Should I even bother applying?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I honestly don't think I stand a chance so here goes nothing </p>

<p>I want to major in history or politics so I'm hoping my science grades dont' weigh me down as much as I think they will. I go a public school in CT that is nationally ranked and sends many kids to Ivy Leagues and Top LAC's. I haven't taken my SAT's yet(will be doing so in March). My expected score is around a 1950/2000. Also my course load is in the top 3% for challenging. I have some kick ass recomendations lined up and my essays will be good as well. My school does not rank AT ALL. </p>

<p>Here are my grades: </p>

<p>Freshman Year
English Honors:B+
History Honors:A-
French 1: A
Latin 1:A-
Math Level 2:B
Physics Honors:C
Physical Education:A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Math Level 3: A
Economics Honors:A
World Religions Honors:A+
History Honors:A+
French II Honors:A+
Latin II:A-
Chemistry Honors:C+/B-
Physical Education:A+
English Honors:B</p>

<p>My Schedule this year with grades so far this year
AP U.S. History : A-
AP English Language: B+(hopefully will be an A- by the end of the year)
Biology Honors: A-
Ap Macro-economics: Pass (done as an independent study)
Pre Calculus: B
French III Honors:A-
AP Government and Politics:A
Criminal and Civil Law: A+ </p>

<p>Extra Carricular Activities </p>

<p>Student Council (9 & 10) Vice President </p>

<p>Student Council (11) Cabinet Member</p>

<p>Principal’s Advisory Council (9,10,11) </p>

<p>Model United Nations (10,11) Vice President</p>

<p>Amnesty International (9,10,11) </p>

<p>9:05 News (11) Anchor- News broadcast seen throughout the school by over 1000 students and faculty weekly basis. Responsible for script writing, current events, sporting events, & various competitions.</p>

<p>(10) News Reporter- Responsible for writing, editing, and producing stories based on important current events. </p>

<p>Friends (10,11) Volunteer during lunch to work one on one with
Special needs students. </p>

<p>Community Activities </p>

<p>Around 150 volunteer hours at the local public library</p>

<p>Volunteering over the summer at my school to give incoming freshman tours </p>

<p>Farmington Continuing Education Chinese class (grade 10) </p>

<p>Participated in a book Club organized for students who demonstrated leadership at our school. </p>

<p>Have started and am president of a Young Democrats Club </p>

<p>I also want to start a club modeled around the SDS from the 1960's, expressing discontent for the wars going on today. </p>

<p>Awards </p>

<p>Second Place, Model United Delegation</p>

<p>French Participation Award </p>

<p>Farmington Library Certificate of Recognition</p>

<p>The CT C.O.L.T. Award For Excellence in languages </p>

<p>Latin Honor Society</p>

<p>Honor Roll 9,10,11</p>

<p>Skills
Fluent in english, urdu, sindhi, hindi</p>

<p>conversational in Arabic, mandarin chinese</p>

<p>have taken latin and french in school</p>

<p>thts a total of 8 languages</p>

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<p>I don’t know if this helps or not but this year 4 kids from my school got into Goergetown via early action!</p>

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<p>You would be foolish not to apply for two reasons:</p>

<p>1) If you don’t apply, you will 100% for sure not get in</p>

<p>2) Your profile appears to be a strong one for a Gtown applicant. Keep those grades strong, your course load challenging and hopefully your SATs will come in strong. I think you are certainly in the ballpark so why not apply? Good luck~</p>

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<p>YOu have some interesting aspects to your anticipated application (I like the various languages), but your transcript, while strong, has some clear weaknesses and an essay in the 1950/2000 range will be a strike against you. That being said, I strongly agree with Point 1 above^^</p>

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<p>I understand that my transcript is weaker than the average applicants. However I feel that my extra carricular activities and interests are very strong. If I can get my SAT score up into the 2100’s or above would that help?</p>

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<p>Clearly that would help, depending mostly on the M and CR scores.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’ve heard Georgetown doesn’t look at the Writing Section which sucks for me because I tend to score really well in writing! My CR score is in the higher range for G-Town actually (according to the practice tests I’ve taken). So now its time to work on my math skills.</p>