RD Chances for School of Foreign Service at Georgetown.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm an American born male of Pakistani descent. I'm from Kenosha, WI. I'm dying to get into the SFS at Gtown.</p>

<p>My GPA is about 3.9, ranked 25/430 or so. I've taken all honors courses, including</p>

<p>AP Lit
AP Language
AP Bio
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-3 years football
-2 years lacrosse
-3 years freshman mentor
-3 years National Honor Society
-2 years Intramural dodgeball woo
-3 years Quiz Bowl, defending city champs (captain!)
-Member of Kenosha (my town's) Mayor's Youth Commission (an appointed group of people who award youth empowerment in the city, one of 3 high schoolers)
-Taught Islamic History at my mosque to small children.
-English is my first language, but I can speak Urdu and Punjabi quite decently. By association, I guess I can speak Hindi as well.
-I can read and pronounce Arabic quite well, but I can't speak the language.
-I'm a licensed nursing assistant
-I've been playing percussion for 7 years</p>

<p>Job:</p>

<p>-I started a job at a local hospital this summer, and I still have it. It's a very technical job, and I'm the youngest kid working in the entire hospital. I'm kind of a CNA, but not really. It kills.</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 29</p>

<p>No SAT, us Wisconsinites are much too cool for that</p>

<p>My SATIIs are horrid. Noone around here takes them, I literally prepared for about a month and winged it. Here they are: </p>

<p>Bio: 700
MathII: 620
Lit: 630</p>

<p>If you want it, I can post a sample essay I wrote.</p>

<p>If it matters, my alumnus interviewer seemed to like me, and said that he would be writing a positive letter for my admission and told me not to worry about what he thought of me.</p>

<p>I don't really feel too confident at this point, but maybe you guys will give me good news. When can I expect a regular decision admission/rejection letter? I'm scurred.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot guys. Be as brutally honest as you can.</p>

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<p>I Georgetown is match-reach for you. Your test scores aren't as good as they can be, but you grades are good for your courseload. Also, having knowledge of (and willingness to learn more expansively, I hope) critical langauges such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, and Arabic will be a great asset.</p>

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<p>Thanks man, I appreciate the advice</p>

<p>I may just be stupid, but what's a match-reach?</p>

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<p>um a match means you have a good shot at making it. reach is not quite a good shot, but an okay shot. so a match-reach is in the middle</p>

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<p><_< I guess I shoulda figured that out</p>

<p>I literally think that those guys up in DC will flip a coin when they see my app to see if I get in</p>

<p>Hopefully it will be one of those new dollar coins, those are pretty swell if I may so so myself</p>

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<p>Also, any other suggestions/chances would be greatly appreciated.</p>