<p>Decision: Accepted!
McDonough School of Business</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 750
SAT Math: 790
SAT Writing: 760
SAT Total: 2300
SAT II: Math 1 800, US Hist 740. Didn’t send my Dec SAT IIs, obviously.
ACT: 34, didn’t send
AP/IB taken/scores: Bio 5, Chem 5, US Hist 5, Euro 5, but again didn’t send
GPA weighted: 4.573, val around 5.0
GPA unweighted: 3.75 maybe?
Rank or % estimate: 12th out of 561. top 2%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good, not too creative but showed personality
Teacher Recs: excellent!
Counselor Rec: not sure, didn’t see it
Hook (if any): nope!</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: fairfield county, ct
School Type: large public, sends 5-15 to top schools each year
Ethnicity: white
Gender: girl
Legacy Yes/No: nope
Recruited Yes/No: nope
Important ECs: fh captain, student council president.</p>
<p>Other Factors: nothing really, but to note: my christmas card from gtown said “we hope you bring your leadership skills both on and off the field to the hilltop in 2010”. so i’d guess my leadership was a big factor</p>
<p>Decision - Accepted!
School applied to: MSB</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 790
SAT Math:760
SAT Writing:720
SAT Total:2270 (or 1550/1600)
SAT II:Math II 760, Literature 750, Biology 710
ACT: n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: AP Bio - 4, taking AP calc, AP English, AP physics, and AP western civ this year so no scores yet
GPA weighted: n/a
GPA unweighted: 3.93
Rank or % estimate: top 10 out of 340</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good, but straightforward, nothing fancy or dramatic
Teacher Recs: one very good, the other one I never saw but presumably decent
Counselor Rec: most likely good
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: public HS, but very good
Ethnicity: white as they come
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: nope
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: stage crew (director), dance, music lessons, peer mentoring, lots of work experience! But honestly, no NHS, no overwhelming community service, no service trips to Africa or any 3rd world country. pretty basic stuff.</p>
<p>Other Factors: I don’t really know! I am thrilled to get in, kind of surprised because I feel like nowadays college acceptance is somewhat dependent on how much suck-up community service you can pack in, which I definitely did not do.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
School applied to: The College</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 740
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 710
SAT Total: 2250
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 770 US History, 760 World History
AP/IB taken/scores: AP World Hist, US Hist, Psych (5’s), Lit (4)
GPA weighted: 4.34 (at end of junior year)
GPA unweighted: 3.98
Rank or % estimate: School doesn’t provide them but top tenth at least</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: They were okay. The essays I wrote later on were a lot better.
Teacher Recs: One extremely good, one pretty good
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know him all that well but he loves me
Additional Rec: Extremely good (volunteer)
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: public, top 50 in USA in Newsweek Rankings
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: M
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: Not even close
Important ECs: Varsity Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field (10,11), French Honor Society (President), Amnesty Int’l (Secretary), Volunteer with American Cancer Society, NHS, a couple clubs, school orchestra</p>
AP/IB taken/scores: Euro: 4 Bio: 5 Comp: 5 (Taking Gov, Lit, and Spanish this spring)
GPA weighted: 4.25
GPA unweighted: 3.95 (That one B+ freshman year…)
Rank or % estimate: School does not rank but my guess is top 5%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Special talents (the very short answer in the beginning): more cute and unique then serious Activity: I wrote about my work in an organization called Angels’ Place which provides homes and care for those with disabilities (In the Christmas card sent by an admissions counselor, he referenced this essay saying he hopes that I continue my work while at Georgetown) Personal Essay: Wrote about my mom’s cancer (my personal favorite essay) Why Georgetown: Very standard. Wrote about why I want to be a doctor and why Georgetown is perfect, etc.
Teacher Recs: Outstanding. My teacher’s daughter actually graduated from Georgetown a few years ago.
Counselor Rec: Brand new counselor this year for all the seniors…
Hook (if any): Uncle is heavily involved in the alumni association and is on the regional board (I think that’s the name of it). </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type: Private, Catholic, All girls
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: Uncle… not quite sure if that counts as a legacy
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Varsity Tennis (9, 10, 11, 12) Captain (11, 12) Won states and have received many awards from this National Honors Society (11, 12) Spanish Honors Society (11, 12) Class Board (9, 10, 11) Lots of volunteer work (Angels’ Place, Mission Trip, Hospital Volunteer) SADD (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>
<p>Other Factors: National Merit Commended Student</p>
AP/IB taken/scores: 4 World History, 4- Language and Comp, 4- US History
GPA weighted: >
GPA unweighted: 3.61
Rank or % estimate: top 15%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Decent. But not amazing. My personal statement was still in the final editing phases, and my “why Georgetown” was sorta straight forward.
Teacher Recs: I had four and i’m pretty sure they were all awesome (didn’t get to see)
Counselor Rec: didn’t get to see
Hook (if any): Creative, one of the stand-out type of kids from my high school, original, funny, ambitious. Excellent (2 hour) interview.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Co-founder of Improv club, H.S. Theatre assistant director, Filmmaker, Writer, Player, Producer, and Manager for a band, in an Acapella group.</p>
<p>Other Factors: Brown University Book Award,</p>
SAT II: Math II (800), Math I (750), US History (710), Spanish w/o listening (680)
ACT: 34
AP/IB taken/scores: Course (score if course completed):
AP US History (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP English Language (5), AP European History (5), AP Physics C: Newtonian Mechanics (3), AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Statistics
GPA weighted: 4.3196
GPA unweighted: Not sure
Rank or % estimate: Top 1% - 5 out of 512</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Medium/Large Public High school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Baseball, Mock Trial Team President, Finance and Economics Club Founder, Class President, work, community service</p>
<p>Other Factors: Really solid interview, did a program at Georgetown (International Relations) two summers ago. Very excited.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 720 cr 720 m 800 w
SAT IIs: 710 math 1, 700 lit, 660 us history
ACT: 32
APs: 5 world, 4 us history, 3 chem
IBs:
GPA: 98.218/100 weighted
Rank: top 10% i think
Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: soccer, track, music, theater, languages, honor societies, academic league… i spend all my time on ec’s. many leadership positions and lead roles.
Job/Work Experience: very limited
Essays (subject and responses): they sent a letter saying they liked my essay about greek dancing
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: no clue
Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): none
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, sends some grads to top schools
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
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<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: yay =]</p>
