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Old 04-10-2008, 01:48 PM   #1
potatopat
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Appealing my denial

I was denied admission to Georgetown college when I applied regular decision. Here is my transcript when I applied.

I'm a white male and I live in Illinois
I have ADHD, clinical depression, and anxiety
During highschool my medications were switched around frequently, and coupled with the traqnsfer to a private school where i knew no one from a public hurt my freshman and sophmore grades. My junior year i was switched to a new medicine which has been working for me, which is when i took my tests, I'm now in my senior year
GPA 3.27
Fresh-2.8
Soph-2.875
Junior-4.0
Senior 4.0

I go to the university of chicago Laboratory schools and applying to the Georgetown college

SAT M800, R800, W760
SATII math 1 790, SATII Lit 710, SATII Bio Ecology 730
I'm a national merit finalist, ACT-34, 32 math, 33 eng, 36 writ, 36 sci, 12/12 essay

I have a sister who is a sophmore at Georgetown college

I have excellent essays, good reccs, and a good interview. I've taken several AP classes but only one AP test, Bio, 5

I'm an alterserver, a pending eagle scout, I've worked at a homeless shelter for 3 years where i volunteer weekly during the cold seasons
I'm also an active scouter as I've mentioned above, i've been in scouting since 1st grade
I am also an assisstant scoutmaster
ALso part of a literary mag at my school

i did flaf ftball freshman year, choir soph, and a couple clubs junior and senior.

This may I'm gonna be working at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute shadowing a genetics research investigator

I talked in my essay about going into the field of genetic research. I also got a reccomendation from my bio eacher, priest, AP history teacher, and Homeless shelt coordinator
I also take the course load right below the highest


The reson I am appelaing is because of the aforementioned ADHD problem and my counselors inadequate notation of it. inaddition, a few months after sending in my application, I was named a national merit Finalist. I amsending in an appeal detailing my medication problem

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