Official Georgetown University Regular Decision Thread 2013

rainbsprinkles · March 31, 2009, 4:34pm

Only something like 10 or 15 prepas have a majority of their students pass their concours. There are hundreds of prepas in France in which NO ONE passes the concours: two years of your life, wasted.

XYZ_Affair · March 31, 2009, 10:17pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:
ACT: 33 comp
SAT II: Math 2 (740), Literature (750), World History (580…whince)
AP/IB taken/scores: U.S. History (4), English Literature (3)
GPA unweighted: 4.18 (A+=4.5)
Rank or % estimate: N/A (altho in top 10%)

Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were great…
Teacher Recs: I’d be surprised if it wasnt great
Counselor Rec: I assumed it would be good, my counselor really thought I could get into top schools.
Hook (if any): -none-

Location/Person:
State or Country: Missouri.
School Type: Competitive Private Jesuit School
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male.
Legacy Yes/No: No.
Recruited Yes/No: No.
Important ECs: VP of Circus club (3y), Pres of parish youth group (3y), south city youth group (3y), tennis (3y), 1200+ service hours
Likely Letter Yes/No: I wish

Other Factors: Published frequently in school’s very selective literary magizine and started annual poetry nights for students from various high schools in the st. louis metro area

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Many students less qualified than myself have gotten into Georgetown over the past few years (probably the whole jesuit thing) and I thought I had a great shot…but apparently I fell just short…desperately hoping to get in from the waitlist, but i have very low expectations

4th_house · April 1, 2009, 12:14am

for S:

Decision: Accepted: SFS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[] Essays: doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[] Teacher Recommendation: alleged to be very good
[] Counselor Rec: see above
[] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[] Interview: very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none of the “classics”[/li][/ul]Reflection

Strengths: typical hard-working, well-rounded kid

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences

Weaknesses: not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just a strong overall app

PWS · April 1, 2009, 7:33am

I was accepted to the School of Foreign Service.

aahendricks · April 1, 2009, 10:24pm

Decision: Accepted: SFS

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 720m, 790w (2310)

SAT II: Math 2: 780
USH: 800
Spanish:780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):not sure; 4,25 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank, co-valedictorian
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc A/B: 5
Environmental Science: 5
USH: 5
Senior Year Course Load: French IV, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP World, AP Psych, Chinese I @ Washington U
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN 3y, Mock Trial 1y, Varsity Soccer(captain), Varsity Tennis, Flute quite badly

Job/Work Experience: Referee, kids soccer, intern @ Wash U med school lab
Volunteer/Community service: Obama campaign stuff, quite a bit
Summer Activities: Homestay thing in Spain, MO Scholars Academy, Internship
Essays: I thought it was quite excellent
Teacher Recommendation: great, i’m told
Counselor Rec: same
Additional Rec: Head of WU med school lab
Interview: good, but got into tricky area of religion…eek!
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Y

Intended Major: not quite sure
State (if domestic applicant): MO
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really
</code></pre>

Reflection: I’m quite happy, but not sure where i’m going yet–SFS or JHU i think

leprochaunmooe · April 2, 2009, 3:23pm

oh well overall america is good for college, the education is better
especially at a school like gtown
i cant wait to be a hoya next year

khsstitches · April 2, 2009, 7:34pm

Denied but accepted at 6 great places and she didn’t care in the least…had never looked at G’town except on the web site…their loss as far as I am concerned, but another college’s gain. Now to just decide among the 6…

ceinwynofavalon · April 2, 2009, 9:44pm

Accepted SFS, but deciding between Georgetown, Princeton, and Columbia.

nerenm · April 4, 2009, 6:13am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 730
[] SAT Math: 780
[] SAT Writing: 770
[] SAT Total: 2280
[] SAT II: Math II - 690, Chemistry - 700
[] ACT: 34 Composite
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Human Geography - 5, English Language and Composition - 5
[] GPA weighted: N/A
[] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[] Rank or % estimate: 1/250

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Not very good
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Okay
[] Hook (if any): Year at a private school in Germany; Unique interests/career goals.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Oregon
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Winner of Math League, National Merit Finalist[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! Great school in a great city.

kcmusic · April 7, 2009, 5:00pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal:740
[] SAT Math: 720
[] SAT Writing: 660
[] SAT Total: 2120
[] SAT II: Math II - 690, US Hist - 710, Bio E - 730, Lit - 770
[] ACT: N/A
[] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Chem (5), AP US Hist (5), AP Eng Lit (5), AP Physics C, AP Calc AB
[] GPA weighted: 4.2ish
[] GPA unweighted:3.9
[] Rank or % estimate:

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Fairly strong, I assume
[] Teacher Recs: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Hook (if any): None

[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[] State or Country: California, USA
[] School Type: Private, all girls
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Important ECs: Dance, Music, FaceAIDS, Newspaper, Radio
[] Likely Letter Yes/No: No

General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats! I’m currently trying to decide between Georgetown, Stanford, Colgate and Macalester…gahhh

anklegrabber · April 8, 2009, 12:33am

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal:800
[] SAT Math:780
[] SAT Writing:670
[] SAT Total:1580/2250
[] SAT II:Spanish - 730, Math 2 - 760, Literature - 710
[] ACT:N/A
[] AP/IB taken/scores:English Language - 5, US History - 4, Spanish Language - 4, Spanish Literature - 4
[] GPA weighted: 93.7/100
[] GPA unweighted:N/A
[] Rank or % estimate: Around 12/65 (20%)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:Pretty good
[] Teacher Recs:Average for Georgetown
[] Counselor Rec:Above average
[] Hook (if any):

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:Massachusetts
[] School Type:Private
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Legacy Yes/No:No
[] Recruited Yes/No:No
[] Important ECs:Newspaper, Debate, XC, Baskeball
[] Likely Letter Yes/No:No

[/ul]Other Factors:
I applied into the FLL for Spanish and I think that might have done the trick.

BananaSandwich15 · June 17, 2009, 6:37pm

i seemed to have missed this thread. i was accepted to the business school

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