Hi everyone, I know my test scores are really really low, but I have a tiny bit of hope because of my background. I know it probably won’t happen, but do you guys think it’s possible to get in with great essays and this kind of background? I’m applying to SFS.
I got accepted to Temple University, IU Bloomington, NYU Shanghai with 42K/year (declined the offer)
I’m a dual US Citizen, but I lived outside of the US for the most part of my life. I think the most important part of my application is that I lived in 3 different countries throughout high school and went to 4 different schools. I moved to Turkey from New York when I was 8. I spent my freshman and sophomore year in Turkey, first semester of my junior year in Boston, second semester in Saudi Arabia, in an international school. This year I moved back to the US alone at 17, without my family just so I could finish high school in the US. I’m something like an exchange student in Missouri at the moment.
SAT: 1330 R:620 M:710
TOEFL: 102
UW GPA (current school only does UW): 3.94
Rank: Even though I wasn’t here before my senior year, they ranked me based on my GPA: 33/298 top 11% (they told me this didn’t include the level of course load, and my counselor said she specified that my course load throughout high school was on the very challenging end.)
Personal essay: About moving a lot and growing up multicultural, the challenges I faced in Saudi Arabia and how I overcame them
Recs:
Senior year current AP Gov teacher: amazing, talked about my interest in politics and international relations
Junior year English teacher: didn’t read it but I’m guessing it’s pretty good
ECs:
Class President in my Turkish school- 9,10
Founding president and Editor in School Newspaper Club- 9,10
Founding president of the MUN club in my Turkish school and Boston- 9, 10, 11
Debate Club, Turkish School- 9,10
Speech and Debate Team, Boston school, 11
President of English Club, Turkish school, 10
Finalist in a national math project competition for my research project
in Turkey
Amnesty International, 12
Tutoring kids in my neighborhood, helping them out with math and English
Also I’m a native Turkish speaker and I know basic German&Arabic
Interview was great, he was very interested in my moving story
Doesn’t really create much of a difference but forgot to mention I also got into Penn State and got merit aid from all of the schools I got accepted to
I’ve read that Georgetown seems to really value foreign language studies and skills. Good luck! You seem like a great applicant.
@TS0104 thank you so much!
Make sure to get your 3 subject tests in that Georgetown “highly recommends” highly as in almost requires