<p>Let's start listing out the stats of those who have gotten their Gtown letters so that the rest of us and future applicants can get a sense of the accept/defer stats.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Biology, 750 US History, 710 Math
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: Self studied several
[<em>] IBs: Full IB (so, several classes)
[</em>] GPA: 4.35 Unweighted, 4.0 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Leadership roles in several clubs (was involved all 4 years with most), extensive involvement in sports, and many large service-related projects
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I have worked full time for the past few months (I am a gap year applicant)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very strong with the exception of a typo
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): my work experience is very unusual
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m so excited to have been accepted!!! Congrats to everyone else accepted! And to those that were differed, keep up the faith! I’m sure you’ll end up somewhere great!</p>
<p>Other Factors: I moved from Northbrook, IL to Virginia at the beginning of junior year.
Comments: Nearly passed out coming home to that letter. I wasn’t expecting to get in. I wish everyone great luck when they open their letters!</p>
<p>I don’t believe there was an option to report AP or IB scores, and so I suppose it’s really inconsequential to an analysis of everyone’s statistics. Hoyasaxa, I go to Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia.</p>
<p>Decision - Deferred
School applied to - Georgetown College: Faculty of Languages & Linguistics (Linguistics)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 740
SAT Math: 670
SAT Writing: 740
SAT Total: 1410/1600
SAT II: 770 World History, 750 US History, 700 Spanish, 680 Spanish with Listening
ACT:
AP/IB taken/scores: 5 World History, 5 US History, 5 European History, 5 English Language
GPA weighted: school doesn’t weight
GPA unweighted: 94%
Rank or % estimate: 20/250 (top 9%)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Passionate and informative towards language/study abroad experience
Teacher Recs: Saw one, filled with praise but perhaps not sophisticated enough? Didn’t read other
Counselor Rec: Assume good, didn’t see
Hook (if any): URM</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Spain)
Gender: M
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Study abroad twice, president of JSA & NHS, multicultural group, varsity track & field 2 years</p>
<p>Other Factors: Not sure, perhaps my GPA/rank were not good enough for early, or my essays didn’t convey a true sense of my love and passion for languages and linguistics. Maybe my ECs weren’t sufficient, at this point I really don’t know. I was hoping that perhaps URM would accommodate for this along with teaching myself french and russian. terrible day.</p>
<p>S2 included AP/IB scores in an additional info section which he included with hard copy stuff he sent in.</p>
<p>He was deferred from SFS–
SAT 2290 (740 CR, 760 M, 790 CR)
SAT II – 770 USH, 770 Math Level II, 730 Lit
National AP Scholar (8 APs, all 4s and 5s) after junior year; 13 APs and full IB diploma by graduation
3.56 UW 9-12, 4.24 W
NMF Commended (PSAT 218)
Competitive admit public IB program, school doesn’t rank
500+ hours community service
Debate team 9-12, captain 11-12
Football 9-12 (hoping to walk on in college)
about to be black belt in Tang Soo Do
Model UN
Archaeology</p>
<p>Comments: very tough to get admitted if one is local.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred from McDonough School of Business</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1440/1600 (760 math and 680 reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 World History, 800 math II, 650 Chem
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:
[</em>] Rank: 38/604
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 12 AP courses over hs career
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: Not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course load:
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s listed on app: Guitar and some other stuff
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Obama campaign volunteer
[<em>] Awards listed on app: Presidents Service Award
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at CVS
[<em>] Main Essay: good
[</em>] EC Short Answer: good
[<em>] Supplemental Essay: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): great
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): decent
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): amazing
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public large
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[</em>] Strengths: Math
[<em>] Weaknesses: Rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: cause I suck lol</p>
Important ECs:
Big Service Club at my school, a captain–200+ hrs community service
Key Club-Treasurer
Mentoring
NHS
Had a job in 10/11 grades 9hrs/week tutoring math.
60+ hrs volunteering at Hospital
Volunteer at Humane Society
Link Leader</p>
<p>Other Factors: I’m pretty uspet. I love georgetown!!! I think my test scores brought me down, I think I’ll take the jan. ACT and hope for the best. This was my first EA response and it isn’t encouraging.</p>
<p>Would they frown upon sending another recommendation from my old boss?</p>
But gratz!</p>