<p>Hi I was wondering what my chances were at Georgetown</p>
<p>My weighted gpa is a 4.68 and im 9/496 which is in top 5%
I think i have about a 3.9 unweighted.
I take as many APs and honors classes I can fit in my schedual. This year i am taking Honors Physics, Honors Pre-calc, Honors English, AP French, AP gov and pol, AP euro. </p>
<p>The only problem is my standardized test scores. I got a 27 on the act :( (29 in Reading and Math, 28 in science and 24 in english). I am not very good at grammer. </p>
<p>I am Secretary of NHS, Vice- president of French club and involved in numerous other clubs.
I volunteer at the ST. MArks food kitchen and habitat for humanity. Also, I have participated in People to People one summer and an internship at the courthouse during another.
What are my chances please?</p>
<p>If you’re a senior taking pre-calc, I am going to assume that you are not a top math student. Would that be accurate?<br>
Have you taken any APs in prior years and, if so, how did you do on the tests?<br>
Have you taken any SAT Subject Tests? Three such scores are “requested” at GU.</p>
<p>Barring something extremely appealing about your application that you have not identified above, I would say your chances are not very strong.</p>
<p>Thats one busy schedule. I am a junior with 2 AP classes with lots of EC and thats alot already. Good luck in pulling through the year, its gonna be hard and you want to be your best when you write your application</p>
<p>I took history AP last year and recieved a 4.
I also took Math SAT2-620
History- 650
I am taking chem in dec.
I know my scores are not the best but i think my interview went reallly well and i wrote my essay in advance and spent a lot of time on it. Hopefully it will stand out.</p>
<p>Interviews are usually of minimal importance, so it won’t get you in.
Your test scores are not competitive for Georgetown.
Regrettably, I’ll have to stick with my previous conclusion.</p>
<p>I agree with what the others have said, that your test scores are too low. Maybe consider retaking them?</p>
<p>However WCASParent, Georgetown’s interviews are very important. They require interviews for a reason. My admissions officer told me that the interviewer can disqualify you from admission because of how you act in your interview. While it won’t help you a ton do have a great interview, it can hurt a lot if you have a bad one.</p>
<p>^^I’ll stick with what I said: they are of minimal importance (i.e., compared to other elements of the app, like transcript and test scores) and won’t get you in.
The notion that a bad interview can kill you is an unremarkable proposition and is not inconsistent with what I’ve said.
Once you have alums doing most of the interviews, especially at a school the size of GU, they are of limited value in boosting the application. You would have to blow them away, not merely have an interview “go well” (which, frankly, is the norm) for it to have any impact.</p>
<p>Unless there’s a hook you haven’t mentioned, the odds are long with an ACT of 27. Just don’t know how you get past that, and I’m not sure you’d find the competition at GU enjoyable.</p>
<p>My D is in the opposite boat. I’ve never tried to “chance” her anywhere because we know the answer (um…hard to say, nice tests but lousy rank…try it and see). She is a National Merit Semifinalist through her PSAT, 2210 SAT, 34 ACT. 20+ hours a week ECs, has leadership and volunteerwork, but they both could have been better. BUT…she transferred high schools and had one HORRID semester with a C and some Bs and it put her GPA at an unrecoverable pace. She had straight As before, and is back to straight As now, but that won’t even nudge her GPA more than .1 at this point. So she’s ranked 60th (of 700). Still top 10%, yeah…but barely. It’s frustrating because she’s always been in the top 2-3% of her schools.</p>
<p>I’m saying this to let OP know that GPA can be VERY VERY important. It seems to be much more important to most colleges because it shows you can do the day to day work consistently, not just a one day test that could be a bit of a fluke. Depends on your high school of course, but…</p>
<p>At my D’s large public high school, there are several Ivy admits every year - and we get the stats. They DO seem to be kid with higher GPA/rank, but NOT the highest test scores. I don’t mean that you should bank on that. The test scores you gave are pretty low. But, at least you can maybe FIX that by trying again. Go fo it!! And good luck.</p>
<p>I also got a 27 on the ACT. I’m in the top 10% of my class with a unweighted gpa of 3.7 and weighted gpa of 4.5. I’ll have graduated with 7 APs.</p>
<p>Could being the direct descent of the man who got Georgetown a Congressional charter count for anything/help my chances? He was also Georgetown’s first student.</p>
<p>well, your GPA is typical of a Georgetown student, transcript seems good for senior year (hope you took AP’s in prior years as well), and EC’s are solid. Essays and recs also count a lot</p>
<p>The ACT IS a major problem though… I don’t even think 1250-1260 makes the bottom 25%; unless your essays/recs are phenomenal, hiding some terrific story, I’m afraid your chances are at only 10-15%</p>
<p>Try some other, more holistic schools (SAT-optional) that might be able to cancel out the GPA</p>
<p>Nah! Not too late. Both ACT and SAT have December testing, right? You could still take the both the SAT and the ACT again. They will be reported by Jan 10. </p>
<p>You just take the test on a “standby” basis (“additional charges may (DO) apply”). My daughter has taken both SAT and ACT “standby”. It’s pretty easy, but beware you need to obtain a packet from your school to take WITH you to the ACT test. But the SAT you just go. Go early so you’re first in line. You can also call in advance to see if they have slots. They tell you not to, but we called around on one ACT date and got some GREAT information as to who still had seats. One school said “Umm…we’re technically full”. Another said “eh, come on down, we always have a few seats”. VERY important because you won’t have time to go from one place to another. Pick you location, call, bring lots of money, cross your fingers. My D got 2210SAT and 34ACT … on a STANDBY basis. Whatcha got to lose except a few bucks? Small price to go to the school you want to attend.</p>
<p>WCASPARENT…stop being so negative towards these kids…my son got into georgetown with a 28 ACT score and a 4.0…georgetown is a holistic school in which character and LEADERSHIP is very important…they look for more than high test scores and grades…they want kids who are socially aware and able to function and contribute in the real world…having high grades and test scores does not guarantee that…</p>
<p>singita-
I congratulate your son.<br>
Many tops schools like to describe their admissions process as “holistic,” but that doesn’t mean that test scores are not a very big part of the application; they invariably are. Schools like GU could not begin to take every applicant who has great ECs, recs and essays; there are just way too many of them. So they must use transcript (meaning the combination of grades and difficulty of courses taken) and test scores in their calculus, where they play prominent roles - more prominent in the majority of cases than ECs, recs and essays.
Your son was apparently able to get past an ACT score which is mediocre by GU standards. That doesn’t mean most applicants do. Perhaps your son had a “hook” that I just don’t see in this applicant’s post.
I assume that posters want honest assessments. I offered mine. Do I think he might get in? Yes. Do I think the odds are in his favor? No. I believe in managing expectations, as I would do (and have done) with my own children. You apparently believe in a different approach. I can understand it, but I won’t do it myself.</p>
<p>WCASParent…obviously my approach worked…i believe in encouraging kids to shoot for the moon…it was a reach for him, but he was accepted…yes…grades and scores are very important, i am not debating that…but many great schools are starting to phase out test scores as an admission requirement…Wake Forest being one of them…they are starting to realize that great grades and scores don’t make up the complete student…there are many kids with perfect SAT scores and 5.00 GPA’s who are social misfits, because that is all they know…they are completely unaware of how to function in society because they do not know how to interact with others…personally, i would rather have a son who is fairly smart, but is athletic, popular, gives to others and is able to participate in society with ease…just like many of the other kids on this site…i am sure they are aware what their limits are, but there is no harm in them applying…many students get lucky…if they don’t try, they will never have a chance…take the risk…go for it…that is what they are really going to need to know in the real world…holding back because you are afraid of rejection will get you nowhere…</p>