Official Georgetown University Regular Decision Thread 2013

Ace2209 · March 30, 2009, 6:37pm

** Georgetown University **

Decision: Accepted (The College)

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 780 US History, 750 Physics, 740 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible, 4 APs, the rest Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing of note.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very involved in politics/water conservation out here in Colorado. Have authored and passed legislation, work in the state capitol, and held high leadership positions on the McCain/RNC 2008 campaign. Other stuff like Mock Trial, Class President, etc.
[] Essays: Pretty good I thought
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: From a friend in the Colorado House of Representatives
[] Interview: Went very well

[/ul]Other [ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):** Colorado! **
[li] School Type: Medium Private[/li][] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Pretty unique ECs I guess. Nothing else.[/li]
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, stats
[] Weaknesses: Couple of Bs first Trimester senior year, but brought up to As by second trimester. Thought essay was just alright.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Geography, unique activities.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck everybody! Go Hoyas!

2-iron · March 30, 2009, 6:38pm

**Decision: Waitlisted SFS **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 800
[] SAT Math: 800
[] SAT Writing: 790
[] SAT Total: 2390
[] SAT II: Three 800s
[] ACT:
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Three fives, three more this May
[] GPA weighted: 4.2
[] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[] Rank or % estimate: Top 10%

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Absolutely awesome
[] Teacher Recs: very good
[] Counselor Rec: probably not as good
[] Hook (if any): none

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: Varsity Golf, some fundraisers, FBLA, student paper
[] Likely Letter Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Hmm…it seems the people with the best stats are getting waitlisted. Tufts syndrome?

jelabidin · March 30, 2009, 6:55pm

Decision:Waitlisted MSB

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal:660
[] SAT Math:750
[] SAT Writing:730
[] SAT Total:2140
[] SAT II:Math I:760, Math II:750, Chem:710
[] ACT:
[] AP/IB taken/scores:8 at graduation
[] GPA weighted:5.96 yeah dont ask
[] GPA unweighted:3.87
[] Rank or % estimate:3/345, top 1%

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:good
[] Teacher Recs:good
[] Counselor Rec:idk
[] Hook (if any):none

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:NJ
[] School Type:Pub
[] Ethnicity:White (middle eastern)
[] Gender:Male
[] Legacy Yes/No:no
[] Recruited Yes/No:no
[] Important ECs:see other posts
[] Likely Letter Yes/No:no

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Damn I suck

sowmit · March 30, 2009, 6:59pm

My friend got in with 1650 SAT. She ranks #4 out of 317 students, from MA, gpa w-4.34, Has lots of ecs including soccer, basketball(captain) swimming. She was rejected from Northeastern and BU, but I am happy that she got into Georgetown.

mcgmfc · March 30, 2009, 7:01pm

Decision: Accepted SFS

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 710
[] SAT Math: 690 ( )
[] SAT Writing: 710
[] SAT Total: 1400/2110
[] SAT II: this is sad… French- 680; Math- 690; Literature (brace yourselves)- 550
[] ACT: 32; 12 writing
[] AP/IB taken/scores: 2 APs, 14 or 15 IBs, IB Diploma Student
[] GPA weighted: 4.1
[] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[] Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank (top 10% is all i know)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good.
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read. My school’s really small though so our consellors know us really well
[] Hook (if any): URM

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Northern Virginia
[] School Type: small public school
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Female
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: A lot of athletics and community service, especially with coaching sports. Also NHS, yearbook, a few others.
Was really active in the Obama campaign (that probably helped)
[] Likely Letter Yes/No: no

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: just happy to have gotten in. CONGRATS to everyone else!!

ebaniaga · March 30, 2009, 7:14pm

Congrats Everone!!!

ebaniaga · March 30, 2009, 7:16pm

**Decision: Accepted, MSB **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 520
[] SAT Math: 610
[] SAT Writing: 510
[] SAT Total: 1640
[] SAT II:Literature 560 Mathematics Level 2 570 Physics 520
[] ACT: 27 Comp
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Taken AP USH, CALC AB, LANG, and PHYS B (Junior) and AP PSYCH, STATS, LIT, and CALC BC (Senior)
[] GPA weighted:4.1 (only weights AP not honors)
[] GPA unweighted:3.9
[] Rank or % estimate: 1 of 554

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Ok, not so GREAT
[] Teacher Recs: AWESOME (She offered me the chance to read it, I teared, lol.)
[] Counselor Rec: AWESOME too
[] Hook (if any): THE BEST INTERVIEW EVER, Started own AP Stats Class, 1st Gen

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Hawaii
[] School Type: Public, competitive in District
[] Ethnicity: 100% Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: Student Association, LDSC, NHS, PAAC, Leo Club
[] Likely Letter Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors:
I like to think the the important factors were my involvement in strong leadership ECs, starting my own AP Stats class, an my great interview, but…
I’m thinking that there is an under representation of Hawaii public school students at Georgetown. I was talking to my interview and all the Punahou and Iolani (Prestigious Private Schools in Hawaii) usually get in, not much from the public schools so I think that played a part.

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
I hope I serve as an inspiration that College Admission Exams are obstacles that CAN be overcome, no matter what institution you apply! But regardless, good job to everyone and congrats to those who got in!

desiking75 · March 30, 2009, 7:17pm

ebaniaga… why is ur w gpa lower than your uw?

ebaniaga · March 30, 2009, 7:19pm

SORRY! I misread it, I was too excited/shocked to even think correctly!

teamam · March 30, 2009, 7:32pm

PUMPED is the only way to describe my feeling. Even more so considering I was deferred in December! yay dunno for sure if im going but very excited right now

ginab591 · March 30, 2009, 7:54pm

Deffered then rejected.
Math 720, CR 700, Writing 780
SAT IIs: 660 (Physics) 710 English, 730 Math I
AP’s: 6 with this year (8 max at my school)
Rank: 33/600
Upstate NY, Hispanic Female
NHS, Math, English, Science, Social Studies Honor Societies, Girl Scouts (Gold Award), written 3 novels

This is my first rejection (two to come tomorrow most likely), but I didn’t feel too bad about it. I gave up on Georgetown back in December, especially since I found out it has a history of not accepting people from my school with better stats than those accepted from neighboring schools.
Congrats to all who got in.

Anticipation16 · March 30, 2009, 8:01pm

Deferred then Rejected. Also my first rejection. Was my first choice, but also expected the rejection because Gtown only accepts one person from my school on a good year and they accepted someone early action. Oh well. I cant wait to get rejected from Yale and Princeton tomorrow. Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! Seriously, thats awesome!

leprochaunmooe · March 30, 2009, 8:19pm

DECISION ACCEPTED GC !!!

My brother currently attends
From
Washington State
French Citizen
CR 600 M 700 W 700
Subject Test 660 720 790
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1
validictorian
im definetly going
its going to be so awesome

Echo049 · March 30, 2009, 8:24pm

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2150 – 770 Math; 690 Reading; 690 Writing (9 Essay)
[] SAT Iis: 800 Math I; 750 Math II; 700 US History; 680 Biology-E
[] ACT: 32 – 36 English; 29 Math; 32 Reading; 31 Science; 8 Essay
[] APs: 5 US History; 4 Calculus AB; 4 English Language; 4 Biology
[] GPA: 3.80 UW
[] Rank: 40/406

[] Other stats: None in particular
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Violin, Knowledge Bowl, Youth Commission; Hospital Volunteer; Track; Journalism Internship; DECA
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): I thought it was pretty good, but since everywhere that I applied with this essay to has rejected me so far…it probably wasn’t that great.
[] Teacher Recs: One exceptional. One good.
[] Counselor Rec: Er…decent, I guess.
[] Applied on: Common Application?
[] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Washington (state)
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; 1900 students; very few go to big-name schools (smartest usually hit BYU…)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Hmm…a bit of a slap to the face. I’m in at UChicago, so I’m not TOO down, but Georgetown was one of my mid-range schools (along with Carnegie Mellon, which also rejected me). Disappointing to say the least.

whsdrummer99 · March 30, 2009, 8:38pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 670
[ *] SAT Math: 680
[ *] SAT Writing: 650
[ *] SAT Total: 2000
[ *] SAT II: Math Level II: 780; US History: 680
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC (5), US History (3), Psych (5), English (4)
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.27
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 1

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, my common app essay was really long though
[ *] Teacher Recs: One was incredible and the other (written by an AP English teacher) was written really poorly
[ *] Counselor Rec: She can’t write, plain and simple
[ *] Hook (if any): Appalachian-American, but that probably doesn’t count, haha

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: WV
[ *] School Type: Public School (200 seniors), ranked best school in WV
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: 3 types of band, baseball, track, cross country, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, youth groups, Christian Teens, ski club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and student council.
[ *] Likely Letter Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congrats to everyone else who got in! This year’s applicant class was really large and it’s an accomplishment to have simply applied. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to go thanks to money issues, but I look forward to seeing everyone there if I can go. Go Hoyas!

Verbal · March 30, 2009, 9:02pm

I was accepted to the College.

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2220 (780CR, 730M, 710W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: US History: 800, Literature: 710</li>
<li>GPA: 3.86W, with a definite upward trend (3.2 beginning of freshman year, 4.45 junior year)</li>
<li>Rank: 16/97</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: To be honest, I never felt as though they to where they needed to be.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: APUSH and Math teacher, didn’t read either but confident both were glowing.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Was read to me, was very impressive considering she has only been around 6 months.</li>
<li>Interview: It went well, but I can’t say Georgetown’s was the most amazing I had. On the whole solid though.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): First-generation, low-income?</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: San Diego, California</li>
<li>School Type: Public charter, ranked in the top 10 of public high schools by USNWR and Newsweek.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

GOOSEBUMPS · March 30, 2009, 9:03pm

**Decision: Accepted **

I applied to McDonough but the acceptance letter didn’t confirm if I had gotten into it. Can anyone offer insight into this?

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal:750
[] SAT Math:750
[] SAT Writing:730
[] SAT Total:1500/2230
[] SAT II:Lit 720 Math 2 750 Math 1 670] ACT:33
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Eng Lang (4) Calc AB (5) US Hist (4)
[] GPA weighted:
[] GPA unweighted:94.8/100
[] Rank or % estimate:

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:Good, I really liked my special skills one
[] Teacher Recs: Didnt read but I’d expect them to be highly complimentary
[] Counselor Rec: Good, had a fairly close relationship with him, rare in a big public school
[] Hook (if any): Isn’t it kind of pretentious to assume that you have a hook? Well I don’t think I had one

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:USA
[] School Type: Public Magnate
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: ME of school newspaper, student govt involvement, summer biz internship and journalism activities, govt and biz programs outside of school
[] Likely Letter Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
HOLY MACKEREL I GOT INTO GEORGETOWN!!! I AM SO EXCITED. I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY CHOSE ME!! out of all the other amazing candidates that applied!!

teamam · March 30, 2009, 9:04pm

@GOOSEBUMPS. yes i know what you’re saying. my letter didn’t say which school i was accepted to. but im going to assume its all good and well and possibly call them later this week :)

Ssushi · March 30, 2009, 9:09pm

At the enrollment form it says at the bottom what school you were accepted into and your major etc

lolcats4 · March 30, 2009, 9:09pm

Decision: Accepted SFS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
[] SAT II: 2400 + 780 (800 Literature, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math 2)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW for the 74 college credits I’ve taken (I’m home schooled)
[] Senior Year Course Load (College classes): Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, U.S. History, Honors Intro to Shakespeare, Honors Organic Chemistry I and II (with lab), World Politics
[] Senior Year Course Load (Home School): Western Literature, Philosophy, Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholar candidate (not really big unless I get Semifinalist or Scholar)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strategy game design, website management; Violin and Youth Orchestra; Boy Scout Venture Crew (Eagle Scout); Varsity Swim Team 
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, Venture Crew, Eagle Project
[] Summer Activities: Rayado program, major trips w/ Venture Crew, otherwise nothing major
[] Essays: Wrote my main one on being a member of the local high school’s swim team, the essay for SFS on China, and sent in a supplemental one on my work in the video game industry (this essay was my main Common App one)
[] Teacher Recommendation: One stellar, one good (from college professors)
[] Counselor Rec: My dad wrote this (as I’m home schooled) and it was good in explaining my home school situation
[] Additional Rec: Had one written by my “boss” at the website I work for. He was an Oxford tutor and it was stellar.
[] Interview: Of my three interviews, this one was by far my favorite and best interview!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] School Type: Home School
[] Ethnicity: White (Caucasian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Below $60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores that validate my advanced college coursework, overall well-roundedness while having a very unique “edge” (video games)
[] Weaknesses: Video games are a risk, essays weren’t brilliant

[/ul]General Comments: Very excited to be accepted. I have so many choices now that my head just spins when I try to think about them!

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