Will I get in to SFS?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Whoops: *into</p>

<p>Caucasian, Male
Class of 2012
Wheaton North High School, IL</p>

<p>Intended major: International Relations (Possible double major with Political Science)</p>

<p>GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted (6 scale): 5.64</p>

<p>Class rank: 13/481</p>

<p>AP's
Soph: US History: 5
Jun: Lang and Comp: 5, Micro Econ: 5, US Gov: 5
Sen: Lit and Comp, Bio, Psych, Euro </p>

<p>ACT (Will retake in Sep.)
Composite: 33
Writing: 35 (10 on Essay)
Math: 32
Science: 32
Reading: 33</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests (Will retake Math 2+Lit in Fall)
US History: 800
Math 2: 690
Chemistry: 680</p>

<p>EC's
Speech: 11-12 --Varsity Letter, Outstanding Newcomer, Potential Senior Advisory Council member
Student Newspaper: 11-12 --Editor-At-Large Senior year
Awana (Youth group): 9-12 (I've done well with national competitions we have, not sure if it means anything other than devotion to faith)
Church: Run soundboard/PPT/Most tech stuff 9-12
National Honors Society
Math Honors Society
German Honors Society
Attended IL Boys' State
Wheaton North League of Voters: 11-12
Military History Club: 10-12
Congressional Intern: Worked in US Representative's campaign office, logged 200+ hours last year in election year, less this year
Occasional evening receptionist at Evangelical Child and Family Agency
Work: Landscaping with friend, about 15 lawns per week.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Apply early.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on doing Early Action, but it seems that the 21% acceptance rate is the same. Do I have a shot?</p>

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<p>Your 33 on the ACT is great, your SATII’s are fine, and it looks like you have a lot of writing experience with your EC’s. Use your writing skills to be creative with those essays and try to expand your leadership roles within those EC’s you are most passionate about.</p>

<p>You cannot double major at the SFS. I would take some time and look through the SFS website to see which of the 7 majors interest you most and then possibly tailor your SFS essay around those interests.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! Do you have any recommendations for websites that help best with writing app essays? I feel I can do a great job writing academically for school, but not in a sort of creative way describing myself.</p>

<p>Any comments from others?</p>

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<p>Pretty good shot if you apply Early.</p>