***Official Georgetown Class of 2016 EA Results

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Decisions (according to some of you) were mailed out today. Please post your results in this thread. You will not need to remove any spaces. Please say what school in Georgetown you applied to right next to your result.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):
[</em>] ACT (Highest subsection from each test):
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Activity Short Essay:[/li][</em>] Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay):
[<em>] Essay 2 (Different for each school):
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Which school did you apply to?:
[</em>] What did you choose as your major:
[<em>] Date Submitted App:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

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<p>Pick one:
**
Decision: Accepted
**
Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2090 – 650M, 760CR, 670W AND 2200 – 760CR, 690M, 760W
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2200 – 760CR, 690M, 760W
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): N/A
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): N/A
SAT II: 770 US History, 720 Math II, 700 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parentheses): AP English Lit (5), AP US History (5) [all available APs :/]
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Spanish Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lang, Physics II, Independent Study: Photo
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society Inductee, Junior Year
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
</code></pre>

<p>-- Martial arts all through middle school and high school, began Tai Chi in high school.
– “Little Dragon” martial arts instructor to kids 7 and under, Tai Chi forms and weapons instructor to adults (both since junior year.)
– Executive tutor (paid) with P2P Tutors, around 4 hours per week
– Tutor at the National Center for Children and Families, mostly helping children from abused and broken homes who dropped out of high school to get their GEDs, 1-2 times per week
–Tutor at the National Center for Children and Families’ Greentree Shelter (tutoring math, reading, science, etc to high schoolers living at the shelter) 1-2 times per week.
– Volunteering every Sunday with an ASPCA vet, for a total of well over 100 hours
– Not sure how good this will look, but I ran track in Freshman year, participated in my school’s musical Sophomore and Senior year, and played the violin in our Symphonic Rock Orchestra Junior year
–Peer Leader (I work with incoming freshmen and help them adjust to high school life – a leadership role at our school)</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): 9</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay:
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): Colorblindness and how it make me, a white, Christian male diverse.
Essay 2 (Different for each school): “Why Georgetown?” Basically. I also talked about walking Jack the Bulldog… yeah.
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP USH teacher; he volunteered to write it, and he uses my work as class examples all the time. We’re basically best friends, haha
Teacher Recommendation #2: Precal teacher; he also volunteered to write it.
Teacher Recommendation #3: My Spanish teacher who went to Honduras with me, I’m really close with her.
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: It went terribly. He just read a list of questions, wrote down every word that I said, and talked to people at other tables while I was speaking… yeah.
Art Supplement: N/A
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Which school did you apply to?: Georgetown College
What did you choose as your major: Physics
Date Submitted App: EA
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private Episcopal
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $75-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:
</code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

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<p>please post ALL early action results in this thread. this way, everything is in one place & future people reading these posts will have a easier time finding them. thank you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740CR, 680M (1420)
SAT II: Didn’t send</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: ~3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult course load offered.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: >4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No really big awards, but some regional and school-wide ones.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
4 years of Track, a LOT of Church/youth group, Science Fair, Speech and Debate, a few honor societies with leadership in those, Guitar.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours of tutoring, and organizing summer camps.</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: very last minute on my volunteering (6)
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): Rather not divulge (7)
Essay 2 (Different for each school): Basically justified my interest in their political economy major (6)
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Good (9)
Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was good, at least an 8
Interview: It wasn’t good or bad</p>

<p>Other
Which school did you apply to?: The College
What did you choose as your major: Political Economy
Date Submitted App: 5 minutes before deadline
School Type: Public
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: You judge.
Weaknesses: I didn’t really try on my application. Test scores aren’t exceptional at all and I didn’t get my SAT II’s in on time.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
I should have put more time into my essays (I found a few minor typos in them). Also, my EC’s are relatively weak
What would you have done differently?: Generally put more time into application.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I am not disappointed at all considering the time I put into it haha. In fact, I am taking this in pretty good stride. After submitting my application, my heart was set for another school, and although I would still like to be admitted regular round, I’m perfectly fine the way it is. </p>

<p>Congratulations to those that got in. As of now, I am the 85% :p</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2050 Don’t remember breakdown… I’m from MS, and we focus primarily on ACT. I do remember writing was the lowest though, and GU doesn’t consider that.
SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same.
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 33 (E 34, M 32, R 31, SR 35)
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): Previously, I made a 34 on Reading
SAT II: USH 730, Lit 710, Math II 660 (lol at the 660… shouldn’t have taken that the same week as the AP Calc test)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Weighted GPA: we don’t weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (I think 18 or 19…? big school)
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Language and Comp (5), AP USH (4) AP World History (4) AP Calculus AB (2, didn’t report), AP Chemistry, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics (no tests on those)
IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered
Senior Year Course Load: I drive 2 hours a day to Ole Miss to take Intensive Chinese III, Macroeconomics, and Business Calculus because I exhausted the course offerings at my high school. At high school, I take AP Macro (they insisted on making me take more than one class, even though I never make it back to school in time to attend AP Macro) and English IV on block (I’m graduating this semester!!)
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Captain of the Debate Team, State Champion in Public Forum Debate my first year competing (junior year,) MS representative to national debate tournaments, National Honor Society, Madrigals 10th-12th (select choral group of 20 members out of a 400 member choral department,) Varsity Choir 9th-12th, Soundwave Show Choir 10th-11th, soloist for competition.
Job/Work Experience: This year, I’ve been the technology and office manager for our local state senator. Due to a special election, she ran in Jan. and Nov., so I worked both campaigns pretty heavily. Also, spring semester last year, I was a nanny every day to a sweet little 1 year old. It was about 10 hours a week.
Volunteer/Community service:
</code></pre>

<p>I’ve done a lot of work with my church. We have a youth choir that goes on a mission trip every year and sings for old people around the nation in retirement homes. Also, I do a lot of pro bono ACT and math tutoring at my school.</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: 9 About me going to an Intensive Chinese program this summer. Short, to the point, and reflective
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): 8. Also my NMSF essay. Good topic It was about my 1st year at Ole Miss’s Summer College, and how my roommate was from Mexico. I wrote about how that inspired me to look at the international angle of economics. However, there were comma splices EVERYWHERE when I looked at it last night.
Essay 2 (Different for each school): 9. SFS. I wrote about how the modern world as a whole was addicted to greed and debt. It had some clever analogies and was very reflective and representative of my goals, etc.
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 7. AP Lang teacher. It was strong, but formulaic. She has a lot of kids ask her for recs, so she tends to use the same format.
Teacher Recommendation #2: n/a
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, considering this and some other results, I’m assuming it was a 10. Hahaha.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I actually applied last year EA (ended up getting waitlisted RD) because of the whole exhausting my high school’s course selection thing. I had the same interviewer. She told me I was the most qualified candidate she’d ever met and that she would write me the best recommendation possible. Considering our 2010 and 2011 valedictorians are currently at Georgetown, this meant a lot to me :slight_smile:
Art Supplement:
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Which school did you apply to?: SFS
What did you choose as your major: International Economics… It says I’m undeclared on my acceptance letter though
Date Submitted App: A week before deadline maybe?
State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, Public, and intellectually challenged :slight_smile:
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $40-50K (single mom who is a school teacher)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I applied last year and currently drive 2 hours to school every day.
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: My letter I wrote to them basically begging them to save me from this hell known as Mississippi and accept me, My ACT, ECs, premise of my essays, and interview.
Weaknesses: SAT IIS, and comma splices ALL OVER that essay.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because this is their 3rd time reading my application (yes, I did use the same essays this year) and they probably felt sorry for me… Hahaha. Plus, I really do work extremely hard.
What would you have done differently?: PROOFREAD MY ESSAY
</code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I am so excited!!! Hoya Saxa!!! I hope to see all of you there next year. To those who got deferred, do not be discouraged, there is hope!! :)</p>

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<p>[size=+1]Decision: Accepted<a href=“Georgetown%20College”>/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Superscore: 2260: Writing: 750; Math: 750; Critical Reading/Verbal: 760 (ACT: 32)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology: 800; Math 2: 750; US History: 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.98 (unweighted); 4.26 (weighted)
[</em>] Rank: Not figured
[<em>] AP: English (AP Test Score 5), Biology (Test Score 5), History (Test Score 4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Physics, AP Calculus B/C
[<em>] Awards, etc.: Scholar-athlete, Best Speaker at Junior State
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] ECs: Baseball (2 JV, I varsity), Cross-country (JV), Student representative, Advanced Drama, Red Cross Club, Usual scholar groups
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Don’t know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): Probably none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large semi-urban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Probably was the combination of grades and SAT’s that did it. Would think that the EC’s are pretty good, but everyone else here who’s applied has amazing EC’s and volunteer work.</p>

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<p>Deferred from SFS.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (800 CR, 780 M)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 USH, 790 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 5.27/6.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses): English (5), APUSH (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National quizbowl awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Three varsity sports for three years, captain of quizbowl team, officer in Amnesty International club, President of National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Counselor at local day camp for three summers
Volunteer/Community service: Little bit at library</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Activity Short Essay: Involvement in quizbowl, maybe a 7
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): My bookshelf, 6
Essay 2 (Different for each school): Syria, 8
Recommendations: Very good, total maybe a 9 or 10</p>

<p>Strengths: Test scores, recs
Weaknesses: GPA, essays that didn’t stand out
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA doesn’t really match scores, and I didn’t do enough to separate myself from the other qualified applicants.
What would you have done differently?: I would have done better in school, I guess.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
*SAT I: 2350 one time (760 math, 790 CR, 800 writing)
*SAT II: 800 math 1, 800 us history, 750 lit
*UW GPA: I’m actually not sure, somewhere around 3.8?
*W GPA: 4.36
*Rank: school doesn’t rank but I’m at least in the top 10%
*AP: US History (5), US Government (5, self study)
*Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, Honors IR, Accelerated French, Mentoring
*EA Applicants: I think 6
*Major Awards: The only national ones were National Merit and National Achievement </p>

<p>Subjective:
*ECs: Coprez of GSA, leadership in Amnesty International, Model Congress, involvement in other clubs
*Job Experience: none
*Volunteer Experience: nothing amazing, some service here and there, got a school award for it </p>

<p>Writing:
*Essays:
-Activity Short Answer: I think it showed me pretty well though I didn’t spend too much time on it (6.5)
-Essay 1: I worked on this for a while and ended up happy with it - it focused on protesting which I guess was good for SFS (8)
-Essay 2: Pretty happy with it, a Georgetown student on CC was super helpful and gave me advice that made it a lot better (7)
*Teacher Recs: I’m guessing they were pretty good, one from a history teacher who I got along with well and one from an English teacher (my favorite teacher of all time) who had me twice
*Counselor Rec: No idea, probably ok but I only had him for a year so not as strong as it could have been
*Interview: Went ok IMO, not my best interview but generally successful </p>

<p>Other:
*Which school did you apply to?: SFS <3

  • What did you choose as your major: Comparative Studies
  • Date Submitted App: I think the day before the deadline
  • State: MA
  • School Type: Public, competitive
  • Ethnicity: Biracial (black and white)
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: middle class
  • Hooks: possibly URM? I still don’t know if biracial applicants count…</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted
hollllaaaaa <3</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2230 / 1470 . (740 CR, 730 M, 760 W)

  • ACT : took once. 33 composite (28 science, 36 reading, 34 math, 33 English [i think, i dont remember my English score])
  • SAT II: 740 us history, 790 math2, (i also had a 760 on lit but i took this in November, after the EA deadline)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 4.2935
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~600. however, our school doesnt report rank so this didnt really factor in
  • AP : Calc AB (5), US History (5), Euro (5), Stat (5)
  • Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, a few electives
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: at least one other, maybe around 4 total at the most?
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none!
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: key club (president), national honor society, national french honor society, some years of student council, other trivial clubs

  • Job/Work Experience: worked at family’s elder law firm for past 5ish years

  • Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at nursing home + meals on wheels

  • Essays (Include Subjects):
    o Activity Short Essay: wrote about volunteering with the elderly - 7/10
    o Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): wrote about losing weight and what it taught me about myself - 9.5/10
    o Essay 2 (Different for each school): why i am interested in business/math/accounting. i thought it was cute. 8/10
    o Other:

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: my really great calc teacher who liked me a lot. i did well in that class and i’m sure he wrote a great rec 10/10

  • Counselor Rec: my counselor is the sweetest lady and she likes me; i’m sure it was amazing 10/10

  • Interview: pretty average. a nice lady, it went okay. 6/10
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Which school did you apply to?: MSB

  • What did you choose as your major: accounting
  • Date Submitted App: October 20ish?
  • State: PA
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: $120K + a year
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no hooks at all! just an average girl (:
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: my GPA and SAT scores

  • Weaknesses: no hooks, nothing spectacularly amazing about me or my app
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i think my personality showed through my essay and recommendations
  • What would you have done differently?: nothiing. im happy (:
    </code></pre>
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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>GPA (UW): 3.81/4
SAT: 2340 (800 CR and W, 740 M)
SAT II: 740 Math II, 700 Lit, 680 US Hist
No AP’s taken, but all courses are on an AP level</p>

<p>White male, no hooks. Might post rest of stats later :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred from the College</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2270, 750 CR, 790 M, 730 W

  • SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took it once
  • ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): n/a
  • ACT (Highest subsection from each test): n/a
  • SAT II: 750 Math II, 740 Bio E, 710 Lit
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does not
  • Weighted GPA: 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): at least 10% probably 5%
  • AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), Stats (4), Physics, Calc BC, Chem, Psych, Spanish
  • IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, one art class (in order to graduate), and 1 regular level class
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First Place at FTC World Championship
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): High School Science Team- 5th in state (VP)
</code></pre>

<p>High School Math Team
High School Robotics Team (1st in region)
Editor of School Newspaper
Key Club</p>

<pre><code>* Job/Work Experience: none

  • Volunteer/Community service: Extremely active in Key Club and NHS volunteering events
    </code></pre>

<p>Dedicated Hospice Volunteer for 3 years</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Activity Short Essay: I wrote about FTC Robotics; 6
o Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): I wrote about hospice; 7
o Essay 2 (Different for each school): 10
o Other:

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: Really glowing, I was her favorite student
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: n/a
  • Counselor Rec: Never got to read it, I hope it was ok
  • Additional Rec: n/a
  • Interview: Decent, I think she was impressed.
  • Art Supplement:
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Which school did you apply to?: The College

  • What did you choose as your major: Physics
  • Date Submitted App: 10/29
  • State (if domestic applicant): MA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: 200,000+
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: SAT score, EC’s

  • Weaknesses: Essay, GPA/Rank
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Georgetown is competitive
  • What would you have done differently?: spent more time on essays
    </code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Good luck to all my fellow deferrees!!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Objective:
•ACT: 32
•SAT II: Literature 760; U.S. History 750
•GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
•AP (place score in parentheses): World History 5; English Lan. & Comp 5; U.S. History 5
•Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
Awards: Various golf awards earned throughout my high school career</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars: Varsity Captain of Girl’s Golf Team; President of Model United Nations Team; NHS; Mu Alpha Theta; Asian Club; Spanish Club; School Ambassador Program
•Volunteer/Community service: regular volunteer at Keller Community Storehouse for 4 years</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
•Essays (Include Subjects): Topic of your choice- I wrote about golf and its impact on my social life, study habits, self-confidence; 9/10; MSB essay- I wrote about how I developed a strong passion for business through my dad and attending a summer program 2 years ago; 9/10
◦Activity Short Essay: I wrote about volunteering to help my community; 8/10
•Teacher Recommendation #1: my junior math teacher wrote my recommendation; I only had one teacher letter of rec
•Counselor Rec: I think my counselor wrote a good recommendation letter
•Interview: my interview lasted 2 hours; I asked a ton of questions and my interviewer was super nice; he attended my high school so there was an instant connection, which made talking to him a lot easier; 8/10</p>

<p>Other
•Which school did you apply to?: McDonough School of Business
•What did you choose as your major: Finance; I intend to double major in International Business and Finance
•Date Submitted App: mid-October
•State (if domestic applicant): the great state of Texas :slight_smile:
•School Type: private Catholic
•Ethnicity: Asian and White
•Gender: Female
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am an athlete and will be playing on the Women’s Golf Team at Gtown</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: well-rounded as an athlete with other ECs and good grades
•What would you have done differently?: nothing :slight_smile:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted to Georgetown! Hoyas for life! Can’t wait to be a member of the Class of 2016 :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective: </p>

<p>SAT I: 1490 (760 M/730 R)
SAT II: 770 Math II, 770 U.S. History, 730 Physics
UW GPA (Out of 4.0): 3.89
W GPA: 4.50
Rank: 6/325
AP (Only for Junior/Seniors): AP English Language (5), AP U.S. History (5)
Senior Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Macro/Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, Honors Spanish IV
Number of Other EA Applicants From School: 1?
Major Awards: Major? lol none.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars - Model UN (Officer), NHS, MS Walk Team, JSA, JV Golf, JV Swim
Work Experience - Supermarket Cashier
Volunteer Work - Counselor-in-Training (Didn’t get paid), St. Peter’s Afterschool Program, Tutoring</p>

<p>Writing:</p>

<p>Short Essay: Model UN Experiences (I think it was over 500 words. That probably was not a good idea…)
Essay 1: Personal essay; maybe a little too trite, meh (800+ words -_-)
Essay 2: Libyan Crisis (I should have picked a less common global issue)
Teacher Recommendation 1: Didn’t Read
Teacher Recommendation 2: Didn’t Read
Counselor Recommendation: Didn’t Read
Interview: I thought it was fine. It lasted ~45 minutes.</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Which school did you apply to?: SFS
Which Major did you choose?: International Political Economy
Date Submitted App: Early October? My transcript didn’t get sent until a few days before 11/1, though.
State: NJ
School Type: Fairly Competitive Public. It was ranked in the Top 500 US schools a few years ago, but I’m not sure if it still is.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > $200K
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Reflection: </p>

<p>Strengths: I don’t really know. A 1490 is not exactly off-the-charts at Georgetown, and most other applicants also have Model UN experience.
Weaknesses: ECs, nothing that unique about me, LONG essays
Why I was deferred: Honestly, there was nothing about me that just stood out. Yeah, I have been relatively successful academically, but it’s not remarkable. I was kind of hoping that my leadership position in Model UN would help, but my ECs are just unimpressive overall. Oh, and my 500+ word “short” essay couldn’t have helped, nor did the essay with 800 words.</p>

14

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 1420 (720M 700 R)
•SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
•ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):
•ACT (Highest subsection from each test):
•SAT II: 730 US 730 Math I 650 World History
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~93
•Weighted GPA: 94.22
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
•AP (place score in parentheses): US (4) taking this year: Macro/Micro Econ, AB Calc
•IB (place score in parentheses):
•Senior Year Course Load: Intro to Business Honors (not as big of a joke as it sounds) Physics Honors, Ap Econ, English Honors (college credits), Chinese Honors, AP Calc AB, Regular Theology
•Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure, 33 total for EA+RD
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none :(</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN 4 years, NHS, Deca 2 years, Varsity Ice Hockey 4 years, Varsity Track and Field 2 years, Volunteer at local summer camp
•Job/Work Experience: One year as paid leader at same summer camp
•Volunteer/Community service: see above</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
I can’t really rate how good my essays were, but I worked really hard on them.
•Essays (Include Subjects):
◦Activity Short Essay: How Model UN brought me a new group of friends and changed my entire youth. Was definitely the worst one. I might edit if you are allowed to by January.
◦Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): The time my mom got arrested…my English teacher was pretty fond of it, but it’s impossible to tell what the admissions people though of it.
◦Essay 2 (Different for each school): Interest in Econ and connected it with Georgetown, social justice activities at Georgetown I would definitely join if accepted…I thought it was pretty good.
◦Other:
•Teacher Recommendation #1: cant read because of school policy, but I assume it was good.
•Teacher Recommendation #2: Jesus I hope this second recommendation was optional…
•Counselor Rec: This should have been great, but once again I am unable to read the letters.
•Additional Rec:
•Interview: A bit awkward, certainly didn’t help, but I don’t think enough to hurt.
•Art Supplement:</p>

<p>Other
•Which school did you apply to?: College
•What did you choose as your major: Econ
•Date Submitted App: Mid-October
•State (if domestic applicant): NY
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Catholic, Large…fairly prestigous
•Ethnicity: white
•Gender: male
•Income Bracket: 60-80K
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation…perhaps the topic of my essay?</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: My essays I hope
•Weaknesses: Below average GPA due to absence of weights because of very low course rigor (with regards to the Gtown applicant pool)
•Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Gpa/Course Rigor
•What would you have done differently?: Did better in school? Took harder classes, but I wish someone would have told me to do that…not that I’m trying to take blame off myself.</p>

15

<p>Deferred
Applied to McDonough. </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown):
SAT I superscore (breakdown):
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 34 - 31 for Math and Science, 35 for English and Reading. (Assuming they received that score because I took the one in late October, otherwise they would have only seen a 31.)
ACT (Highest subsection from each test):
SAT II: 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):37
Weighted GPA: Not available.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not available.
AP (place score in parentheses): All 5s on - AP World, AP US History, AP Comparative Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics.
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Precalc, AP US Government, Orchestra, AP Literature, Chinese III
Number of other EA applicants in your school: Unknown
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Orchestra, Piano, Cross Country (Varsity), Track, NHS Member, Church Youth Group
Job/Work Experience: None - but wrote about starting my own book selling business over the past year.
Volunteer/Community service: Various activities through NHS and Church Youth Group, Violin Tutor for 5th graders.
</code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: 8
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): 9
Essay 2 (McDonough essayl): 7.5
Teacher Recommendation #1:Alright, don’t think it was as good as the ones I used for Common App.
Teacher Recommendation #2: Fine, again not as well as some other ones I used for other schools.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Thought it went very well.
Art Supplement:
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Which school did you apply to?: McDonough
What did you choose as your major: Finance
Date Submitted App: 11/1/11
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000-$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: ACT (amusing they saw the most up to date one), Counselor Rec, and Essays.
Weaknesses: GPA, Lack of leadership, teacher recommendations.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: The weaknesses listed above? No one big hook…
What would you have done differently?: Used the same teachers I used for my Common App recs., Besides that it seems like it would just come down to lack of leadership, and grade point.
</code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to all those amazing applicants who got accepted. And to everyone else like myself… we’ll just have to wait until April 1st. Best of luck to everyone!</p>

16

<p>Decision: Deferred
…To the college.</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 34
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): 34 Reading, 34 Writing, 35 Science, 35 English, 30 Math
SAT II: 760 Literature, 680 USH, 660 MII
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unsure… 3.5?
Weighted GPA: 4.1 on a 4.8 scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/380
AP (place score in parentheses): 4 APUSH, 4 AP Lang & Comp
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit & Comp, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Anthropology
Number of other EA applicants in your school: ZERO.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, Illinois State Scholar
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
</code></pre>

<p>(Elected to National Honor Society board of directors)
Tiger Leaders (school volunteer organization)
High Honor Roll (all four years)
(Raised over $200 for Haiti earthquake relief with school fundraiser)
City Hall internship (Summer 2011)
Volunteer for State Rep. (Summer 2011)
Volunteer for Catholic Charities Chicago (Summer 2011)
National Merit Commended Student
Illinois State Scholar
Illinois Premier Boys State participant
(4 Years varsity tennis)
Job/Work Experience:
None
Volunteer/Community service:
See extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: About City Hall internship; 8
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): About working with a veteran’s organization; 9
Essay 2 (Different for each school): Why I want to attend; 9
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 8
Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec: City Hall guy; 9
Interview: 10
Art Supplement: N/A
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Which school did you apply to?: Georgetown College
What did you choose as your major: International Relations or Political Science
Date Submitted App: Oct. 11th, 2011
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Semi-competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$70k
</code></pre>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: ACT, essays, interview, LoRs, most extracurriculars, upward grade trend, rigorous course load
Weaknesses: Grades, SATIIs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Grades, SATIIs
What would you have done differently?: Worked much, much harder freshman and sophomore years of high school.
</code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

<p>Very, very frustrated. Doing all I can to boost my chances for RD.</p>

17

<p>DEFERRED (and heartbroken)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR, 700 Math, 780 Writing (1450/2230)
SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 35 (Comprehension), 34 (Math), 34 (Reading), 33 (Science) 24
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): Same
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8077
Weighted GPA: 5.12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/556
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Human: 4, AP Euro: 3, AP World: 4, AP Comparative: 5, AP Lang: 5, AP Gov: 5, APUSH: 5, AP Calc AB: 5
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Enviro, AP Physics C (Mechanics), AP Stats, AP Psych
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): College Board National Hispanic Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President, Nova High School Debate (5th largest/7th best team in the country), Co-President, Nova High JSA chapter
Job/Work Experience: Umpire, Local recreational baseball league
Volunteer/Community service: Boys and Girls Club (50 hours), Obama Campaign (150 hours), JSA (100 hours) (approximate)</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): Comparison of myself to the comic strip “Doonesbury”: probs a 7 or so
Essay 2 (Different for each school): Basically: Here’s all the possibilitoes Georgetown offers me for my intended major. Also probably a 7
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Comp/AP Euro teacher, favorite teacher ever, 8
Counselor Rec: Probably average, 5
Interview: Went amazingly well, 10</p>

<p>Other
Which school did you apply to?: College
What did you choose as your major: Economics/Political Science
Date Submitted App: Early October
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Extremely loaded on APs
Ethnicity: Spanish
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $100k-$150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably test scores (AP/SAT/ACT)
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Weak essay, idk. I thought this was a pretty solid lock, tell me what you think.
What would you have done differently?: Different essay, another teacher rec. Again, not really sure what they didn’t see here.</p>

18

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 680 M, 770 W
SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took it once
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): –
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): –
SAT II: 710 USH, 600 Latin
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lit: 5, APUSH: 4, AP Calc BC: 5
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Latin, AP Bio, Russian language independent study, Russian history
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam, AP Scholar, etc
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): music stuff, LGBTQ awareness stuff, TOOOO excited to list everything in detail
Job/Work Experience: internship, guitar teacher
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, hospital stuff
</code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: 7 - talked about music
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): 10 - the best thing I’ve ever written, and most telling about me as a person
Essay 2 (Different for each school): 8 - very passionate, personal, and specific
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: just submitted one. It was very strong, 9
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec: 8 - very good
Additional Rec: did not have one
Interview: pretty well, but nothing spectacular
Art Supplement:
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Which school did you apply to?: College
What did you choose as your major: Russian
Date Submitted App: 5 days before deadline
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private independent
Ethnicity: white + Filipina
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: My essays and recommendations, definitely.
Weaknesses: test scores, ECs, everything else haha
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: To be honest, I’m surprised, and confused why they accepted me when they deferred so many people more qualified than I. I think I was accepted because I am a passionate person and conveyed that properly
What would you have done differently?: Nothing, apparently :slight_smile:
</code></pre>

19

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): M 780 CR 770 W 780
• SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
• ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): N/A
• ACT (Highest subsection from each test): N/A
• SAT II: Math 2 780, World History 740, US History, 740
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Weighted GPA: 4.84–something
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/577
• AP (place score in parentheses): 5-World Hist 5-US Hist 4-Chem 3-Calc BC hahaha
• Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3, Econ/Gov, Spanish V, English, Physics, Community College Computer Science class
• Major Awards: National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Speech and Debate, Boy Scouts, Mock Trial, principal trumpet in state youth symphony, lead trumpet in state jazz band, student government, Boys State, member of city’s youth council,
• Job/Work Experience: US Senate (Page), founded business
• Volunteer/Community service: Hospice Volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator for state service group</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):• Essays (Include Subjects):◦ Activity Short Essay:
◦ Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): Good 9
◦ Essay 2 (Different for each school): Good 8/9</p>

<p>• Teacher Recommendation #1: AP US Hist teacher, Good
• Teacher Recommendation #2: English 3 teacher, Good (Literally the most amazing thing I’ve ever read)
• Counselor Rec: Good
• Additional Rec: Scoutmaster. He’s a great guy so probably good
• Interview: Good–so much fun. He was sooo chill</p>

<p>Other• Which school did you apply to?: Georgetown College
• What did you choose as your major: Economics
• Date Submitted App: idk early october
• State (if domestic applicant): AZ
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: N/A
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection• Strengths: EC’s, scores, idk
• Weaknesses: class rank
• Other thoughts:
So happy!!! GTown is a great school–I wish everyone else luck!!</p>

20

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1st: CR-780, M-760, W-680 (1540/1600), 2nd: CR-760, M-700, W-800 (1460/1600)
SAT I superscore (breakdown):CR-780, M-760, W-800 (1540/2340)
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): Only sitting: C-33, E-33, M-35, R-33, S-32
SAT II: Chinese-800, Math 2-780, USH-710, World His-680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.42
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/805
AP (place score in parentheses): World:4, APUSH-5, English Comp-5, Physics B-3
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish-3, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, ASB, AP Gov/Econ, AP Chem
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1 other
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major</p>

<p>Subjective: (I’m only putting what GU saw)
Extracurriculars: ASB (Jr. Class Sec, Sr. Class Prez), MUN (Secretary General Sr. Year), NHS (VP Senior Year), School Site Council (Co-Chair Sr year)
Job/Work Experience: Midnight team for Congress Hopeful (Oct-Nov 2010) , Law Firm Litigation Assistant (summer of 2011)
Volunteer/Community service: City Councilman Campaign, Little League Umpire and Snack bar worker</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Activity Short Essay: About ASB, expected but sincere-8
Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay): Super Creative and risky-9
Essay 2 (Why GU?): Just said why GU was perfect for me-8
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9, have known the teacher for 8 years and he knows me really well
Teacher Recommendation #2: 8, physics teacher and he noted that GU was my number 1
Counselor Rec: 5, Boring, general… just listed stuff.
Interview: 5, Boring and didn’t connect. But the interviewer said he would put in a good word for me.</p>

<p>Which school did you apply to?: College
What did you choose as your major: Government (talked about double-major with econ in essay)
Date Submitted App: October 26
State: CA
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <60,000</p>

<p>Reflection: Glad that I spent soooo much time on it.
Strengths: Scores and essays
Weaknesses:GPA and interview?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because I showed my interest in GU and that they were a perfect fit.</p>

<p>HOYA SAXA!!!</p>