[Official Class of 2013 EA Decisions Thread]

ecatmcquaid · December 13, 2008, 1:31pm

Decision: Accepted (EA)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 790 M 760 CR 740 W (Superscored, 2 tests)
[] ACT: 34 (35 science 35 math 35 writing 31 reading)
[] SAT II: 800 math II 800 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unsure, weighted is 97.41/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked, top 10%, estimated 5/150
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Physics B (5), Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[] Senior Year Course Load: four APs, two additional APs to be self-studied, two elective classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor and Outdoor Track (all years, varsity), Tae Kwon Do (2nd degree black belt), School Newspaper, Philosophy Club,
[] Job/Work Experience: Minor jobs over summers, not many hours. One at Tae Kwon Do and another at a lumber yard.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 170 hours, mainly soup kitchen
[] Summer Activities: working, practicing Tae Kwon Do, two small one week programs
[] Essays: one was fantastic (about how a Jesuit changed my life), the other was good but did not flow perfectly well and had one clear typo
[] Teacher Recommendation: good I would expect, but did not see them
[] Counselor Rec: very good, I am close with my counselor
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: went well, I said "um" and "like" too much. But we talked for about an hour (him more than me), mainly about how great Georgetown is! Also, I wore khakis with a button down and a v-neck sweater
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: College
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: unsure, middle-class?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): grandfather and uncle attended
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, my workload, reccomendations, (legacy?)
[] Weaknesses: essay typo!, did not stand out in anything on resume. instead I was involved in a lot.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows, really? I think I am good academically, I never really expected this because I do not excell in anything in particuar. Again, who knows?
[/ul]General Comments: I worked hard through those first three years of HS. A lot of sleepless nights. I'm glad I made it and I wish the best for everyone.

sunshowers23 · December 13, 2008, 1:46pm

Decision: Accepted SFS EA

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1520/2280; 800CR 720MT 760WR superscored. (Lowest scores = 750CR 710MT 680WR) I took it twice.
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 770 World History 760 French 740 Math II
[] GPA (out of 100): 98.55
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French (3) English Lang (5) US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP US Gov, Creative Writing
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Wellesley College Book Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photogenics, a highschool fashion magazine (creator and editor-in-chief); Theatre (director, lead roles); Peer Ministry (leader of office of community outreach); Forensics (9,10. The team had to disband in my junior year.) Varsity Track (10); Varsity Cheerleading (11, for fun); French Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at an inner-city pool for three years.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Ministry stuff
[] Summer Activities: lifeguarding
[] Essays: Personal Statement was excellent. I really liked it. The SFS essay- not my favorite. It was on the wealth divide in India, and it started with an anecdote about a Vogue India shoot. I'm guessing the fashion reference helped with my resume.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not allowed to read them, but I have a feeling it was pretty good. She was the kind of teacher who told us, on the first day of class, that she never handed out hundreds. I had a 100 average for one marking period, and we had at least 3 essays in it.
[] Counselor Rec: Again, not allowed to read it. My guidance counselor is awesome though; I'm pretty sure it was fantastic.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Fantastic. Lasted about an hour, and he said that I was a great candidate. My parents also knew the guy, and he sent them an e-mail the next day that said I was the best candidate he interviewed in his 35 years of being an interviewer. I think I'm going to send him an e-mail back thanking him now.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Upstate NY
[] School Type: Small Catholic, about 700 kids. Everybody ends up going to college if they go here.
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Middle class, almost upper, but not quite. Hopefully good enough for financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Small legacy. My sister just graduated last year.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, grades, guessing recs.
[] Weaknesses: Haven't taken a million APs. My school only allows students to take APs in their junior and senior years, and I'm not the kind of student who is willing to take 6 APs in one year.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded, interesting candidate.
[/ul]General Comments:

For all of you who were deferred: Good Luck!!! Gtown is a great college, and I hope you all are able to get in RD. If not, I'm sure you'll end up loving whatever college you end up going to!

For all of the juniors and/or overenthusiastic elementary school kids looking at this: Always try to stand out from the crowd! I made something for myself by starting a fashion magazine, even though fashion isn't generally considered an academic/intellecual pursuit. Just do what you love, and you'll be fine.

If you think you won't do good on the SAT, don't give up hope. I took a Princeton review course, and I was getting 600s throughout the course. When I took the PSAT, I got a 222. The SAT is really not a big deal, just try to study and focus on it.

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Now, off to celebrate!!!

sunshowers23 · December 13, 2008, 2:07pm

From the other thread that got run over with messages:

Accepted: (12)
neonblue327 - MSB
sunshowers23 - SFS
ecatmcquaid
cafesimone - SFS
tennisboy1005 - College
WinnyGee - SFS
CollegeInfo - College
laxtaxi - SFS
yenrod
eri196
spectrum778
bms2009
PHD816

Deferred: (11)
hellohoya
signitblank
cer735
alexofsyrr
HopefulClair
kendoggy45
RTHowe91
kronren
lp1391
swiss.miss.13
riddhifromdubai

Not Yet Reported:
Bigglesworth - College - PA
nedflandersMD - College - NJ
esgee - College - NY
zenenj - SFS - Central Texas
soccer4921-College- Southeast Texas
circumlocution2-NHS-OH
hornkid - SFS - IA
rainbsprinkles - College - France
simpson98 - SFS - Maine
seanndurr - MSB - California
arduouspallor - SFS - California
nstar19 - MSB - Illinois
tommy100000- College- NY
tigerlily123 - SFS - Louisiana
Butternut-SFS-Montana
jpaps - California
adschofield-College-Missouri
DinDune-College-Florida
jenglish277-College-Connecticut
Branyon214 - SFS - California
howlovely13 - MSB - NY
heyjude83190 - College - NJ
apatel- SFS- MD
BrendanO108 - SFS - Charlotte, North Carolina!
chisouth - College - Illinois (Chicago)
laxtaxi (S) - SFS - ME
pswib- College- Southern Louisiana
DVbball11 - MSB - PA
1234..4321 - MSB - NY
HopefulHoya2013 - SFS - Upstate NY
S Yoshi 11 - College - NJ
Bigweight- College- GA
frantastic - College - Illinois ('burbs of Chicago)
asci09-College-VA (DC suburbs)
rabar789 - MSB - NJ
elizabethbennet - College - IL (Chicago)
Abbie10390 - College - CO (Littleton)
mrmewe- College- IL(northern suburb of Chicago)
fastfood15 - College - KS
brianna9- sfs- ma
tisaak- college- off the map, TN
Savs- College- MN
brwnidgrl493-NHS-IL (Chicago-area)
Sazari - SFS - Florida
fgilmore- SFS-Charlotte

laxtaxi · December 13, 2008, 2:16pm

Accepted to SFS.

BigWeight · December 13, 2008, 2:33pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: DID NOT TAKE (I KNOW IT GOT ME DEFERRED) :(
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2-3%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 1-5, 2-4's, 3-3's
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 1 IB, 5 AP's, 1 Regular Course

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A bunch, including two internships, bodybuilding/powerlifting regional competitions, and research at medical facility for summer.
[] Job/Work Experience: Real state apprentice, Dollar tree employee
[] Volunteer/Community service: HOSA, Beta Club, Hispanic CC Service, tutoring, and training different people at athletic facilities
[] Summer Activities: Research apprenticeship
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, so IDK?
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went well; but it was really INFORMAL...[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~85,000-90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, trilingual

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I never took my SAT subjects on time...and I really didn't show that much enthusiasm, since I really didn't care about getting in. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Meh, congratulations to those who got in...I'm excited for you!!! :)

rentastrawberry · December 13, 2008, 2:36pm

Decision: Accepted EA SFS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1540
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 800 M2, 760 US Hist, 710 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):US hist 5, World Hist 5, Eng lang 4, chem 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): fairly good, all concentrated in politics so that prob helped for SFS
[] Job/Work Experience: freshman-sophmore summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: assorted
[] Summer Activities: went to gtown for program last summer, oxford program two years ago
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good, generic
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:very good - talked for 3 hours
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA (can't belive I got it in the mail this soon)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity:white
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket: middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): eagle scout, showed that gtown my number 1
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ?
[] Weaknesses: ?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: prob interest in gtown and concentration of ECs in politics
[/ul]General Comments: VERY EXCITED.

1234.4321 · December 13, 2008, 2:47pm

deferred... ****

Butternut · December 13, 2008, 3:31pm

Holy mackerel, judging from the SFS results so far, I was deferred......

esgee · December 13, 2008, 3:32pm

Deferred...I'll post stats later.

MichiganWarrior · December 13, 2008, 4:15pm

Deferred :(

Hopefulhoya2013 · December 13, 2008, 4:20pm

*Decision: Accepted (EA) SFS *

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 760 M: 670 W: 720
[] SAT II: fr: 640 lit: 730 us: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 uw... w: 101.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/468
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5's on US, World, English Language, and Bio
[] Senior Year Course Load: Alot!
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP scholar w/honors, MUN awards, Senior of the Month[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class VP (VP) ; MUN (P) ; French Club (P) ; lots more!
[] Job/Work Experience: Hallmark
[] Volunteer/Community service: loads, including a week in WV
[] Essays: One on my personal growth at Nazareth Farm... I was quite pleased with my use of metaphor and synethesia and the sfs one on darfur... with an interview with a lost boy
[] Teacher Recommendation: An alumni and favorite teacher (COL 82)
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[] Interview: Top candidate in 35 yrs and too poor
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA USA USA
[] School Type: Middle sized public; newsweek top 1000
[] Ethnicity: Irish/French Catholic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < $30000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen bachelors degree seeker (mom has an associate's)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: portrayed myself as a servant-leader
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ummm... class rank and essays[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hoya Saxa!

hcvops · December 13, 2008, 5:18pm

Decision: Accepted (EA) College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2250
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 770 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no gpa. mostly A-/A student; some B+s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; approx. top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):did not send
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, english and hisory electives, ap physics, ap uS gov, ap language
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too much to list
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: 2/3 were awesome; the other was good
[] Teacher Recommendation: AWESOME
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:AWESOME
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity:hispanic
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket: 90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hispanic
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, grades, race
[] Weaknesses: not really any; maybe the counselor rec
[] Why you think you were accepted: hispanic, scores, interviewer loved me
[/ul]General Comments: OMG OMG this is so unreal, I was screaming in front of my mailman and neighbors who all thought i was crazy. GOOD LUCK to all those deferred!

jessicab23 · December 13, 2008, 5:55pm

Decision: Deferred (Col)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (M770 E630 W700)
[] ACT:33
[] SAT II: Span 750 Bio(M) 730 MII 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank: atleast top 10%
[] AP: Spanish (5) Bio (4) English Lang (4) Enviro (4)
[] IB:N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB & BC, AP Physics B, AP Eng Lit, Econ/gov, peer tutor
[] Major Awards: AP scholar w/ distinction? some other school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Spanish honor society, national honor society, soccer, biotechnology advisory board
[] Job/Work Experience: Same job at local pizza place for 2 years.
[] Volunteer/Community service: some, not alot
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS (a math and science summer school program thru the u of california schools. at UCsantacruz, studied chemistry)-last summer. Spanish immersion thing in Spain for 2 weeks
[] Essays: i thought they were good, but i guess not good enough. one about getting lost in spain when i was there on my own doing a homestay. the other just one why i wanted to go there like it wanted, but i used my desire to do docs w/o borders.. guess it didnt work
[] Teacher Recommendation: shoulda been great
[] Counselor Rec: no idea didnt get to see any of my letters
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: okay. it wasnt amazing but the guy seemed to like me, but no amazing connection like others are saying
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:F
[] Hooks:
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: act, gpa, summer programs,scores other than sat
[] Weaknesses: extra curriculars, not a lot of volunteering.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no clue. probably because i didnt have a SUPER long list of things i did and i didnt take apush or ap gov, but i want to do biochem... oh and my counselor told me that kids from my school don't have much luck with gtown.
[/ul]General Comments:
i'm kinda sad, but oh well, i still have some what of a chance. this was my number one school and it woulda been sick knowing i could go there this early in the year. but hopefully ill get into bc ea. this sucks haha but i knew i would get deferred

otherdemogrphic · December 13, 2008, 6:15pm

Decision: Accepted (EA) SFS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 800 M
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 760 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%? (School doesn't rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's in Enviro, US History, Chem, Calc BC, Psych, Lang. and Comp
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Tough
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Var.), MUN (VP), JSA (VP), FBLA
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ h
[] Summer Activities: Not much
[] Essays: Rushed; I reused essays from other apps
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Seemed to go pretty well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores
[] Weaknesses: Summer Activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good test scores?
[/ul]General Comments:

Good luck to those that were deferred. Georgetown isn't my first choice, but it's nice to have a good backup

turtledoves · December 13, 2008, 6:19pm

Decision: Accepted (ED) College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 V / 740M / 760 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 780 Lit, 760 Math II, 730 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7, weighted: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~top 40% (not official)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Literature (5), European History (5), Physics B (4), Latin Literature (4), US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, History electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Latin Exam awards, some AP Scholar thing[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student-run fund (board member), art classes (project manager for one class), Confirmation class (peer leader), dance (quit later), various other small things
[] Job/Work Experience: TA for a summer school, interned at an architecture firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: see Extracurriculars (fund & Confirmation)
[] Summer Activities: see Job/Work Experience
[] Essays: General: about the fund and what we do, Georgetown specific: about Catholicism and religious comparison.
[] Teacher Recommendation: good, I think?
[] Counselor Rec: good?
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: good, but short[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): West Coast (not a state, I know)
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Did not state
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: No financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Catholic[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Catholic, well rounded
[] Weaknesses: Rank?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded[/li][/ul]

sunshowers23 · December 13, 2008, 6:34pm

An updated list

Accepted: (18)
neonblue327 - MSB
sunshowers23 - SFS
ecatmcquaid
cafesimone - SFS
tennisboy1005 - College
WinnyGee - SFS
CollegeInfo - College
laxtaxi - SFS
rentastrawberry - SFS
HopefulHoya2013 - SFS
hcvops - College
otherdemagrphic - SFS
turtledoves - College
yenrod
eri196
spectrum778
bms2009
PHD816

Deferred: (15)
hellohoya
signitblank
cer735
alexofsyrr
HopefulClair
kendoggy45
RTHowe91
kronren
lp1391
swiss.miss.13
riddhifromdubai
MichiganWarrior
esgee
1234...4321
jessicab23

Not Yet Reported:
Bigglesworth - College - PA
nedflandersMD - College - NJ
zenenj - SFS - Central Texas
soccer4921-College- Southeast Texas
circumlocution2-NHS-OH
hornkid - SFS - IA
rainbsprinkles - College - France
simpson98 - SFS - Maine
seanndurr - MSB - California
arduouspallor - SFS - California
nstar19 - MSB - Illinois
tommy100000- College- NY
tigerlily123 - SFS - Louisiana
Butternut-SFS-Montana
jpaps - California
adschofield-College-Missouri
DinDune-College-Florida
jenglish277-College-Connecticut
Branyon214 - SFS - California
howlovely13 - MSB - NY
heyjude83190 - College - NJ
apatel- SFS- MD
BrendanO108 - SFS - Charlotte, North Carolina!
chisouth - College - Illinois (Chicago)
pswib- College- Southern Louisiana
DVbball11 - MSB - PA
S Yoshi 11 - College - NJ
Bigweight- College- GA
frantastic - College - Illinois ('burbs of Chicago)
asci09-College-VA (DC suburbs)
rabar789 - MSB - NJ
elizabethbennet - College - IL (Chicago)
Abbie10390 - College - CO (Littleton)
mrmewe- College- IL(northern suburb of Chicago)
fastfood15 - College - KS
brianna9- sfs- ma
tisaak- college- off the map, TN
Savs- College- MN
brwnidgrl493-NHS-IL (Chicago-area)
Sazari - SFS - Florida
fgilmore- SFS-Charlotte

Still have more acceptances than deferrals. Let's keep it up

anon67881509 · December 13, 2008, 7:33pm

Decision: Accepted (EA) College

Objective:

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 M, 710 W (my second time around)
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math II, 760 Chem, 720 French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): prolly 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Chem (5), US Hist (5), French Lit (3), French Lang (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Eng Lang, AP Gov, Geosystems, Organic Chem
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some regional essay contests, AP Scholar, Commended on PSAT

Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Generic Service Club (President), Ecology Club (Co-prez), French Honor Soc (Treasurer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: For past year, an intern at a teen website
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Lots -- I volunteer at the Red Cross and at my library
[ *] Summer Activities: A leadership institute and chinese course
[ *] Essays: Pretty good..worked on them for awhile
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see, but I imagine it was good since we got along
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't see, but same as above
[ *] Additional Rec: see above
[ *] Interview: Good..a solid hour and we clicked on a lot of things

Other

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): N. Virginia
[ *] School Type: Largish (1600 students), public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Lower-middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

Reflection

[ *] Strengths: APs, course-load, summer act., ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: Awards, maybe essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded

General Comments:

So very happy :D, but for all those who didn't get in...best of luck during the RD round and remember that GTown is just ONE school out of the many hundred good ones in this country

sleepwelldarling · December 13, 2008, 8:06pm

Made an account precisely for this purpose, sigh.

Decision: Deferred College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Composite - M 700 CR 720 W 740
[] ACT: Didn't Take
[] SAT II: Math 2 730, Latin 700; Taken in December: Biology-M, Latin re-take, Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5, weighted 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank - Approximate rank is top 7-10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not report - AP Calc BC 3, AB subscore 4, AP US History 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Leadership Zero Period, World Literature/Composition, AP Gov, AP Econ (Second Semester; Econ/Gov are Sem. long classes), AP Latin 4, AP Art History, AP Statistics (Last math class I can take at school, taken the rest), AP Biology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, school awards, National Merit Commendation, Honor Roll, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council (Vice President), ASB (Senior Class VP), Junior Classical League (Publicity), Woodbridge Live Anchor (School TV Program), Volleyball - club and school. Forgot to report Academic Decathlon :(
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for the city's Girls Softball Association
[] Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life (Team Captain) Two years in a row, planned on doing it this year as well
[] Summer Activities: Nothing special, Leadership Camp with ASB, family trips, etc.
[] Essays: The personal statement was decent, I'd give it a 7/10. The College Essay was kinda bad :/
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don't know, but it should have been pretty solid. Given by my Latin teacher whom I've had for essentially 4 years
[] Counselor Rec: Also unsure, but assumed to be equally strong
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Solid interview. The interviewer and I had a ton in common, lasted a good hour. Same HS extracurriculars, sports, even from the same town.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public (Approx. 2200 students)
[] Ethnicity: Japanese-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle, living with single "stay-at-home" mom
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think extracurriculars, recommendations and interview
[] Weaknesses: Essay, probably GPA and CR/Math score. Considering the level of math I'm at, I definitely should've done better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In all honesty, just not up to caliber. As the 15th (well in this case the 13th) neared, I became more and more okay with the reality that I was probably getting deferred. It was bizarre.

Well, time to figure out my "additional information."
[/ul]General Comments:

frantastic_1 · December 13, 2008, 10:53pm

Decision: Deferred College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 34 comp (31E, 34R, 34M, 35S)
[] SAT II: US History: 700, Literature: 710, Math 2: 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 77/513 or top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), English Language/Comp (4), US (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Creative Writing, Instrumental Ensemble, AP Calc AB, AP Econ Micro/Macro, Harmony and Arranging (Intro to Music Theory)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really?
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (section leader), Symphonic Band (principal), Orchestra (principal), Jazz Band (co-principal), Writing Works! Tutor, Debate (leader, research editor), Featured Editorialist, Literary Magazine Contributor
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked at Osco for a bit.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I used to do volunteering with my Jewish Youth Group before extra curriculars took over. I still volunteer as a writing tutor on a biweekly basis with my school to teach kids how to edit their own papers.
[] Summer Activities: All music-related. I can't afford to do things like JSA.
[] Essays: Best I've written.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably all right.
[] Additional Rec: Didn't have one. Will definitely get an additional one.
[] Interview: It went okay. We got along all right but we didn't have anything in common. He was a finance major and I'm looking at English. He was fluent in Spanish, and I'm a very strong French speaker. Parts were awkward because he couldn't necessarily relate to the things I went through in HS and vice versa with Gtown.
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian, also Jewish
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle class, but slowly falling.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. I have to rely on myself to get into college.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, ECs, Test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA. It wasn't from laziness. I try very hard, but I don't believe in that grade-grubbing, gpa-boosting mentality. I don't take my music classes pass/fail and that lowers my gpa actually. I try my best but I don't go to the extremes. Cheating is rampant at my school, and I've done what I've been able to do based on what I know of a subject.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA is too low. I probably look very lazy to them.
[/ul]General Comments:* I'm sad even though I saw it coming a mile away. It hurts to be deferred. I'm thinking of sending an additional writing portfolio along with my letter of intent. Maybe an additional rec or two. I'll try my best, I suppose, but I'm not hoping for much. Congrats to those accepted.

jajsports99 · December 13, 2008, 11:47pm

]Decision: Accepted (EA: MSB)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690m, 690cr, 730 writing [ *]
ACT:n/a
SAT II: 740 bio, 650 math 1, 660 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank : 5/125
AP : 5 bio, 4 stats, 4 lit, 3 US history
IB :
Senior Year Course Load: ap poly sci, bc calc, ap lang., ap physics, chinese
Major Awards: US Marine Scholars award, merit commended scholar, ap scholar with honor
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): my strong point...varsity wrestling (captain), v. soccer, key club, prez of conservative club, prez of latin club, NHS, school tutoring, summer leadership seminar at west point, National youth leadership forum on medicine.
Job/Work Experience: U.S. Senate Page in D.C.
Volunteer/Community service: through key club and nhs
Summer Activities: very strong..programs through the Senate and Military Academies
Essays: meh...
Teacher Recommendation: outsanding
Counselor Rec: very very good
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: went pretty well i guess
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Maine
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle-class i guess
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): really good activities and georgraphy
Reflection
Strengths: extra-curriculars, grades, strength of schedule
Weaknesses: SAT II and I scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly really thought i was getting deferred.

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