***Official Georgetown University 2016 RD Results***

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<p>Copy, paste, and good luck!</p>

<p>
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[noparse]
Decision: Accepted - SFS
Decision: Accepted - College
Decision: Accepted - Business
Decision: Accepted - Nursing
Decision: Waitlisted - SFS
Decision: Waitlisted - College
Decision: Waitlisted - Business
Decision: Waitlisted - Nursing
Decision: Rejected - SFS
Decision: Rejected - College
Decision: Rejected - Business
Decision: Rejected - Nursing</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

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<p>Does anyone know when decisions are released?</p>

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<p>The decisions are supposed to be released by mail by April 1st</p>

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<p>can we lock this thread so there aren’t a million posts during the next two weeks? I think it’s fair to say that there won’t be any news for at least this coming next week</p>

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<p>This notice is posted on the Georgetown Admissions website</p>

<p>Admissions Announcement
April 1st is the announcement date for First-Year (Freshmen) applicants.</p>

<p>Since April 1st is a Sunday, the notification date is Monday, April 2nd.</p>

<p>Decision letters will be mailed via U.S.P.S. a few days ahead of that date.</p>

<p>Applicants who live outside the USA will also receive an email on or about April 2nd.</p>

<p>Here is the link to website:</p>

<p>[Admissions</a> Announcement - Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/announcements/]Admissions”>Announcements | Office of Undergraduate Admissions | Georgetown University)</p>

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<p>So, based on that, when colleges say “notifications sent: by April 1st” it really means “around April 1st.” :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>from the class of 2015 decisions thread, it looks like they received their letters as early as march 26th last year…depending upon how close you live to DC, it could be very soon! :)</p>

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<p>I think they could arrive at any point this week…the announcement about April 2nd is probably just to tell people that they may not get it by Saturday (the last day to get it before the 1st) and that they shouldn’t freak out if it doesn’t come before the 1st. Making the notification date the 2nd gives them that extra day for people to receive letters before they start passing the announced deadline.</p>

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<p>HroN23776433</p>

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<p>tick tock . . . tick tock . . .</p>

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<p>My bro just got his acceptance letter but we live in No. Va. The release date on the letter was March 28th</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred → Accepted - College</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330: 760M, 800W, 770CR
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (790), Literature (700), Chinese (770), Math I (760), Chemistry (710), Biology (760)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank, top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Lang (5), Biology (2), AP Spanish (3)<br>
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Comparative, Photography<br>
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many awards in and out of school, highest level was a state award but nothing too major
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): About 20 clubs/sports, 10 leadership positions (4 President, 2 VP, 2 Secretary, 1 Cabinet Officer, 1 captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor in the summer, science internships at the Department of Defense and at WRAIR, Neurology Internship at Georgetown!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Almost everywhere, I’m pretty involved in the community, about 5-10 hours per week!
[<em>] Summer Activities: See the “Job/Work Experience” bullet
[</em>] Essays: Short essay was easy, Personal Narrative was good but could’ve been better, Georgetown College essay was BS…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: She is known for writing the best recommendations in my school, I had her for two years and she said it was easy to write an amazing rec for me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t know me that well, generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: Should have been the professor I worked with at Georgetown but he didn’t send it
[</em>] Interview: AWKWARD hahaha, not bad overall, it was my first interview and I just didn’t know how to keep things going</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, Large (557 in class)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $300K +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mother)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays, interview, the small things
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I kept showing interest after I was deferred
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Washington University in St. Louis, UC Berkeley, W&M, VaTech; Waitlisted at UVA </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m just a normal guy, work hard in school and you’ll achieve your dreams. I’m glad I was accepted and I’m definitely going to Georgetown in the fall! HOYA SAXA!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted - Business</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 730 R, 680 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math II, 710 USH, 690 Lit, 720 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 Psych, 4 Lang, 4 USH, 3 Macro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Symphony Orchestra, Italian IV Honors, Calculus III/Differential Equations Honors, AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Physics C, Gym
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Culture club, Italian Honor Society, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Model UN, FBLA, Foreign Exchange
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Abercrombie Model from 11/23/12 to present
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: CCD teacher and nursing home volunteer from freshman to senior year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Field hockey camps
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview: Went really well</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, 2900 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino + Spanish
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: who knows
[</em>] Weaknesses: who knows
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i’m not especially impressive :frowning:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted [rutgers business, cas, pharm; nyu stern bpe; boston college caroll school of management; ucla] rejected [penn brown columbia dartmouth]</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: any suggestions on what i can do? georgetown is my top choice and i want to go there regardless of what i get in financial aid</p>

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<p>nella11: Don’t be heartbroken. You are an excellent student, as evidenced by your acceptances at some top schools. And a waitlisting is miles ahead of a denial, although I don’t know how much GT moves their waitlist. Do you have a college counselor you can trust who can advocate quickly on your behalf, perhaps sending in third quarters grades and an additional rec letter? If so, I’d take heart and take action. At the same time, if you can afford it, choose one of the other schools who clearly love you, make a deposit to them, and trust the universe.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - SFS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360: CR (760), Math (800), Writing (800)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (didn’t report)
[<em>] SAT II: MathII (800), US History (790), Bio E (770), Spanish (770), Lit (730)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Human Geography (5), Biology (5), Statistics (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), European History (5), US History (4), two others not reported.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Discrete Math, AP English Lit, AP Comparative GoPo, AP Art History, AP Spanish, AP US GoPo, AP Enviro, Spanish Conversation, 2 Portuguese classes at my local university.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Three national awards/scholarships in Spanish (two of them were pretty major), National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, a couple of 1st and 2nds at the state level in Envirothon.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SHH (officer), Envirothon, Young Democrats (Secretary), Newspaper (managing editor), Math Team, Beta Club, Portuguese Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: mentoring Hispanic elementary school students, and some high school Spanish tutoring.
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing substantial, mostly just took the time to explore things that I didn’t get a chance to during the school year, such as gardening, crew, and flying.
[<em>] Essays: I chucked my original SFS essay about two days before the deadline (I was second-guessing myself and thought that it sounded too cheesy). I finally decided to edit an old freshman year AP Human Geography essay. It might have been risky, but I guess it paid off!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them, but they both really like me. One of them was from a sophomore year teacher though.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but I go to a pretty big high school and I’ve only met her about 3 times.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I didn’t read it either, but apparently it was very good! From my Portuguese professor.
[li] Interview: It was held on MARCH 20!!! I have no idea why it was so late, but I thought it went well. He was a real gentleman (graduated in the 70s) and clearly loved the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100000 - 110000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) : nothing</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: test scores, course load, awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: my grades, interview time (!!!), and mediocre ECs.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my admissions officer had his/her coffee break right before reading my app :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UChicago, Dartmouth, UVa (Echols), American (Global Scholars), 2 in-state schools; rejected at Cornell.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>I’m so happy to have gotten into SFS! It’s thrilling to know that the kid next to you could be the future head of the CIA or something :slight_smile: And there are so many wonderful professors and opportunities available to us.</p>

<p>I’m still not sure where I’ll end up next year (it’ll be a tug of war between here, UVa, UChicago, and Dartmouth) but it’s amazing to have such great options. I hope I get decent financial aid.</p>

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

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<p>Decision: Accepted - SFS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (680CR 690M 700W)
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II: 730-Math1, 670-Biology E, 540 Lit (horrible, I know)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 UW school doesn’t weigh
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/203
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 1 and 2, Honors English, Pre Calc, Journalism, Legal Assistant 12
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best Witness in Mock Trial, 2nd Place SkillsUSA Competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Cheerleading, Student Council(VP), National Honors Society, Student Government(VP), Math League, Mock Trial, Yearbook (Editor-In-Chief), Interact Club(President), and a few more.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Legal Assistant @ DuPont Legal
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:About 100 hours from being a docent at two museums and an environment center
[<em>] Summer Activities:Working
[</em>] Essays: Great. I think they really helped me :smiley:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was beautiful, the other… quite generic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Horrible, like 3 sentences :frowning:
[li] Interview: Went well. Very casual and lasted about 1 and a half hours.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Delaware
[</em>] School Type: Historically Black Public High School – majority attends HBCU’s or Community College
[<em>] Ethnicity: African – Black
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $70k - $80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM I guess</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Diverse background (Nigerian), essays, and super active
[</em>] Weaknesses: Literature Subject Test Score and No AP’s in sight
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows? I am very grateful they chose me though!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at American U, George Washington U, Northwestern U. Rejected from U of Pennsylvania (figures… the one ivy league.)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Penn was my first choice, unfortunately the ivy league tag (which I care NOTHING about) made it much more competitive. Oh well, My 4 other choices are great! I have no idea where I am going yet (FinAid) BUT I am heavily considering GT!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - SFS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 640 M, 700 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 580 Lit, 710 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/466
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) World History (5) English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Film (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ap Scholar?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of varsity golf and tennis team, 4 years of keyclub, 1 year of NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Manage a small team of workers for a maintenance company 30 hrs/week
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at homeless shelters, nursing homes, athletic events, and more
[<em>] Summer Activities: working full time, did a field study program with Duke, and a People to People trip
[</em>] Essays: Excellent I think. Actually brought a few people to tears.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Most likely generic, at least one was excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great I think, he knows me well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Good, probably not outstanding</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public school, 80% of the kids are economic disadvantage
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: <50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, essays, work experience, first generation
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, especially SAT IIs were just horrendous, ECs were average
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’d like to think it was my essays, but I really have no clue.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Penn, UCLA and UCSD, rejected from the other ivies, duke and hopkins.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: So very happy about this. I love Penn but just having another choice makes me feel great.</p>

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<p>Is it weird I haven’t received anything yet?</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected - SFS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1580, 780 Math 800 Reading
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 780 Math IIC, 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[<em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.93
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%, class of ~500
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on US History, Calc AB, Chemistry, Euro, World, US Gov, Lit
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Psych, Lang, Human Geo, Bio, Physics C: Mech. Also taking Micro, Macro, APES, US Gov online, and will self study Comp Gov, Physics B or Stats, and Art History
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar W/ Distinction , advanced in Moody’s Math Challenge, Regional Poetry Contest, Music Stuff</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, 4 years, captaincy, regional awards
-Band, 4 years. Lots of Trumpet, Trombone, Jazz, Marching, soloist, etc
-8 Honor Societies, 2 years
-FBLA, placed 6th in nationals, 2 years
-Track and Field, 2 years, i think i told them i was captain but that didn’t work out
-Newspaper, 4 years, columnist, other small things
-JSA, 2 years, best speaker awards
-Black History team, 2 years, president
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: internship at state attorney general campaign
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 350 hours through band
[</em>] Summer Activities: debate camp, travelling, nothing much
[<em>] Essays: Personal essay was a great story about a ride on the metro, EC essay was about rebuilding the debate team on my own, SFS essay was about recalibrating the US-China hegemony split in South China Seas
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was from english teacher of 3 years, other was from journalism advisor of 3 years, both were good…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I go to a public school so i basically had to explain to her what to say about me
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Great. Hour long. Interviewer had long relationship with university: 20+ years of interviewing, and he said it would be a big mistake if I wasn’t admitted</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] School Type: Public, apparently not too competitive by the number of rejections we’re getting /:
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) : no, I guess not</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, ECs, Essays, Courseload, APs
[</em>] Weaknesses: the only thing would be GPA (i had a bad junior year)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above… don’t get Cs in Junior Year
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Columbia, Michigan, Penn; Accepted to AU, GWU, UM, UF</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m really disappointed with this one. I know I would’ve been a great fit for Georgetown, and I know I would’ve been extremely happy to attend, which I would’ve done regardless of FA. Honestly, I don’t know why I was rejected, and I’m considering asking and potentially appealing. Does anyone have any advice on whether or not to do this or how? I’ll probably be happy at UM, but I just want closure as to what they saw in me.</p>

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<p>@kidfromthebeach…honestly, I am extremely surprised by that decision. I was accepted and I can sincerely tell you my stats are not as impressive as yours. Do you have any history with the college?? Like for example, was a sibling or other relative accepted in the past and chose not to matriculate? Or does your school have a reputation of unrealistic grade inflation, causing schools to be distrustful of its applicants? Your rejection might have been caused by some sort of political interference like this.</p>