<p>My D applied this year and got rejected. She had good stats, and her advisor, along with other advisor made this statement - "Georgetown doesn't admit alot of students from our area" We live in north county San Diego. My Son who is finishing off his sophmore year really wants to go there.<br>
Give these comments he is discouraged, but not gonna give up. So help chance him, and give him ideas to help him be successful.</p>
<p>He has never had a B on a report card, and has taken the following for a 4.25 W gpa (school only weights AP & Pre Calc Honors)
Soph year
Honors English
AP World
Algebra II Trig
Pre Calc Honors
Spanish 3 & 4
ASB - student body director
Chemistry</p>
<p>this summer he is going to Spain for a Spanish immersion program</p>
<p>His Jr year classes
Spanish V & AP
AP English
AP US Hist
AP Calc AB & BC
4 quarters of ASB - He is Junior Director</p>
<p>He wants to go to the Jr Leadership program at GT.</p>
<p>He's an active kid in school - plays basketball, belongs to Spanish Nat Honor Society, and wants to run for student body president for his senior year. Spends alot of time involved with School.</p>
<p>He hasn't taken the SAT or ACT yet, just the SAT II math which he scored a 780. </p>
<p>Give us some suggestions on what might help him out?</p>
<p>i happen to know quite a few people that were accepted this year or are currently attending georgetown from the area you speak of. i assume its carlsbad and such. i think overall, it might just be more difficult for someone from california to get in because georgetown does consider regional diversity when selecting a freshman class. </p>
<p>what were your daughters stats by the way? and maybe something was lacking, like a poorly written essay or rubbed the interviewer the wrong way? (i don’t mean those in any mean way either, i’m just saying, we can never truly know how the admissions office perceived those factors because they are subjective, unlike grades and test scores.)</p>
<p>Daughter had a 4.44 W 3.98 UW 33 ACT SAT II all in the mid 700’s- middle of the road EC’s and a good essay. Summer’s spend in spanish immersion, and COSMOS studying Enviro science and Chem. She’s attending Northwestern (but had stat’s and essays good enough to get into Berk, Tufts, etc) so she had a good resume. She thought she connected with the GT interviewer, but not sure that makes much difference. We are from Encinitas, and one of the professional counselors have told us they are very unsuccessful in getting kids into GT. My D’s highschool did not have 1.</p>
<p>Well those stats are definitely good enough, but aren’t AMAZING for georgetown. the only thing I could think of again is regional diversity played a factor and she was competing with the kids from the LA private schools. the other thing could be the school she applied to. was it the SFS? that could make a HUGE difference.</p>
<p>Congrats on Northwestern! I spent two summers there as part of their NHSI programs and it is such an awesome campus and school. I regret not applying there and weighing it as an option.</p>
<p>In terms of helping your son, make sure he shows interest! Visit the school (and leave a paper trail so they can tell.) Attend those local presentations that Georgetown does with Harvard and other schools. Talk to the admissions officer there. Make a lasting impression. Try to get a 2250+ SAT ,a 34+ SAT score, and 750+ SAT II scores. Make sure he shows a strong interest in something. Doing a bunch of extra curriculars that lack a focus, especially if its SFS he’s interested in, can hurt. If its NHS, volunteer at a hospital. If its SFS, model UN or debate or language club. Language experience is VERY important for the SFS. Take it for four years!</p>
<p>D’s stat’s were prob on the low side (at least ACT) but since her school only weights AP courses (no honors) her GPA was pretty competetive. She is a premed/bio major, with Spanish minor. </p>
<p>Son is very focused on leadership in school. He will have also take AP spanish by his junior year and is spending the summer in Spain in an immersion program. Really wants to go to GT Jr statesman program next summer. He is an excellent student, and no matter what, I guess I learned that they end up where they belong.</p>
<p>Top 4% - good enough for ELC in Cali. I really think that there are so many qualified candidates that alot of this is a crap shoot. What may impress one might not impress another. We were very successful in keeping the whole situation somewhat light, by this I mean, talking about not getting your hopes up for any one school, and picking reaches, matches and for sures. She was very successful in only being rejected from 3 of the 12 schools she applied to and offered merit aid to 3 of those as well (without us filling out the FASFA). So, although it was a dissapointment as GT was #1, she is very happy with Northwestern.</p>