please help me with chances/feedback

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>If you could help me with my chances for georgetown it would be greatly appreciated. i'm new to this site, so any feedback you can provide me would be returned if asked for. i am applying to the faculty of languages within georgetown college, with hopes of pursuing a major in linguistics. this is under the early action program as well.</p>

<p>hispanic male attending public school in new york, did not grow up speaking spanish
SAT: 1350 (740 reading, 610 math) *taking again in october
Subject Tests: 770 world history, 750 us history, 700 spanish, 680 spanish w/ listening
AP exams: 5 world history, 5 us history, 5 european history, 5 english language, 2 biology
GPA of 94 and ranked in top 10% of class</p>

<p>Athletics: Fall 2006 – JV Football, Spring 2007, 2008 – JV Tennis, Spring 2009, 2010 – Track and Field, Winter 2009 - Indoor Track</p>

<p>Clubs: Rotary Interact, Multicultural Club, Spanish Club, French Club, Junior Statesmen of America (President, Spring 2008-Fall 2009). Volunteer work done in all, as well as traveling to debates and minicons for JSA.</p>

<p>National Honor Society, President 2009-2010
Foreign Language Society</p>

<p>Extracurricular: Special Olympics volunteer - March 2009, Peer tutoring and National Honor Society community service 2009-2010, community service hours while studying abroad in Cádiz, Spain</p>

<p>Studies Abroad - the crux of my application
Summer 2008: Traveled to Marbella, Spain with a student group to study Spanish Language and Culture via an immersion program in the international Enforex School for 3 weeks. There, classes were taught for 3 hours each morning by native Spanish speakers; amongst other students from across Europe.</p>

<p>Summer 2009: Traveled to Cádiz, Spain with a student group to take advanced courses in Spanish Language for 3 hours each morning at the local school, along with living with a local family in a homestay. In the afternoons, we performed community service by cleaning up the local beaches and creating a project at the end.</p>

<p>Misc.
For my intended major of linguistics, i should also note that i taught myself french throughout my sophomore year and the summer of 2008 to the level where i will taking AP french this upcoming year. additionally, i have started teaching myself russian this summer and will continue to do so throughout the school year.</p>

<p>thank you for taking the time to read this!</p>

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<p>anyone at all?</p>

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<p>Everything looks fantastic except for that Math SAT score, if you could bring it up to at least a 650 your chances would go up quite a bit. Other than that you really do look good. Nothing’s a guarantee, but with a higher math score you’d have a pretty good shot. I would try writing your essay about teaching yourself French or something similarly tied in with your linguistics experience, it looks very impressive.</p>

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<p>thank you simpson, i really appreciate your comments. any suggestions on how better to prepare for the math section of the SAT?</p>