[Official Class of 2013 EA Decisions Thread]

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
81

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2230- 770-CR, 660-MTH, 800-WR
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 690-LIT, 660-USHIST, 600-BIO (ouch on all 3)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/160
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):4)-Human Geography, (3)-World History, (4)- LIT, (3)- US Hist, (2)-Bio
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Physics, 3 College Classes per semester, Spanish and Theology highest level
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student govt. (Secretary), FBLA/Business Club (Parliamentarian/Treasurer), Key Club, Academic Competition Team (Captain), NHS, Rally Crew, Student Mentor, member of band, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cook at Dairy Queen, Cashier at CVS
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 125 hours- many activities
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, summer class at Georgetown
[</em>] Essays: Thought they were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not allowed to read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not allowed to read
[<em>] Additional Rec: Pretty good
[</em>] Interview:Went very well, told me he would write a good rec
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[<em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Grandfather law school graduate
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Writing ability, alumni
[<em>] Weaknesses:Low SAT and SAT II scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores not high enough for EA decision
[/ul]General Comments: Hopefully I'll get better news in April!</p>

82

<p>Decision: Accepted (EA)</p>

<p>School: McDonough's School of Business</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: Cumulative:33 (M-36 S-30 W-33 R-33)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/1279
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem , AP US history
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stat, AP English, AP Government, International Marketing, Political Action Seminar, Advanced Constitutional Law.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (4 Varsity Letters, Captain), Junior Statesmen of America (Nominated Sophomore Year, Member of the planning team for two years) DECA- a business competition (1st in state for Travel and Tourism, finalist in the international competition, and officer this year) Mock Trial (three years, coaches sophomore teams) Youth and Government, Model United Nations, Laker Crew Leader (help the freshmen on the freshmen day at our school), NHS
Job/Work Experience: Babysit my neighbors one to twice a week, ages 4, 3 and 1.
Volunteer/Community service: Part of National Charity League (give 25 to 50 hours a year), Oregon Humane Society (Give 15 to 40 hours a year), Camp Wil-lo-linn- girl scout camp leader (50 hours a year)
Summer Activities: Volunteering, Law forum
Essays: not sure, i guess they were good because I got in, but I never think very highly of my work.
Teacher Recommendation: amazing, my teachers are the greatest, most supportive teachers i could have ever hoped for and I could not have gotten this far without them
Counselor Rec: Probably amazing, but i dont get to see
Additional Rec: tennis coach, very good
Interview: the lady that interviewed me was very nice, and i think it went very well</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: not quite sure, well rounded maybe? also my teacher recommendations
Weaknesses: i didn't really think my essay was that good, and my summers were not that significant.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i am still in shock...
General Comments:
I am very excited that i got in, i really didn't think i would. It has been snowing this week, so i was stuck at a friends how cause it was too dangerous to go home, and my mom told me my letter came so i just told her to open it cause i knew it would say that I didn't get in, and when she started saying congratulations you have been accepted, i thought she was joking, but i guess she wasn't. </p>

<p>good luck to everyone!</p>

83

<p>accepted- college</p>

84

<p>Decision: Accepted (EA)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800-USH, 780-Math II, 730-Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/102
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH-5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (editor-in-chief, individual state champion), Scholastic Bowl (captain, All-Sectional), Track, Golf, Drama
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: intern at Congressman's and state senator's office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: internships and cc classes
[</em>] Essays: awesome
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: amazing
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: rural public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]</p>

85

<p>they deferred some quality people. My guess is that they figure overqualified people will never matriculate.</p>

86

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (770 CR, 760 M, 760 W)
[</em>] SAT II: French 800, Math 730, Biology 780, Chemistry 790
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP: French (5), Lang (5), US Hist (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Bio, AP Lit, French 5 Honors, Religion
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer time job as a camp counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Involved in Church, programs for little kids. Nothing like 100+ hours though.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work.
[<em>] Essays: Probably made up for my lack of ECs.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I know one was amazing, I was worried about the other. The teacher was evil when I asked her to write me one, but I guess it was good enough.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably great. I visit my counselor frequently so she knows me well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: One of my teachers, who is like my second mother, wrote up something sweet.
[<em>] Interview: It was perfect - my interviewer was awesome!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[<em>] School Type: Large pubic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essay and my personal qualities. My recommendations and interview. How I presented myself - I've been through some extremely difficult and rare situations in high school but I've pushed through. Maybe my scores?
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have good scores and good grades, and I come from a unique background.<br>
[/ul]General Comments: Nope!</p>

87

<p>
[quote]
they deferred some quality people. My guess is that they figure overqualified people will never matriculate.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>I'm not saying that those who were defered weren't qualified enough, but my acceptance letter from Georgetown says that "offers were only extended to those candidates whose extraordinary academic and personal accomplishments ensured that they would be admitted regardless of the strength of the applicant pool."</p>

88

<p>*Decision: Accepted ED (College) *</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750-M, 750-CR, 800-W (1500/2300)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2C-760, US- 730, Lit (took in December)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics-5, English Language/Comp- 5, US- 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Art History, AP Biology, Economics/Government, Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, Smith Book Award, A.P. Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Best Buddies Club (president), ONE Club (president), Freshman Transition Leader, National Honor Society, Tennis (3 years), Badminton (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant Tennis Coach at Country Club, File Assistant at Law Firm, Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Senior Center (every week-- 3 years), camp for people with intellectual disabilities, Tennis and Tutoring Summer Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Same as above (under community service and job experience)
[</em>] Essays: I liked them, and my school counselor and English teacher said they were great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Big school, so probably not very personalized
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Went well, but no amazing connection
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy (brother attends)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: grades, scores, essays, community service, legacy
[<em>] Weaknesses: nothing particularly unique about my application, hadn't taken my 3rd SAT II (?)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall strong scores and grades; legacy
[/ul]General Comments: Before I got my letter, I had heard that 3 very qualified kids from my school had been deferred, so it was all the more surprising and exciting that I got in! Those of you who got deferred, I'm sure you are amazing and don't give up hope-- I know of 5+ people who were accepted regular decision after deferrals. Those who got in-- CONGRATS! I'm so excited!</p>

89

<p>deferred...
1360 sat
4.2 weighted GPA
varsity baseball and football
5 APs
white male catholic jersey
****ed off</p>

90

<p>like a visa card, I'm accepted everywhere...</p>

91

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT: 800 CR, 690 M, 730 W
ACT: 31
SAT II: in the mid-upper 600s in French, US History, Literature, and Math 1
GPA: 3.7
Rank: school doesn't rank, probably top 10%
AP: 4 on Calculus AB, 3 on French Language, 3 on US History. Senior year: APs in French Literature, Physics C, Biology, Government, and Literature
Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, working on Girl Scout Gold Award</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: US Pony Club (My main extracurricular is horseback riding...closest I come to sports!), Girl Scouts, 4-H Goat Club (VP), French National Honor Society(president), Drama Club, Varsity Academic Team, piano (13 years)
Job Experience: Three summers of lifeguarding
Volunteering: lead/exercise horses at a therapeutic riding facility, tons and tons of service from Girl Scouts
Summer Activities: 9 week long cultural exchange to France last summer; competed at Pony Club Championships 2007
Essays: Fabulous. I was really down to earth and casual, since I figured I wouldn't get into G-town. One essay literally said I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life but thought going to college would be a good start. I think they liked that I wasn't super pretentious.
Teacher Rec: Very good, made me look awesome.
Counselor Rec: never saw but she LOVES me so I'm sure it was good
Interview: Very good, I just had fun with it. I think they liked me okay.</p>

<p>Other:
State: Kentucky
School: Private Catholic
ethnicity: white
gender: female
no legacy, connections, etc</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strenths: well-rounded-ness. Also the picture we had to send in.
Weaknesses: SAT IIs, grades are good but not mind-boggling.</p>

<p>I'm echoing what everyone else is saying and agreeing that they seemed to really want well-rounded people. I'm not stellar at any one thing but I have a lot of interests. I think I also came across like a normal kid- I'm sure too many people were like, "I cured cancer and I have a 6.9 GPA and also I spend 45 hours a week doing service." My interviewers seemed happy that I didn't take myself too seriously-Like I said, I never thought I would get in so I was really chill about the whole thing. </p>

<p>Comments:</p>

<p>I was so surprised I got in!!!!! I spent a long time convincing myself that I would not, so I was very happy to get an acceptance letter. My mom didn't believe me when I called her. She thought I misread the letter...</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone else! Hope to see you in August :)</p>

92

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
* SAT I (breakdown): 2040
* ACT: 33
* SAT II: Bio E 730 Math 2 720 Bio M 660
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9808
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/561
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Environmental (5), Human Geography(5) World History(4), Art History(4), Calc AB(4), Stats(4), Psychology(4) - Didn't report: English Lit (3) US History (3) Physics B (2)
* Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP European History
AP Physics E&M
AP English Lit
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Gov
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award for Academic Excellence, AP Scholar with Distinctions, First Place at Student Council States x3</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Interact (Co-founding co-President), Boca Alliance for Student Excellence (President), Math Honor Society, National Honor Society (Treasurer, Community Director), Student Government (Treasurer 9,10,11), Recycling Program (Founding Coordinator), Students for a Better Tomorrow, Varsity Volleyball (4 years)
* Job/Work Experience: State Farm (Office assistant), Tennis Learning Center (Tennis Store Clerk), USSF Referee (7 years), Academic Tutor (Math)
* Volunteer/Community service: Intern Barack Obama Campaign, Habitat for Humanity
* Essays: very good
* Teacher Recommendation: very good
* Counselor Rec: AMAZING
* Additional Rec: Exceptional
* Interview: Went excellent. She said that "* am what Georgetown is looking for"</p>

<p>Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Florida
* School Type: Large Public
* Ethnicity: Mexican American
* Gender: Male </p>

<p>Reflection
* Strengths: academics, leadership, community service
* Weaknesses: SAT IIs (but they weren't considered), 3 years of foreign language (SFS)
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
General Comments: None</p>

93

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred (College)</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 Math: 720 Writing:780
[ *] ACT: Not taken
[ *] SAT II: Math 1: 730 Physics: 680 Literature: 710
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): about 28/550-650
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3) English Language (5) Physics B (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, BC Calculus, Syracuse University Economics, Syracuse University Government, AP Chemistry (My school only offers 4 AP's I did not take, and one was because of a scheduling conflict) Independent Science Research (3rd year of three year course)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hispanic Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, Silver Award (Girl Scouts) Gold Award in progress.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Softball (one year), Student Government (2 years), Girls Scouts (since kindergarten), have written two novels
[ *] Job/Work Experience: One summer +20 hour weeks Ice cream stand, this year cater waitress 8 hour weeks.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours. Organized charity hockey tournament that raised over 17K for children with cancer
[ *] Summer Activities: Working, Johns Hopkins CTY programs
[ *] Essays: Excellent. Showed why I wanted to pursue my chosen career.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see, but very good-excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn't see, but probably amazing
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: Not good or bad enough to make or break. Interviewer was very young and seemed nervous
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: very large public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Don't remember if I said it, but the last one before high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Also: Lack of EC's was explained by guidance counselor who knows I was sick with a chronic illness that went undiagnosed until halfway through junior year. Caused me to quit softball.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Rec's, essays, grades, course load compared to my school.
[ *] Weaknesses: EC's
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is going to sound bad, but it was because of my school which Georgetown has a history of rejecting every student from in EA while accepting students from surrounding schools with near identical stat's.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

94

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math= 710, Writing= 710, Reading=750
[ *] ACT: 31 (I think lol)
[ *] SAT II: US= 760, Bio= 700
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4 (weighted= 4.38)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/344
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US=5, Bio=3, Psych= 5, Euro=3, Lang= 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Macro and Micro, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP US Gov
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Valedictorian, and some other stuff, but nothing much
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (co-president), NHS (vice-president), Mock Trial, Young Republicans Club (co-president and c0-founder), Key Club, Fellowship of Christian Students, and Newspaper (I think that's it) (oh and all of those for all four years, except newspaper)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 600 hours (Big Brothers Big Sisters, Church, and other smaller stuff)
[ *] Summer Activities: JSA at Georgetown- Honors Con Law, Leader's Challenge and some other smaller stuff
[ *] Essays: About why I want to be a constitutional lawyer - I think it was pretty good- I'm pretty passionate about it
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I suppose they were alright- I didn't read them :)
[ *] Counselor Rec: I guess good but I again didn't read them lol
[ *] Additional Rec: Nope
[ *] Interview: I think it went really well
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): the great state of Colorado (Go Bronocs!!)
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: low (at least right now)
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not that I know of :)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Looking at you guys I have no idea at why I got in lol. All of you are really awesome, I'm kind of scared about going to school with you :)</p>

95

<p>bananabel789 #91
Congrats on getting accepted at Georgetown! If you are a national AP Scholar, I assume you inadvertently omitted a bunch of "5's" on AP exam results in your post?</p>

96

<p>ginab591
I'm curious about Georgetown taking your "neighbors" and dissing kids at your school. Why? Moreover, why do you and other kids keep applying? I wish you good luck because I was am impressed with your story!</p>

97

<p>
[quote]
Also the picture we had to send in.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>And the award for most modest goes to...</p>

<p>(drum roll)</p>

<p>...bananabel789</p>

<p>LOL.</p>