OFFICIAL RD/EA Decisions for Class of 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Decision: Accepted at College</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 760 V, 750 M, 800 W = 2310 Overall

  • ACT: n/a
  • SAT II (if submitted): 770 USH, 770 CHEM
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92ish
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking, but probably top 5
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): US: 5, CHEM: 5, ENG LANG: 5
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP World, AP Spanish, AP Enviro, Latin, English (will take AP Lit exam), Doc Films, P.E., Bioethics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, a **** load of National History Day awards, High Honors, various school awards, AP Scholar, various and sundry awards on the national spanish and latin exams… maybe more, but i forget
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC (captain), track, soccer, class president (11and12), spanish club (lider), writing tutor, student rep at board of overseer meetings, uhh i think that’s it

  • Job/Work Experience: camp counselor one summer; i sit on babies sometimes.
  • Volunteer/Community service: 50ish hours one summer
  • Essays: pretty good. main one was on my connection with a song and how it influenced the way i studied history… it was an old song.
  • Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, so i can only imagine. but i would think that they were both good
  • Counselor Rec: see above.
  • Additional Rec: nope
  • Interview: never had one
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

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

  • Intended Major: no idea. perhaps history?
  • State (if domestic applicant): PA
  • Country (if international applicant): USA
  • School Type: private, <3 colleges
  • Ethnicity: white as snow (of eastern european descent)
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket: upper middle class
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no real hooks.
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: pretty decent scores, GPA, and activities.

  • Weaknesses: nothing too amazing…
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no se, but i’m thankful!
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: good luck to everyone else!</p>

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

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section):2140; 790CR, 760W, 600M</p>

<p>SAT IIs:700Bio(e), 700 English Lit, 760 Spanish w/ listening</p>

<p>ACT:</p>

<p>APs:AP Comp. Politics and Government (5), AP English Language and Composition (5)</p>

<p>IBs:</p>

<p>GPA:3.75</p>

<p>Rank: top 10-20% (school doesn’t rank)</p>

<p>Other stats: A’s in all my AP classes (7 total)</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: debate, theater, music music music, started spanish club at my school, as well as community service organization to go play music in surrounding vollages</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses):common app one was about how, when i was in 9th grade, i raised $5000 to go to a politics camp at georgetown. when i got there, i was the youngest and the only mexican, and it was the most amazing experience everrrr and how i was so struck by all the intellectuality and whatnot
my gtwon essay was about Kashmir</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:very good</p>

<p>Counselor Rec:very good</p>

<p>Applied on:day before deadline</p>

<p>Hook (if any):i’m mexican-american, and i’ve gone to school in india for the past two years (boarding international school). plus i’ve lived in idaho, indiana, and ohio. i was born in mexico too. i guess that’s a hook? interestin life?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:School’s in India, home is in Ohio</p>

<p>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very very good. this year, out of 62 kids, there’s been acceptances at stanford, columbia, u chicago, bowdoin, oberlin, kenyon, UCL, Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, USC, brown, Upenn, Claremont Mckenna, St. John’s College, uVA, Brandeis, Grinnell, Dickinson. and this comes from more than 10 people, not just one or two.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: mexican-american. born in mexico</p>

<p>Gender: male</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
GEORGETOWN ROCKS! i’m pretty sure i only got in because my interview was possibly the most amazing interview in the history of the universe. we talked for like 2 hrs+
Plus I’m Mexican and I go to school in India.
college acceptances are completeley random. i was rejected at Vassar, UChicago, and Yale. And waitlisted at Emory. but accepted here, kenyon, middlebury, and columbia
college admissions are dumb
hmm…</p>

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<p>SAT I:1980</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.61
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes: AP lit-A Ap Lang/comp-A/B Ap Calc-B
Rank: Top 5%
AP: 4 on Ap Lang/comp</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc
AP Lit/Comp
Honors Chem
Honors Gov/Az History
Teacher Assistant
Wind Ensemble(Flute)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Basktball 2006-2010
Wind Ensemble 2006-2010
NHS 2008-2010
Key Club 2009-2010
Step Team 2008-2010
Church Musician(Bassist) 2006-2010</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:Cleaning COntractor 2008-2010</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:Homeless Feedings/Relay For Life/Charity Walks over 200 hours</p>

<p>Essays:
Wrote about my passions for music…ok…Summer Basketball Retreat were me and teammates bonded together it was alright…But my best essay was on people sterotyping me because of the way i look and the grades i recieve…great</p>

<p>Recs:
Nice got a rec from my Honors Physics teacher that outlined my leadership abilities and ability to think for myself and create new ideas…and one from my counselor that outlined how involved i am around campus</p>

<p>Interview:
Went great I had an 80 something year old lawyer turned out his wife was german and i had lived in germany when i was younger so that broke the ice. He loved classical music and i play classical flute so we really connected. Also i went to the Junior Statesmen summer school at Georgetown so we were able to compare how georgetown is now with what he remembers it being lik years ago. Excellent</p>

<p>State: ARIZONA!!!</p>

<p>School Type: Public Its ok 85% go to college </p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Hooks: None except mayb minority…</p>

<p>Strengths: Lots of extracurriculars that i was dedicated to…great interview</p>

<p>Weaknesses:I have decent grades and ok test scores nothing that really stands out though</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Dont kno but im UBER happy!!</p>

<p>General Comments: Probably wont go I have a full ride at Howard University and if i feel like it i can take classes at Georgetown or other d.c. schools as part of the Consortium since ill be at Howard</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SATI (breakdown): 800 CR/ 800 W/ 780 M
[</em>]SATII (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 750 Bio
[<em>]Unweighted GPA(outof4.0): 3.87
[</em>]Rank: Top 20%
[<em>]AP: 3 5s
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and one random class
[<em>]Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars : Debate (captain), Mock Trial (Secretary), FBLA (project chair), religious group youth leader, dance teacher
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: tutor, dance teacher, and hotel internship
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: began a tutoring program for underprivileged students, and a lot of religious stuff
[<em>]Essays: not great.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: decent
[</em>]Additional Rec:none
[<em>]Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[<em>]Intended Major: Econ
[</em>]State: CA
[<em>]School Type: Competitive public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>]Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: SAT, ecs
[<em>]Weaknesses: rank, gpa
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha see above?
[/ul]General Comments: That’s okay. I’m now in the incredible position of trying to decide between Pomona, Amherst, Northwestern, and Berkeley :D</p>

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<p>

That’s weird my son was accepted at Vassar and Chicago, but rejected at Georgetown.</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 770 M 700 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Math II, 740 US, 720 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.75 weighted)
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Reported as Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Three jobs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A bunch
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): All of my essays were rushed/mediocre
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Average
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview:[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Areas of Interest Listed: Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: Average
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
General Comments: Good Luck!! Accepted to Bowdoin, so not too upset! Congrats to everyone who was accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (SFS)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 730, M 700, W 690 = 2120
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Chem 710, Lit 700, US His 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Physics B 90, Calc AB 88, Eng III 96, Eng IV 97, US His 92, Span 98, Chem 91
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~top 5-10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), US His (3), Eng III (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, plus required classes (Religion, World History)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences Book Award, AP Scholar, NHS, the usuals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
Church Youth Group - Teen SOYO (Syrian Orthodox Youth Organization) (President, VP, Treasurer, 5 years)
Dance (14 years)
Theater (6 years)
Chorus/Accapella (4 years)
Art through RISD classes
Model Legislature (2 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor (3 years)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
NEMO (New England Ministry Outreach) (5 years)
RI Democratic Party Volunteer (1 summer)
Habitat for Humanity (multiple trips)
RI Food Bank (multiple visits over 4 years)
Future trip to Jamaica Mustard Seed Communities (This spring break! Only a couple weeks!)
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About Teen SOYO (see above) - mediocre, felt a little forced to write
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About tea - LOVED this essay, haha.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): The conflict in Sudan - well written
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): I saw one from my AP Chem teacher - very strong
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): N/A (didn’t see it)
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): From my church group moderator - strong
[</em>] Interview: The shortest but (I think) the best of my interviews[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Areas of Interest Listed: IR, Culture and Politics, Spanish, Arabic
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Good Catholic school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays + EC, extra curriculars
[<em>] Weaknesses: APs, grades sort of
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I express myself really well in writing and spent a long time on those essays, both of which I was very passionate about. One of them was my favorite essay that I’ve ever written :D[/ul]
General Comments: YAY! Lol. My best to everyone else, and maybe I’ll see some other acceptees if this is where we all end up :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (SFS)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 610, M 660, W 690 = 1960
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): Span 690, US His 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/201 (top 6%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), US His (3), Environmental (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Gov, Stat, and Spanish, then gym, another social studies elective, band and chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, outstanding student in apush and english
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): a lot…class president, deca state winner, deca chapter historian, NHS secretary, baritone section leader, member of principals advisory committee, member of the Student Athlete Leadership Team, varsity lax and varsity cross country
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): spoke abour being class president and how it opened up so many opportunities for me as high school progressed
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about 3 things i thought admission needed to know about me. 1. i have my own army (school student section i started) 2. im proud of my heritage 3. im the nerdiest hmecoming king youll ever meet
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): spoke about the “coup” in honduras and how instead of condoning the temporary government we should have been supporting them
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): i had a couple done so im not sure which ended up being sent
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didnt see
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): from school district superintendant, was amazing
Interview: Was only about 45 minutes, but i feel like we really connected and she seemed really interested in me. and we both applied to the sfs which was good too i guess
Other
Areas of Interest Listed: really looking forward to the sfs
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: mediocre public
Ethnicity: Spanish
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college student, double? urm (mom is from guatemala and dad is from egypt), and low-income bracket
Reflection
Strengths: essays and my recs
Weaknesses: definitely my standardized tests, only a 1270/1600
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really think i got in based on their looking at my application as a whole. if you look at only my tests or gpa you could dismiss me but thankfully the admissions committee took everything into account. so id say i think i got in because of the well-roundedness of my application.
General Comments: its been a few days that i have known that i got in and im still in disbelief about the whole thing. my high school hadnt had a georgetown admittance in something like 15 years, and the sfs is already nearly impossible to get into, so i am happy beyond belief. congrats to everyone else who was admitted!!</p>

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<p>bump! want to meet my future classmates</p>

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<p>@aramada</p>

<p>wow…I have not been admitted yet (im a freshman transfer) but I must say your stats and such compare to mine very closely. I have a 3.9 and 1950 SAT, also an additional rec from my superintendent. also, only one person from my school (very poor area) has gone to georgetown and that was in 1994 (16 years ago) very weird haha</p>