<p>This thread is for admissions decisions ONLY. Please post on the "EA Catharsis Thread" if you have something else to say. We would like to keep this thread as clean and neat as possible (if not for our sake, then for the sake of future CC'ers looking back on old posts for the stats of GTown EA'ers! C'mon... you know you did it!). </p>
<p>Also, please use the format provided to post your decision. I know that you are going to be very emotional with either decision you get, but please use the format to keep all of the decisions uniform! Here's the link to the format (just copy and paste):</p>
<p>Stats:
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[<em>]SAT: 1600
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800, 800, 800
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>]Rank: 1/435
[<em>]Other stats: 5's on AP US History, AP Biology
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: very good, but not great
[<em>]Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>]Hook (if any): cured cancer
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Nebraska
[<em>]School Type: private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] Legacy, spent the summer in Botswana teaching people about AIDS, had mono all of freshamn year, etc.
[/ul]</p>
<p>But PLEASE don't post any superfluous things here that could otherwise go in the "Catharsis" thread! I know we can do this if we try! Let's have the prettiest decisions thread ever!</p>
<p>Stats:
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[<em>]SAT: 1590
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800x2, 790x2
[<em>]GPA: 3.92 or 4.76
[</em>]Rank: top 5% in class of ~850
[<em>]Other stats: 5 5's on APs, 4 more APs next spring
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: one about how being on newspaper taught me to value diversity, one about a biotech project i did over the summer and how it relates to the global issue of bioengineering crops
[<em>]Teacher Recs: doubt i was "best student encountered," but should have been good-ish at least
[</em>]Counselor Rec: impersonal (she has 400-500 kids)
[<em>]Hook (if any): strong bio interest/background + passion for east-asian affairs = perfect for "science and international relations" major
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: MD
[<em>]School Type: countywide magnet program in a public school
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian
[<em>]Gender: girl
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] i didn't apply for financial aid... dont know if that's important, but a bunch of other forums are discussing whether applying for it has hurt people's chances?
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: i hope lots of other people get in too, esp. to SFS. i just found these forums and i'm really anxious to talk to other people considering going there right now. good luck to everyone! =)</p>
<p>Stats:
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[<em>]SAT: 1440
[</em>]SAT IIs: 610, 670, 640
[<em>]GPA: 3.85 uw 4.51 w
[</em>]Rank:no rankings at my school
[<em>]Other stats: 5 Ap English, 4 Ap World
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good I thought, really captured my personality, kinda quirkily humorous though
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Excellent (my counselor is like a second mom to me)
[<em>]Hook (if any): overcame a serious extended illness my freshman year and went from basically being too sick to leave my house to traveling to Africa with a grant from USAID to be a student ambassador to impoverished high schools
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Maryland
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: half white/half asian
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul] Other Factors: Several writing awards, regional and national, editor of my school yearbook, NHS President, Student gov officer and 9 years of competitive cello playing
[ul]
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<p>General Comments:
For anyone else who got deferred and is depressed, just keep telling yourself what i told myself to cheer myself up. Right now our biggest problem is getting into an elite college. We COULD be starving orphans in Sudan. Puts things in perspective a little.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1520
[</em>]SAT IIs: 790, 720, 720
[<em>]GPA:3.8 unweighted
[</em>]Rank: N/A
[<em>]Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Very good I though
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Don't know, I don't get to read it
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Don't know, I don't get to read it
[<em>]Hook (if any): Started my own internet business, and applied to McDonough.
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: NY
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul] Other Factors: Very heavy focus on music in EC's...several awards, involved in lots of school and other ensembles, school yearbook, good amount of volunteering, several jobs, etc.
[ul]
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Don't really understand what else they wanted...I did my best.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1500
[</em>]SAT IIs: 770, 770, 760
[<em>]GPA: 99/100 weighted
[</em>]Rank: 5 out of 425
[<em>]Other stats: 5 on AP US
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I loved one, the other two were pretty good but other people seemed to love them too
[<em>]Teacher Recs: AWESOME rec from AP US teacher, 2 supp recs that almost made me cry, they were so nice
[</em>]Counselor Rec: She told me it was the best letter she ever wrote
[<em>]Hook (if any): Strong theme of leadership throughout; also interpersonal skills came across (I hope!) in essays and in recs.
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: NY
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] Really strong leadership and ec's. Tons of student government stuff, some unique shared decision making involvment at the district level. Grades were really good, and I think the letters of rec, essays and maybe even interview (?) helped a lot.
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I'm so happy I think I'm going to die. I just sobbed for a half an hour and I still can't stop. This is the best moment EVER!!!!!!!!!! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470 (760V, 710M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: (800, 760, 750)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 1/280
[<em>] Other stats: 33 on the ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Apparently really good, one about a Summer program I did.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Must have been great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn't know me too well, but apparently good enough!
[<em>] Hook (if any): Did NSLC on US Policy & Politics, 1st Place winner of Holocaust Remembrance Project Nat'l Essay contest (do it!! <a href="http://www.holocaust.hklaw.com%5B/url%5D">www.holocaust.hklaw.com</a>)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Southfield, MI
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Band for 4 years w/ leadership, varsity baseball.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I really emphasized my voice in my essays, tried some alliteration.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Holy ****, I got accepted to Georgetown!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>deferred. i'm not posting stats. i guess if you look through my old posts you could probably find them. sorry, i'm just not mentally up for that right now.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1470
[</em>]SAT IIs: 790 Writing, 700 US History, 700 Literature, 700 Math IIC, 700 Spanish w/ Listening
[<em>]GPA: 4.7 W, 3.8 UW
[</em>]Rank: school doesn't rank but in top 5%
[<em>]Other stats: 5 on AP History, 3s on AP Micro/Macro economics, 3 on BC Calc, taking 5 AP classes this year
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: excellent
[<em>]Teacher Recs: excellent/good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: good
[<em>]Hook (if any): hell if I know what hooks they were looking for
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: IL
[<em>]School Type: selective Catholic hs
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[li]Gender: female[/li][/ul] Other Factors: created and managed my parish's website, developed international relations club at my school, competitive irish dancer for 10 years with many awards
[ul]
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I'm going to go hang out with my two friends Ben and Jerry now. . .</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1520-(760/760)
[</em>]SAT IIs:Writing-780, Spanish-740, Bio-M-730, Math IC-710, Math IIC-690
[<em>]GPA:We don't calculate, but about an A- average
[</em>]Rank:We don't rank, but at the high school I went to for freshman and sophmore years I was 1 out of 210
[<em>]Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays:For the big essay, I wrote about my messy room and what it said about my personality...it was a good essay, but a little risky. Apparently it worked! For the second essay I wrote about my dedication to Spanish and the medical field, and how Georgetown was the best place for me to achieve my goals of being fluent in Spanish and becoming a doctor
[<em>]Teacher Recs:One was absolutely amazing (he read it to me), but I have no idea what the other teacher wrote
[</em>]Counselor Rec:The counselor doesn't know me very well but she likes me, so I'm sure it was nice
[<em>]Hook (if any):I applied to the FLL for Spanish, and also for the pre-med program. I think it helped that I took a junior-level college Spanish class and got an A in it. I also did some research at Clark University, and do a lot of hospital/EMT/medical stuff.<br>
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:MA
[<em>]School Type:Selective Public Math & Science high school. All of the seniors take all of their classes at WPI, so by the end of the year, I will have taken 12 classes (its a quarter schedule): 4 freshman, 6 sophhmore, and 2 junior classes
[</em>]Ethnicity: White, Catholic
[<em>]Gender:Female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>]I was the only person from my school to apply EA
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:I'm sooo excited! I've been screaming for the past half hour!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1410 (710 M, 700 V)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 French, 760 Writing, 700 Math IC
[<em>]GPA: 3.8 uw
[</em>]Rank: n/a
[<em>]Other stats: 3 college courses
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: great
[<em>]Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>]Counselor Rec: great/very good
[<em>]Hook (if any): I have a very strong background in French (my prospective major)
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Northern California
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] Started a couple clubs (one relating to French), heavy involvement in activities, I also took Spanish and did very well in that.
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Oh my God, you guys! I can't believe I got in! I completely did not expect the letter to get here today! I'm so excited! Good luck to everyone else!!! Georgetown University class of 2009!!! HOYA SAXA!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Didn't take them
[</em>]SAT IIs: 780/630/620
[<em>]GPA: 4.2 weighted
[</em>]Rank: 1/375
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were really good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Wonderful as far as I know.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great, I feel like I live in the guidance office.
[</em>]Hook (if any): The whole application along with the essays and whatnot seemed to tie in very well.
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Louisiana
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Causasian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[li] Heavily involved in school/community: Student Council Secretary, Mock Trial Secretary/co-founder, debate, music, choir, etc.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
Um...this sucks. But hey, everyone who was also deferred, we still have April. Good luck and congrats to everyone who was accepted.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 760M730V-1490
[</em>]SAT IIs:790,750,740
[<em>]GPA:97.5
[</em>]Rank:doesn't rank
[<em>]Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: one was ok, the SFS one was good, I thought
[<em>]Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>]Counselor Rec:didn't read
[<em>]Hook (if any): lived in Russia and Canada before
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:NY
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>]Gender:female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>]Lots of music stuff-all-state, president of music club, etc.; community service, lots of other school activities
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:I still can't believe this is happening</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 700/700 (1400 total)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 780 Writing, 690 US History, 660 Spanish
[<em>]GPA: 4.54
[</em>]Rank: Top 4%
[<em>]Other stats: See below
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not so good, I thought, but really personal about how my parents divorce was the best thing that ever happened to me
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Probably really good, Yearbook Advisor
[</em>]Counselor Rec: There are 555 people in my class, and five counselors, so probably impersonal
[<em>]Hook (if any): all arounder, crazy leadership
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Southern California
[<em>]School Type: Public, Large
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
Managing Editor of Yearbook, VP of Science Olympiad, Founder, S-G of Model UN, Model UN, Destination Imagination, and Science Olympiad Awards, Lots of extracurricular classes, National Awards in Horseback Riding
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
OH MY GOD I WAS CRYING LIKE A BABY! I NEVER KNEW I COULD BE SO EMOTIONAL! MY MOM THOUGHT I WAS CRYING BECAUSE I WAS REJECTED! HOLY MOLY!!!! I AM SO EXCITED I WAS IN TEARS!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1550 (800V, 750M)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 (writing), 790 (math ii c), 750 (bio)
[<em>]GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.2 W
[</em>]Rank: N/A
[<em>]Other stats: 5 on AP bio, macro, language, 4 on history, took 10 AP classes in course of high school, one college class at UNC-Chapel Hill
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: One was really good, one was eh-eh.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Amazing.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably really good, she loves me
[<em>]Hook (if any): Succeeding despite mom's illness, sports
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: NJ
[<em>]School Type: Large, Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese American
[<em>]Gender:Female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] Two varsity sport letters, XC since soph year, track since frosh (and captain of XC), editor of yearbook, secretary for LNHS, county director of publicity for p2p
[li] Mom had a stroke when I was twelve, recovery has been rocky.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: It happens. Probably could've made my essays better, perhaps should've explained my mom's illness so they could see why my grades were so erratic (my parents had to leave me for months at a time to do surgery in Stanford).</p>