Okay so I did mediocre in freshman and sophomore year, i cumulatively had around a 3.2. I always took honors classes but obviously that didn’t help. Now as a junior I just ended with a 4.25 weighted gpa from first semester. For reference I was taking french 4 honors, spanish 3 honors, chemistry regular, and psychology regular. Now this semester I have spanish 4 honors, english regular, government ap, and algebra 2 regular. So far I have all a’s and a few b+ i’m working on. Next year I’ll be taking spanish 5 ap, world history ap, chemistry 2 honors, comp + literature ap, precalculus regular, microeconomics ap, psychology ap, and comparative governments ap. I also got around a 1260 on my psats but ive been studying to do better (aiming for at least a 1400). As for extracurriculars I’m the secretary for a club regarding animals welfare, i volunteer at the library, I’m attending a pre-college summer program at Georgetown, and I’m working on my girl scout gold award. I know I messed up in the beginning of high school, but can I still get into a good school. I always wanted to go to Georgetown but I’ve accepted that’s unrealistic. So are there any schools I should check out that are even slightly similar to Georgetown? Thanks
What is your home state and how much can your family afford? What do you like about Georgetown?
I’m from Pennsylvania, I come from a single income family, but I have family willing to help me and plan on getting as much aid and scholarship money as I can. I really liked the location of Georgetown and the balance of amazing academics, athletics, and jesuit ideals.
There are many outstanding Jesuit schools that share a number of common traits with Gtown. Look at the list below and pick out some schools that match your academics as well as your geographic needs. If you like the location of Gtown then Loyola MD may be a good option as well.
http://www.ajcunet.edu/institutions/
Other than the Jesuit schools you might look at Providence College (RI), Villanova ¶, Catholic U (DC), and you might get merit at at a school like Siena (NY).
BC, Fordham, Villanova, American.
U Dayton, St Michael’s would be low matches (catholic, good combination of academics and athletics, St Michael’s is in a city).
American is a good pick, apply EA.
Dickinson is likely a good choice if you can indeed reach 1400.
What’s your EFC? Can your parents pay it?
Id love to go to villanova but i dont know if i could get in there
Have you talked 'budget ’ with your parents?
Do you know your EFC?
Have you run the NPC on any college yet?
Get the highest SAT score you can to give yourself some merit aid options.