<p>Guys,</p>
<p>I am just trying to figure out how I could get Rejected from Georgetown with a 4.0 College GPA and 1580 SATs. I did have a high school gpa of 2.7, but I figured that it would not matter as much. Can anyone try and help me figure out what went wrong? My rejection letter says that 25% of students were accepted. That means that 1/4 students were accepted. I just do not understand how I did not get in.</p>
<p>~MM</p>
<p>Were there any prerequisites you didn't fulfill? Were you a sophomore (ie, applied with only one quarter/semester of college grades, if that) transfer applicant? Did you apply on time? Were all documents in? Did you spend time on your essay? Were your recommendations good?</p>
<p>Was the adcom having a bad day? Did one of them stub their toe on the way to your application? Did they misplace it and spend only two seconds reading over it? </p>
<p>(End conclusion: You'll probably never know, and it doesn't have anything to do with <em>you</em>.)</p>
<p>Its just so hard for me to believe that it had nothing to do with me, yet that is what everyone says. It is just counter intuitive.</p>
<p>I don't know homie...did you get a letter last week from G'Town requesting you financial record too? Uh oh for me as well if you did.</p>
<p>What was your "hook?" What was your essay about? Did you take the SAT in college or in High School? Remember though, you've only been in college for one year, and more importantly, like I said earlier, this whole admissions thing is really a crapshoot.</p>
<p>My ex got into Yale out of high school and she didn't know what the Holocaust was. Says it all right there...</p>
<p>Did you have any college ECs? </p>
<p>Where were you transferring from?</p>
<p>And this is a big one, how many credits did you take each semester.</p>
<p>And no there's nothing wrong with you. Look how many people here got rejected by at least one school. A lot. Do you think that I don't think that I'm qualified for the schools that rejected me? Regroup, and do the best you can with what you have to work with.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be harsh, it's just a reality check. It sucks. But throwing yourself a pity party will do nothing for you in the long run. Pull yourself together and do things this summer that will look good on next year's applications.</p>
<p>Toph,</p>
<p>I am doing exactly what you are saying. You are absolutely right. But, I am not throwing myself a pity party. Far from it, I am looking in ways to improve for the next go around.</p>
<p>I had Major College ECs I was the Speaker of the Student Government Senate, Democratic Precinct Chair, ect.. good stuff.</p>
<p>I took 13 credits first semester, but I had 10 from the summer.</p>
<p>I guess I failed to really make a good hook. My essays were not that great, but I thought my stats would pull me by. I was lazy.</p>
<p>I have not heard yet and I am under a great deal of stress since Gtown is my first college choice. Time is running out BIG TIME :( I am sorry matm1 :(</p>
<p>Like I said, I wasn't trying to be mean. It looks like you are handling this the right way.</p>
<p>But I think you just answer a lot of your own questions in that last post.</p>
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<li>your essays</li>
<li>your hs gpa probably still had a good bit of impact since you had less than 30 credits</li>
<li>They still might not be sold on you. I mean, 13 credits, IMO, gives you a lot of time to do work, IMO. If you would've done it with 15-18 credits, that probably/might've been more impressive.</li>
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<p>I guess I was just kind of offended originally as I kind of picked up a "I'm so awesome, I should've been rejected vibe" which as a regular poster on this board, you should've realized that a lot of awesome candidates get rejected. You'll get into a good school next year if you keep your 4.0 up. You seem like you are being pro-active for next year. Good luck.</p>
<p>hey...I'm sorry to hear about your rejection, but honestly these decisions are impossible to decipher, i was rejected almost everywhere I applied aside from BU and Georgetown, but you seem like a smart kid, just don't believe that theres something with you, because admissions aren't a solvable equation.</p>
<p>Toph,</p>
<p>I am taking all of those things into account. If there is anything I am so awesome it, it is the fact that I can take a hit and come right back up! I can honestly swear to God that I did not go through a bout of deppression about this. Once I heard the news, I accepted it dead on and told my buddies who got into Georgetown that I was happy for them, and I meant it! Getting rejected was probably what was best for me right now because I learned that I can take a hit. This will serve me will if I chose to get into a political career because the fact of the matter is you can always tell a sore loser, and I am not one.</p>
<p>Toph, let me know what you think though. I will probably be taking 19 creds next semester. The issue is that by the time i finish my sophomore year, I will deffinetly have at least 80 credits, and could have as much as 90. With that said, I plan to pursue 3 majors, and maybe throw a few connected minors in there. So I guess I will just have to wait and see when the time gets closer and get good answers about transfering credit.</p>
<p>Thank you again Toph for your honesty! It was greatly appreciated!!!</p>
<p>Word Matm1...</p>
<p>Essays are important. I just had fun with my essays since I knew my stats were not eye-popping. </p>
<p>Just keep your head up dunny, you'll be in perfect position next time if you can just perfect those essays. Just have fun with it, answer their questions, but don't tell them what they want to hear...if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>College admissions is random. This sort of thing is typical.</p>
<p>Cool. If you keep this up, you should definitely get in somewhere good next year. Not sure where that will be, obviously I can't guarentee Harvard or Yale or anything, but you will end up somewhere good. Be careful with the credits. Call up the schools you are considering and ask them about that. You might be better off taking 15-16 credits next semester instead. </p>
<p>And I thought that I read you were considering UVA... definitey talk to Greg Roberts as someone suggested in another thread. He is the transfer dean. I emailed him several times, and I think I can honestly say that he was the most help admissions person I've ever talked to. He's very helpful and gets back to you rather quickly.</p>
<p>Also, I imagine triple majoring would be really difficult. Even if you finish your major at your current school, you'd probably have to retake some of the upper level classes at your new school. Trying to do that along with two other majors will probably be relatively difficult. What are the three majors you are considering?</p>
<p>sorry matm1, at least you know you're not alone. but think about it, with the 4.0, you'll get into almost any school next year. keep your head up. i had statistics that were slightly above the G-town average also, and I'm black but nothing helped</p>
<p>Thanks for the support guys!!</p>
<p>Toph, here at UMBC I believe I will be able to pull off poli sci major, philosophy major, international relations minor, international trade minor</p>
<p>I only have to take a few more classes for the IR minor, and some of the classes from the IR minor help with international trade.</p>
<p>So the third POSSIBLE major would be economics.</p>
<p>My line of thought is that if I have 80 credits at the end of my sophomore year, do summer classes and hit 90, I could theoretically end up with above 150 (if i choose to stay at umbc).</p>
<p>My attitude is that if there is a chance I could be valedictorian, I am going to stay. But I am not sure yet. I really want to visit Brown. It seems like a cool place. </p>
<p>Thank you again for taking the time to respond to my post. I greatly appreciate it!</p>
<p>Yeah son...</p>
<p>I really wanted to do the Political Science/Philosophy/Economics major by myself. A few schools, Yale and Oxford, few others offer the triple joint program</p>
<p>Oh.. yeah I think you could pull it off if you stayed. I meant if you were transferring. And if you are considering grad school after this and are going to do that well at UMBC, I think you'll be fine if you decide to stay as long as you keep your grades up. </p>
<p>You seem really focused. And I went to look at some of your first posts. Defeating depression is quite an accomplishment. You have seemed to have experienced quite a turnaround. Keep up the good work.</p>
<p>matm, im really sorry to hear that. i know how badly you wanted to get into georgetown. i can really sympathize with you because i was the same way last year - i got rejected my first time as a transfer but then i went back to school, did really well, and got in the second (well third if you count senior year) time around. </p>
<p>there's definitely nothing wrong with you...its the college admissions process that is very random and extremely unfair.</p>
<p>Yeah. The fight deffinetly is not over. I am going to be spending some time over the summer with a friend of mine who teaches at the University of Delaware. Williams Undergrad, Yale Divinity School. Freaking awesome guy. I did not want him to look at my Georgetown essays because i knew he would rip them appart. But F it, I need to have my essays cut down to size if I want them to be good. I am not done at all!</p>
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<p><em>Pumps fist in the air</em></p>
<p>Yeah, I'm definately looking forward to my rejection letter. But yo, how long was your essay, mine was like a full page over though. I love looking at essays...drop yours in my mail and I'll show you mine if you like</p>