<p>lol, yea i thought i had good enough stats too, but i am also starting to feel that negative vibe to. Its not even may yet, and i dont think any of us expected to hear this early anyway, so its allllllll good.</p>
<p>I would not worry one bit! As ashamed as I am to admit it, my SAT score was not high - it was below 2000. I did, however, have a 4.0 GPA, amazing reccomendations from my college professors, and well-crafted essays.</p>
<p>I'm Caucasian, first-generation student (born here), and attended public high school.</p>
<p>In terms of my current institution, it is a business college. Enough said.</p>
<p>AT2011: I'm in a very similar position, low SAT's and a pretty lame high school performance in general but solid college performance and I just got into the college. </p>
<p>I'd say college GPA is important along with good essays and post-hs achievement, everything else takes a back seat.</p>
<p>I'm deciding between Emory and Georgetown right now, I'd major in neuro at emory and bio at georgetown, I'm pre-med and I'm interested in international healthcare policy too, and both schools have stellar resources (or are near stellar resources like the CDC/all of D.C.), but I'm giving Emory the edge. If anyone could offer some insight I'd appreciate it!</p>
<p>ha, I got accepted to Gtown as a junior transfer and I too am like AT2011 and DorkAlert: below 2000 SATs, 3.96 GPA, excellent recommendations, and pretty solid EC's. I'm am asian / pacific islander and I went to a public high school. </p>
<p>I agree with DorkAlert, get as high a GPA as possible, convey a good reason for transferring, and show your interests with significant EC's. </p>
<p>DorkAlert: I'm choosing between a full -tuition scholarship at UMD and Georgetown. Perhaps, we can be pre-med buddays at Gtown!</p>
<p>:-) .</p>
<p>Dorkalert-- you know that Georgetown has a neurobio major now too, right?</p>
<p>i was accepted to georgetown today as sophomore to major in philosophy/government. </p>
<p>3.94 GPA at GW in Honors program
1550/1600 SAT I</p>
<p>theperfect10: thanks, somehow I missed that. still leaning more towards Emory based on their resources but I have to visit before I can decide.</p>
<p>thats good. Emory is quite a bit better than in bio and neuro than Gtown</p>
<p>Thanks Milkmagn, I've actually heard some really positive things about Georgetown science though and their med school is a big draw for me, along with D.C.'s resources for my interest in international healthcare policy. I'm a long way off from a final decision.</p>
<p>does anyone know if transfer students can apply their GPAs from their first school to georgetown for latin honors consideration? (i.e can i carry a 3.97 into Georgetown towards summa cum laude at graduation?)</p>
<p><em>highlyyyy</em> doubt it. i've heard our GPA starts fresh.</p>
<p>I was a transferred from Boston College and my GPA did not transfer. However, I did receive credit for all of my courses. Your GW GPA will be taken into consideration when you apply for internships because you usually need to provide both transcripts. I wouldn't worry about it though. I ended my first year at Georgetown with a higher GPA than what I had coming from BC. Congrats on Gtown btw!</p>
<p>Can any of you tell me what are the prompts for the transfer essay (s)? They are no longer on G's webpage but I would like to what questions they asked this year and how many words the adcoms want. I am thinking about applying to SFS.
thanks</p>
<p>Well the first essay was standard for all applicants...it was a 500 word essay telling the adcom about yourself. i think the prompt specifically said it could be creative, or just more like a biography. cant help you on the SFS one though. i applied to the college.</p>
<p>Thanks Elgguj.</p>