<p>I have been asking a lot of questions about the colleges im interested in so sorry about all the threads.
But, anyway, just a little background: I am a rising senior who's grades (4.0 and 1400 two part) and ECs (don't really want to list) are in range for Georgetown University admission. I go to a Catholic affiliated school currently for high school and at this school for the past 5 years about, the top student (whether impressive or not) has gained admission to Georgetown. I am the top student in my class.
Now I am a Roman Catholic myself. I was wondering if this counts as a hook for Georgetown specifically (as I have been reading that religious affiliation does help for schools with a specific affiliation)? I am also wondering if this might be a big reason for the success of Val's and Sal's at our school with respect to Georgetown.</p>
<p>I think schools like Georgetown give a small bump for applicants from catholic schools but I doubt it is anything significant.</p>
<p>That’s what I figured. What do you think about their stance on community service? I come from a Jesuit school (Georgetown is too), which emphasizes community service. I know that service is important to Georgeown, so do my hours, dedication to volunteering, and projects that I am setting up for NHS help me as well?</p>
<p>help? No. they will be typical of other applicants who willl get rejected and accepted. Nothing you’ve stated sets you apart. Your GPA and scores will be what catches people’s attention. Good luck</p>
<p>Are you saying my GPA and Scores are setting me apart in particular? Or those two parts set applicants apart solely in general? Because that’s a big difference.
Also, isn’t there a lot more that sets an applicant apart then GPA and SAT? I mean, I know my GPA is above average and my SAT is about average, but don’t I need more?</p>
<p>I believe what T26E4 was saying is that your community-service experiences will be typical among competitive Georgetown applicants, rather than being extraordinary. Trouble is, some of those competitive Georgetown applicants get in, but a lot of other competitive Georgetown applicants don’t.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think the same can be said about your grades and test scores.</p>
<p>The good news is that your grades and SAT scores are good enough to get your portfolio put before the whole admissions committee. What will cause the committee to select you, however, won’t be grades and test scores. It probably won’t be your extracurricular activities, either, unless you’ve withheld the information that you can dunk a basketball with two hands. It will probably be the content of your essays and your teacher recommendations.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Georgetown doesn’t take religion into account…</p>
<p>So for the kids that were admitted to Georgetown from my school (who graduated from the top of their class and many times had lower SAT scores than usual) did not get at least a small bump from being at a catholic school? I figured maybe Catholic + valedictorian has to be a bump of some kind, right? (when i say lower than usual I mean Valedictorians that had graduate with 1300-1350, which is lower than we usually have at around a 1400-1500</p>