to be an AP but college board got rid of the exam), and Non-western Cultures
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medalist (x3)
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Chinese Restaurant (August 2010- December 2012)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Facilitator for a Grief Group/part of the youth advisory council for it, assistant teacher at Chinese School, Special Olympics, an annual disabled peoples fair that I’ve been volunteering at for 5+ years.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Georgetown University Honors Summer College for High School Students (A- in Principles of Micro, B in Intro to International Relations), a bunch of yoga camps, and other misc camps
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. My lit teacher gave them an A+ and she’s picky
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I am fairly popular among the teachers so I’m assuming that my recs were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She said that she was proud of her own essay
[<em>] Interview: Had no time (within their interview time interval) so was unable to, biggest regret
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, my brother’s also in college
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Taking my father’s death and using it as motivation and inspiration for my future (see: grief group facilitator and other volunteer stuff)
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, SAT, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of interview, maybe not enough interest shown (some emails but not consistent emailing)
[</em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: Not enough interest shown/lack of interview
[li] Where else were you accepted: Northeastern, Babson, Bentley, American, University of South Carolina, Elon, Drexel, UMD College Park[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m a little disappointed but I place the blame on myself so it’s okay. Most people would be happy with my current acceptances so it’s all good. I accept my failure and their decision and will eventually be happy wherever I go. I have to say though, in between my rejections and one other waitlist, this one really got to me. Everything else I brushed off easily. Oh well! Congratulations to everyone who got in! I have to stop being a downer ( : since I also found out about my American acceptance today</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, would think top 15%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, Stat and European History
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Softball and Ski Racing Team 9-10 grade
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 hours every weekday at an aftercare, have been working since the beginning of Junior year.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: People to People trip to Europe (Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and England) in 2011, work, etc
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about how my job, how it’s really impacted my life, and how even though I had a hard time last year, I pushed through and learned to balance my time and other things, etc.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: My Gov/Econ teacher from last year, had a good relationship with, would stay after class with my friends and her and would have good conversations. I think it was probably good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure about, probably good though, has seen my struggle with balancing a job and a hard school schedule
[<em>] Additional Rec: Bio teacher from freshman year, still have a good relationship with, was probably very good!
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but we aren’t expecting to get any
[</em>] Intended Major: Business (maybe International Business/Finance)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not any really, I think</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT score
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: How I worked really hard last year even though my grades were pretty terrible in the beginning of the year.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades from junior year, GPA went down
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Honestly don’t even know!
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Northeastern, Waitlisted from Elon and Villanova, Rejected from UVa (wasn’t expecting to get in)[/ul]</p>
<p>ACT:33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0 Weighted 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/385
AP (place score in parenthesis):4’s and 5’s
Course Load: 12 AP’s
Subjective:NHS, AP Scholar with Honor,
Job/Work Experience:Part time job
Volunteer/Community service:200 hours as a lacrosse coach
Summer Activities:Beach
Essays:Hopefully good
Teacher Recommendation:Hopefully good
Counselor Rec:Hopefully good
Interview: No, but did a visit.
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major:Political Science
State (if domestic applicant):Maryland
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Female
Strengths:GPA, ACT Score, Took hardest classes available at my school
Weaknesses:Was nervous about not doing an interview. Would have but they were no longer offering interviews by the time I visited. Had a great tour and info session though.
Where else were you accepte: UVA,UMD Honors, Pitt Honors, Northeastern Honors, American U.
Still waiting on :Cornell, Boston U, Georgetown, NYU</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT:29 superscored 30
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75 (4.04 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Planning for AP Calc
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Systems and Studies SL(5), planning to take 5 more tests this year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Full IB diploma:TOK(first semester only), AP/IB Calc, IB History, IB English, IB Psych, AS Chemistry (honors chem)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sequoia Awards
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club-4 years, Cards 4 a Cause Club (President/Co-founder)-junior/senior year, Varsity Tennis-junior/senior year, School Newspaper(Feature Editor)-sophomore year
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Baby sitting (8th grade-present), Office Worker at Stanford Hospital and Clinics (4 years, unpaid)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:400+ hours at SPCA for kitten nursery and cat TLC, 40+ hours for Foresters (various volunteer work), around 12 hours as a museum docent (just started Nov 2012), around 100 hours for Donor Awareness at Stanford Hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: volunteering, reading, traveling, babysitting
[</em>] Essays:Personal statement was about how I had a past life where I was a cat in ancient egypt and how that has influenced my love for history. My why GW essay was about my love for the environment and how helpful the school would be in terms of my future for wanting to work at the Smithsonian.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:AMAZING.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Iffy because my counselor changed and I feel like she didn’t like me at the beginning of the year (however she told me that I’m one of her favorites now, oops)
[<em>] Additional Rec:None
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Nope, didn’t think I would qualify for it anyway
[</em>] Intended Major:History
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):US
[<em>] School Type:Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:around 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:ECs, essays
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: the passion that I have for history and the effort that I’ve put forth over the past four years
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Test Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Not sure, probably my essays because they showed who I was and why I was right for the school
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to Chapman and rejected from Tulane. Still need to hear from UCLA(in a couple hours ahh!), UC Berkeley, Columbia, Brown, Boston University, UPenn, Georgetown, and NYU.
[/ul][ b]General Comments:** I was pretty scared for a while looking at all the other people on CC with these amazing stats, but very excited to get in! For future applicants, the essays are important!!! :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 690 Math 640 Writing 710 (total 2040, not superscored)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Literature 690 US History 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (3.9W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15-20 percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (3) US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Journalism, Honors Mandarin 3, Peace and Justice
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hapa Club (Founder/President for 3 years), Editor and Writer for school newspaper, [/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: Have been working at a small clothing company for 2+ years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 150+ hours of community service that include tutoring kids in a below poverty line elementary school, teaching art classes at a local rec center, volunteering at an elderly home, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Attended the NYU Precollege Program and received 2 A’s (4.0 College GPA)
[<em>] Essays: Considered well written by multiple teachers and counselors… my GWU supplement was (in my opinion) kind of sloppy and showed that I was applying last minute
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both from AP teachers, my AP English teacher has loved me since freshman year so I predict it was pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She wrote one…? At my school we aren’t allowed to see the recommendation letters.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: I didn’t do one… (I was 99% sure I would get into the school I applied ED to at the time)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, I received a $20,000 trustees scholarship[/li][</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium (275/grade), competitive private Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Above $150,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really…? I do speak 2 languages (English & Cantonese which is spoken at home)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: Writing skill, consistently working throughout high school (& with a really unique job at that), I’ve pursued academic opportunities outside of my high school[/li][</em>] Weaknesses:GPA could be higher, SAT scores definitely (should have taken the SAT I twice & taken SAT 2 Literature again)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly don’t know… I didn’t interview (which I was worried would hurt me) or show any interest. In the end it was probably because my stats fit into the average and my essay was unique. Also, I applied to NYU as a journalism major but realized how hard it was to get into schools as an impacted major so I switched to English (which I now want to pursue).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected from NYU (ED), accepted to Northeastern, waiting for 13 more schools still…
[/ul]General Comments:
Waiting for all my reach school decisions but will definitely be attending a welcome day at GWU next month! I love DC and would be thrilled to attend this fall.</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660M, 690R, 700W
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 710 Physics, 740 biology E
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3) Biology (5) USH(4) Physics(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, APES, Intro to comp sci, advanced band, AP Psych
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NYSSMA Gold, Math fair Bronze, LISC honorable mention, Varsity white letter, GS Silver Award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brass Ensemble (president) Science Olympiad, NHS, IHS, GHS, Tri-M music HS,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 12 years of GS, involved in jr.Police department, Jr.Fd (treasurer), Volunteer home worker
[ *] Summer Activities: Windsurfing, Softball
[ *] Essays: Pretty Good, my why GW could have been better
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: Only ok…
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, large (452)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket:100,000-110,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NROTC scholarship hopeful
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Dedicated, persevering, very involved with community
[ *] Weaknesses: Why GW essay, interview
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my interview didn’t go so well, I don’t think my why GW essays were select enough for the school–it focused too much on the enviornment
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Geneseo, Rejected at UNC
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/ 30k Board of Trustees Scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 690M, 780W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: literature - 770, us history - 740, physics - 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55ish? My school only weights. (4.26W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (5), physics (4), lang & comp (5), apush (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Russian, Honors Ancient Greek
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): book club (3 years), russian club (4 years), classics club (1 year), math team (1 year).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None when I applied.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a camp for kids with special needs the summer before junior year. Tutored math and Russian for a year.
[<em>] Summer Activities: The aforementioned camp and two classes at community college the summer before senior year (Macroeconomics and Sociology).
[</em>] Essays: They were good, but probably not great. I’m a strong writer, but not really fabulous by any means. I really harped on my Russian heritage and the importance of a multinational community and a multidisciplinary education in my “Why GW” essay.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both of the teachers I asked have known me for years (3 and 6), and I’m fairly close with them. I assume they were nice. Notably, they both teach in the same department, and I was definitely warned against asking both of them. It really felt right for them to be the ones to write my recs, though, so I went ahead with asking them anyway.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My high school is huge and I don’t really know my guidance counselor, so I’m not sure. I’m sure it was good, but it couldn’t be really personal.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none!
[</em>] Interview: I didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[</em>] Intended Major: Russian Language & Literature
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Highly-ranked public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60-70k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really. My family speaks Russian at home and my mom didn’t finish college (my dad went through grad school), but those don’t really count.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: scores, probably recommendations as well.
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to really emphasize the impact my Russian heritage has had on my life, as well as the tutoring I did and how much I enjoy teaching.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades. I had almost all B’s junior year and one C+ (pre-calc). Very happy things turned out well, though! I also never once visited campus or attended a GW admissions event, so I definitely didn’t show the interest I should have.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not entirely sure haha. I think my love of foreign languages really came through (most of my activities and awards had to do with those…). Perhaps that love made the committee look upon me more favorably? Not sure.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Fordham, Northeastern, UMass, UConn, American. Waitlisted at Smith. Rejected from UNC:CH. Waiting on BU.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m just really shocked and excited right now </p>
<p>Also! I applied to the Honors program and didn’t get in.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED ELIZABETH SOMERS LEADERSHIP FOR GLOBALIZATION ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS W/ $30,000 Trustee’s Scholarship</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2080 Math 680 English 670 Writing 730
ACT (didn’t send) : 32 35 writing 33 Reading 29 Math 29 Science
SAT II: Literature - 680 U.S. History - 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.47/ 5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):[ N/A]
[ AP (place score in parenthesis):Language 3 History 5
Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit AP Macro AP Environmental Precalc Honors, Spanish 4Honors , Medical Ethics, Honors Chorus, Advanced Orchestra
Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholar Questbridge Scholar and (school service awards)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Life Club(President) SADD Club(Vice President) Chorus (section leader), Iona Prep Player(secretary), Peer Ministry (Peer Minister)
Volunteer/Community service: Songcatchers Music Camp Flute teacher every summer since freshman year
Essays: about what motivates me and myself and my mom. It was really personal really touching (so I’ve been told) I think it was really strong
Teacher Recommendation:They were both good ,not great
Counselor Rec: Strong Really awesome and thoughful
Additional Rec: From the President of my school !
Interview: Went well. Nice interviewe
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:International Business/music/ idk I’m 17
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: All girl Catholic school
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: female
[ ] Income Bracket: < 40,000
[ ] Hooks URM, first generation college
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: probably GPA - I wasn’t perfect sophomore and jr year, did best senior and freshman year
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m well rounded, motivated idk this is an awkward question
[ *] Where else were you accepted to Boston College, Fordham University, Catholic University, and CUNY Baruch/Mcauley Honors College
I think GW is a great school, but I have a lot of big decision to make and colleges to choose from</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with 30 K Deans List scholarship</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2350(M-770, R-800, W-780)
[</em>] ACT:didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II:750 Math II, 750 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):no rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Biology(4), AP Spanish, AP Stat(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Econ, AP Physics B, AP English, AP Calc AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at two different start-ups
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts(Eagle Scout, SPL)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CC classes, job
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Additional Rec: from my boss, pretty good
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yea
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public( Top 100)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: theme of pre-entrepreneur( focus on computer science)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
To Honors Program with 20k Presidential Academic </p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 700 W, 720 M
ACT: 32 Comp
SAT II: 730 Bio E, 800 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): approx 94
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Psych, Bio, US History, Euro History
Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, AP Chem, AP English Lit, Holocaust Studies, AP Gov, Finance, Italian 4, Physics, Talmud
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honor. National Honor Roll, National English, Music, Science, Italian, Spanish Honor Rolls</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (Senior Advisor), Model UN, Model Congress, Jazz Band, Concert Band, School Newspaper, Satirical Journal (founder & Editor), Big Brother/ Sister Program
Job/Work Experience: Intern with District Court Judge, Casework intern with US Senator
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering with children with special needs (3 years),
Summer Activities: Internships (listed above), local science lab course, pre-college Journalism course
Essays: very good
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Rec: rec from the senator’s office, very good
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: English
School Type: religious
Ethnicity: Jewish, white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 250k+</p>
<p>SAT: 2060 (CR-620, M-790, W-650)
GPA: 3.98 weighted (california weighted), 3.67 unweighted
7 honors classes, 3 AP classes
been playing the flute since 4th grade and i’ve won a few competitions and always do well at solo & ensemble festivals
run cross country and track
youth educator</p>
<p>i honestly forget what major i applied for. on my acceptance message it says that i applied to the college of arts and sciences so i guess it was something there. maybe undecided. i applied as bio to a lot of schools but i got a C in the second semester of ap biology (the only C i’ve ever gotten. it was rough) so i’ve been getting denied by those schools. super excited that i got into GW though!! no scholarships though, and i don’t really qualify for financial aid anywhere so i probably won’t end up attending. still happy about my acceptance :)</p>
<p>b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):Did not take
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] SAT II:630 on US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Five APs and one honors class
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President of Stock market club and VP of Quiz Bowl
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 45 hours this year
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:Solid in my opinion
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Great, was also my thesis advisor
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: Didn’t interview
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[ *] Intended Major:International Affairs
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Arkansas
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:Male
[ ] Income Bracket:150K+
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:Essay and Recs
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My 60 page senior thesis project on Immigration in Europe
[ *] Weaknesses:My soph. grades were a bit low
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was a match overall, I also showed a lot of interest by emailing the admission officer<br>
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tennessee and American, waiting on Tufts and BU and was deferred from Georgetown.</p>
<p>Extracariculars: Marching Band (captain), Swim Team (captain), JSA, Key Club, Boy’s State (assemblyman)</p>
<p>Volunteer: >100 of blood drives, special olympics, soup kitchen </p>
<p>I’m so happy I got in! GW is my first choice! I am honestly so surprised though, I think I got accepted because I visited twice and I interviewed. Not to mention, I called the regional amissions councelor too.</p>
<p>My application status still says “Under Review” on GWU’s admissions activity center. Am I looking in the wrong spot? or should I email admissions?</p>
</p>