Please Chance Son for Georgetown

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<p>I’m a new poster to the site, but a follower for over a year. My son will be a rising Junior next year and I would like to gauge his preference for Georgetown with a realistic eye. Any and all comments regarding his chances based upon this info. would be greatly appreciated for this 1st time poster. </p>

<p>White Male, from South Florida</p>

<p>He plans to pursue PreMed Studies (ultimately Med School) or International Business/Economics.
He’ll be a Junior in the Fall Junior, so I'll make reasonable estimates for that and his senior year.</p>

<p>Stats. as of now:</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.93 (Core Only)
GPA W: 5.12 (School weights +1 pt. for Honors & 2 pts. For AP Classes)
Class Rank: 2 of 110
Counting senior year, 9 AP classes will have been completed</p>

<p>Freshman Year: AP Human Geo (5)
Sophomore Year: AP Biology (just taken-very certain a 5)
Junior Year: APUSH, AP Environmental Science, AP Lang and Comp.
Senior Year: AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Lit and Comp., AP Stats.</p>

<p>All Honors or AP level courses - Medical Professions Track at his school is heavy on the Sciences, has or will complete: Medical Terminology, Embryology, Anatomy & Physiology,
Forensic Science, Pathology, Medical Internship, Medical Exam, Biology (Honors & AP),
Chem. (Honors & AP), AP Physics B, Microbiology, AP Environmental Science.</p>

<p>PSAT: 214 as a 10th Grader (Intensive tutoring for PSAT and SAT continuing up until October Test date – School provided scholarship for tutoring 20 high achievers at his school)</p>

<p>Sat Testing with tutor in timed test conditions is yielding CR 770 M 740 W 720</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society (Secretary)
National English Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
PreMed Honors Society (2 Years)
Key Club
Community Service 450 hrs. to date (YMCA, Fundraising for various overseas causes, Acting Camp mentor at local County Playhouse)
Physician Shadowing
Tutored Middle School Students in grade specific math</p>

<p>Dual Citizen- USA/Italy
He researched, applied for and was awarded his dual citizenship. He would like the option of living/working overseas after college.</p>

<p>Awards:
• Palm Beach Regional Science & Engineering Fair 2nd Place Physics Category (2012)</p>

<p>• Florida State Science & Engineering Fair Finalist – 2nd Place Engineering Category (2013- only student in school history to make it to and place at State Level).</p>

<p>• The Stiles Nicholson Foundation “MAD Scientist” Junior Achievement Award.</p>

<p>• ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers & Florida Foundation of Future Scientists- Outstanding Project Award – State of Florida 2nd Place Senior Division.</p>

<p>• Received a Full 4 year Academic Scholarship to attend his Private School from amongst 250 competing Highest Academic achieving Middle School students in South Florida.</p>

<p>Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards: Biology, Pre Calc, Anatomy & Physiology, World History.</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Distinction (as of next year)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Honors & AP Biology teacher (was also his State Science Fair Coordinator)
Medical Professions Program Chair
School Headmaster</p>

<p>All three will be outstanding recs.</p>

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<p>He sounds very qualified and a strong applicant. As far as I know, Georgetown does not have an engineering program - does he want to study engineering?</p>

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<p>Sorry, just saw that he is interested in pre-med. He has a great chance of admission based on info. you provided. 8 girls and 1 boy were admitted from my daughter’s high school which is a jesuit feeder school. 6 were tip-top students and 3 were very good students. We seem to place more girls at G-town from her high school, not sure why. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you avarose</p>

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<p>If applying to NHS I’d say chances are positive.</p>

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<p>Thank You CSIHSIS</p>

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<p>Approximately half of the past two entering classes have been val, sal or #3 in their graduating classes. Georgetown seems to really like those highly ranked students. If I recall, the percentage of top ranked kids with accepted apps was in the mid-50’s to about 60% of that applicant sub-pool. Nothing is 100%, however, and its hard to know what the Admissions Department will do with any given applicant. Good luck to your son. He has a strong resume/stat sheet.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the reply…we’re trying to visit Georgetown later this summer…</p>

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<p>He looks like a competitive applicant, except that I didn’t see a reference to calculus (preferably AP). I think he needs to take that, and that higher level the better.</p>

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<p>Just finished Sophomore year, will take Calculus as Junior…Thanks for the thought</p>