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<p>I am currently in the military, and am interested in attending Georgetown's SFS. I'll be getting out next year, and I'm wondering what I can do to increase my chances of acceptance. I'm enlisted in the medical field, and I have two combat deployments to Iraq with Marine infantry. I've been promoted extremely quickly and have never received any disciplinary action, or anything negative for that matter.
My original SAT scores from high school were good. I was a National Merit Semi-finalist or something like that based on them. However, my academic transcripts from high school were pretty mediocre due to a lack of interest in much of anything for my last two years of school. Before I am discharged early next year, I will have completed an associates in general studies with a high GPA. I hope this will be proof to an admissions board that I am capable of college level work.
Basically, I'm wondering what I can do in addition to taking classes right now to improve my chances of being accepted. Any insight would be appreciated.
Also, this is my first post on this website. If this is not the proper forum for this topic, please let me know what is.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Well, since you will have completed an AA degree, you would be applying as a transfer student. That’s one thing to keep in mind.</p>

<p>As is always the case with transfers, your essays will be extremely important. You’ll want to talk about your experiences as a corpsman, being deployed abroad (SFS loves international-related things), how it’s shaped your thinking and what you want to do in the future, etc.</p>

<p>Beyond that, it is kind of hard to load up on traditional “extra-curriculars” while you’re in the service. If you are involved in any special activities within your unit or at the CC, be sure to include those. Letters of recommendation will matter, so think about who will be writing those for you. One should definitely be a prof from the school you’re getting your associate’s at, but if your CO or one of the NCOs in your unit knows you really well and likes you, that would make for a good letter too (all things being equal, the higher the rank, the better, although senior NCOs work well since they pretty much all have bachelor’s).</p>