GWU Chance?

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I love GW and its probably my top school!! Im applying for the class of 2021 and was wondering if I have a good shot. I have visited campus.
Could anyone possibly give me input for admissions to American too? DC and the schools in it are great, hopefully I have the opportunity to go there!

MAJOR: Business

GPA: 4.58 (Weighted) Unweighted is around a 3.85-3.9 Most likely will go up once updated in September

Class rank: 51 of 530 (top 10%) (extremely large, competitive suburban high school)
ACT: 30 Composite (34E, 28M, 30R, 28S) Took 3 times, got a 30 each time

Honors: 6 (so far) all honors/AP except science, for both Sophomore and Junior Year
AP: 2 (Lang & APUSH)
Straight A’s Sophomore and Junior Year, two B+'s freshman year -__-

Freshman Schedule: Honors English, Honors Gifted and Talented, Algebra 1, Biology, History, Microsoft Office (i transferred to a different school after this year, I couldn’t take many higher level classes at this school)

Sophomore Schedule: Honors English, Honors Geometry, Honors US1, Chemistry, Photo and Video

Junior Schedule: AP Lang, AP US2, Honors Precalc, Physics, Business Management, Financial Literacy

Senior Year Schedule!
AP Lit
AP Environmental
AP Gov
AP Calc AB
Art (Graduation Requirement)
Peer Leadership

Sports:
Freshman Soccer
Winter Track (2 years JV)
Cross Country (3 years JV)
-Had to cut back to 1 season of sports bc of getting injuries!

Extracurriculars:
Student Council (4 years) (Homeroom Representative Freshman year, leader of homeroom class) (Elected Senior Class Officer, one of 9 elected to lead the school senior year)
Newspaper Writer (4 years (Media Manager Junior year, managed schools instagram account),
Team Challenge (won 3rd place in county for business ethics competition)
National Honors Society
Internship with Local Hospital, 4 hours a week for the entire summer (3 years)
Internship with Local Library, 2 hours a week for 5 weeks (10 hours total)
Will have 150-200 hours of service by application time
Works on the Jersey Shore as Beach Staff at a Private Club, 18-24 hours a week all summer (3 years)
Runs weekly Youtube Blog with 4,000+ subscribers

Awards:
Distinguished Honoree by the Library of Congress for a writing contest
3rd Place in Monmouth County Team Challenge Business Ethics Competition

EXTRA:
I think I qualify as first generation (mom has associates degree, dad didnt go to college)
I’m also a twin

Thanks and i appreciate any help!

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That’s an impressive application you’ve got. In my opinion, you’ll easily get in (GW and AU) especially if you convey the amount of energy in this post to your application/essay.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

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@NHuffer thank you so much!

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I think you have a really good chance!!

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@sunshine232 thank you so much! I love GW and DC so much, I really hope I can get in this year

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I have the same ACT and a lower GPA and I got in ED2

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@NHuffer I actually ended up switching out of AP Calc to AP Stat. Would this hurt my chances of getting into the business school? I got a B+ in the class for first marking period. I am debating between applying as Business (Marketing) or Mass Communications

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Also my final high school GPA is a 4.7, with a perfect weighted 5.0 from junior year

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@jjohnross No, that shouldn’t hurt your chances at all.

Did you apply ED?

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@nhuffer no i couldn’t because of GW’s price haha. Im finishing my app this week and submitting for RD