Please chance me-I'm not perfect!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I am aware that Universities take a very holistic approach when deciding whether or not to accept an individual. Regardless, I would like to see where the college confidential community thinks I stand. I am a female Indian Maryland resident. Please chance me please.
Thank you.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95
Rigorous courseload, honors and AP classes. (AP NSL, AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Calc, AP World Junior yr, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Lit Senior yr)</p>

<p>Community Service Hours: 650</p>

<p>SAT (CR, M, W, E)
First: 2030 (750, 710, 570, 7)
Second: 2100 (700, 740, 660, 8)
Super Score: 2150</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
Name/Year</p>

<p>Key Club
President (12th)
Vice President (11th)
Editor (10th)
Member (9th)</p>

<p>Hope Club
President (12th)
Vice President (11th)
Secretary (10th)
Member (9th)</p>

<p>Amnesty International
Vice President/Co-Founder (12th)</p>

<p>National Honors Society
Member (10th-12th)</p>

<p>National English Honors Society
Treasurer (11th)
Member (10th-12th)</p>

<p>National Science Honors Society
Member (10th-12th)</p>

<p>National Math Honors Society
Member (12th)</p>

<p>National Social Studies Honors Society
Member (12th)</p>

<p>National Piano Playing Auditions
Preparatory for Collegiate Class (Highest Rank)</p>

<p>Summer Reading Program (+50 Hours)
I was a director of the summer reading program at the local library. I fostered and promoted literacy in elementary school children.</p>

<p>My main concern is that I was a part of basically every honors society and I am proud of myself for accomplishing this feat. It really bolsters my personal confidence that I have fulfilled my academic endeavors. However, my main passion is community service (and music), something that is of personal importance. Therefore, I channeled most of my efforts into service organizations like Key Club where I could do something of real social value. I was wondering if colleges would see my passion or inquiry why I did not pursue more of an active role in my various honors societies.</p>

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<p>To which school are you applying at Georgetown? </p>

<p>Depending on the high school sponsors, various chapters of NH societies actually do quite a bit of community service work that is quite impressive. There will be thousands of students applying who have taken various roles within their respective National Honors Societies but I think Georgetown is more interested in knowing how you spent your time in high school. Highlight those activities you took an active role in on your application to demonstrate your leadership potential. Your demonstrated passion for your service-oriented EC’s should come across somewhere in your application. </p>

<p>Maybe you could detail in a student resume your duties as President’s of Key Club and Hope Club. Explain the specific mission/goals of the clubs, how many people were in the clubs, your responsibilities as president of these clubs, what you accomplished during your time as VP/President etc. Good luck!</p>

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So are the majority of other applicants. At University of Florida, for example, 98% of all applicants are members of the National Honor Society. NOT being in it has more of an affect than being in it does… it’s almost expected. Georgetown being more prestigious than UF, you can probably bet that it’s even more common for an applicant to be a part of NHS.</p>

<p>If you’ve done A LOT and I really mean A LOT of service with these clubs, way above and beyond what other schools/chapters/clubs do, then it’s worth elaborating on. Otherwise it looks like you’re trying to oversell something that essentially every applicant has under their belt.</p>

<p>To tell you the truth, I’m in NHS, Spanish National Honor Society, Rho Kappa (social studies honor society) and Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society)… and even combined, they don’t make up the majority of my EC’s. I’ve done very little with Rho Kappa and Mu Alpha Theta, nothing so far with NHS yet (just got in this past February)… so being part of these honor societies is definitely not something I’m going to elaborate about because they haven’t shaped my free time really. Plus, with the exception of NHS, they’re all EXTREMELY easy to get into for a decent student. Being in these honor societies means nothing. What you do with them and while in them is the only thing that counts when it comes to admissions.</p>