<p>I am a senior of the class of 2006. I am going to the University of Michigan, but my HS resume isn't the strongest - my average is roughly an 88. I have decent ECs - law firm internship, swimming team, college courses over the summer, National Honor Society membership, the Captain of the Mock Trial Team, and the Moot Court Team (as well as the leading attorney on the case), and Fed Challenge team participant.</p>
<p>If I do EXTREMELY well during my freshman year in college - 3.7 GPA or Higher - are my chances for admittance to Georgetown strong?</p>
<p>Which schools incorporated in Georgetown are the hardest to get into - in order from hardest (toughest requirements) to the easiest?</p>
<p>I just got into the college with 3.73 from UVM, upper level classes, 2100 SAT, intern for prominent Senator, co-pres of college democrats, amazing recs and essays and a very strong why georgetown. definetly show your enthusiam for teh school, and it will help that you are coming from such a good school as michigan. </p>
<p>yeah, i think SFS would probably be the most selective because it is probably the best international relations program in the country..but the other schools are definately debatable</p>
<p>Shaganov, did you do all of that stuff during your freshman year? or did you transfer after your sophomore year? Also, you said how transferring from a good school will help... How much does that help? I'm going to do all that I can at the college I'm going to for now and hopefully transfer to Georgetown later, but I heard something about how credits can sometimes be hard to transfer from school to school; is that true? I don't want to have to spend 5 years in college! Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>hmmm my credits transferred fine, and I did all that stuff freshman year because I just went out and got it. Called the Senator's office, inundated them with transcripts, letters of rec, wowed tehm in my interview, and as for college democrats, the chapter at my school was pretty weak, i was pretty ****ed about that, so when elections came around, i was really fired up and i guess people thought i might change things. UVM isn't a good school, and I got to Gerogetown fine, so don't worry about that too much. Good luck!</p>
<p>Taking my High School performance into account, are my chances still strong, considering that I will do extremely well in college? I will try to get an internship in the area, though Ann Arbor does not offer much, get a high GPA, and participate in Extracurriculars that I enjoy - that I feel passionately about.</p>
<p>Is West Point more prestigious? Is West Point a better route for a prospective lawyer who seeks to go to a top law school (Stanford, Harvard, and the like)?</p>
<p>West Point is def. prestigous...it's also extremely hard to get in. But if you want to be a lawyer, I would suggest going to civilian school. Unless your gonna be a 5 and fly kinda guy.</p>
<p>you have a service commitment to the army for 5 years after your graduation from West Point. A lot of people now are going to the service academies just for their presitge. A top shelf education for free. Then they do their 5 years and leave the service. West Point is supposed to prepare young men and women for CAREERS in the military.</p>
<p>You make a valid point. Clearly, I'm the "five and fly" kind of guy. You know, these days making a living is getting harder and harder. I need an edge over the other students in my generation. Something NO one else has, or very few have - a Prestigious West Point education. On top of that, they really prepare one for life, and the army, rigorously. After graduating West Point, and finishing the tour of duty, one can face ANY obstacle. Nothing will be tougher than the Point.</p>
<p>My first trial jitters will be inexistent. Or my first board meeting at a big investment company will be a breeze in comparison to doing these drills, with huge drill instructors busting your ass. It's the best way to prepare for the difficult situations in life.</p>
<p>just fyi, NHS might have a slightly higher acceptance rate than the other schools, but that doesn't mean it's easier to get into. It is a focused, specialized school, and if you don't demonstrate your interest in Nursing or health studies, you simply won't get in. I've heard many people say that they'll apply to NHS then transfer to the school they want to be in. hahaha that doesn't work.</p>
<p>UMich10, I'm not trying to sound critical or anything, but you really don't know how attending West Point would affect your life, or how it might (if it does) prepare you to be a lawyer. Reading up on the school and actually attending the school are far different things. Also, while it may not seem like a lot now, 5 YEARS in military service is a long time for somebody who has no interest in having a career that is in any way related to the military. </p>
<p>Try to think about how you might feel down the road, and if you have no problem waiting until you are conceivably in your late 20s to attend law school, and if you have no problem serving in the military for 5 years (who knows, you may actually get deployed), then you should consider West Point.</p>
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<p>Well, I can definitely think of something that will clearly be tougher - namely, getting sent to Iraq or some other warzone.</p>
<p>That may seem glib, but it really isn't. This is not a game here. It's not like you can just choose to go to West Point and then just expect to do your 5 years and then split. There is a very good chance that you will be sent to fight a shooting war. The War on Terror is going to go on for years, probably decades. Understand that by choosing a military career, you are taking on a very serious responsibility that may eventually call for you to make the ultimate sacrifice. </p>
<p>You say that nothing will be tougher than the Point. Well, I'm fairly certain that a lot of officers currently deployed in Iraq would prefer to trade places with a West Point plebe. I'm sure that in 4 years time, when you're graduating from the Point, the officers who are in whatever battleground of that period (maybe still Iraq) would prefer to trade places with a plebe. </p>
<p>It seems to me that you're not paying proper mindfulness to what you're really signing up for by choosing West Point. Do you really understand what you're really getting into? That you may get sent to a battlefield from which you may not come back in one piece? All the West Point grads who died and have become physically handicapped from the war, you know that these people aren't thinking about the 'prestige' of their West Point sheepskin.</p>
<p>Look, if all you care about is getting a prestigious undergraduate degree, then the answer is simple. Just go to Harvard. Let's face it. There is no more prestigious bachelor's degree than that. If you want a combination of prestige and rigor, then go to MIT. You won't graduate from these schools only to be sent to a war zone. You should choose West Point because you really believe in having a military career. Heck, if you want a military career, you can go to Harvard or MIT and do ROTC.</p>