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[*] SAT I (breakdown):
[*] ACT:
[*] SAT II:
[*] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[*] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[*] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[*] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[*] Senior Year Course Load:
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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[*] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[*] Job/Work Experience:
[*] Volunteer/Community service:
[*] Summer Activities:
[*] Essays:
[*] Teacher Recommendation:
[*] Counselor Rec:
[*] Additional Rec:
[*] Interview:
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[*] State (if domestic applicant):
[*] Country (if international applicant):
[*] School Type:
[*] Ethnicity:
[*] Gender:
[*] Income Bracket:
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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[*] Strengths:
[*] Weaknesses:
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
can we lock this thread so there aren't a million posts during the next two weeks? I think it's fair to say that there won't be any news for at least this coming next week
from the class of 2015 decisions thread, it looks like they received their letters as early as march 26th last year..depending upon how close you live to DC, it could be very soon!
I think they could arrive at any point this week...the announcement about April 2nd is probably just to tell people that they may not get it by Saturday (the last day to get it before the 1st) and that they shouldn't freak out if it doesn't come before the 1st. Making the notification date the 2nd gives them that extra day for people to receive letters before they start passing the announced deadline.
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor in the summer, science internships at the Department of Defense and at WRAIR, Neurology Internship at Georgetown!
Volunteer/Community service: Almost everywhere, I'm pretty involved in the community, about 5-10 hours per week!
Summer Activities: See the "Job/Work Experience" bullet
Essays: Short essay was easy, Personal Narrative was good but could've been better, Georgetown College essay was BS...
Teacher Recommendation: She is known for writing the best recommendations in my school, I had her for two years and she said it was easy to write an amazing rec for me
Counselor Rec: Didn't know me that well, generic
Additional Rec: Should have been the professor I worked with at Georgetown but he didn't send it
Interview: AWKWARD hahaha, not bad overall, it was my first interview and I just didn't know how to keep things going
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, Large (557 in class)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $300K +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mother)
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, course load
Weaknesses: Essays, interview, the small things
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I kept showing interest after I was deferred
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Washington University in St. Louis, UC Berkeley, W&M, VaTech; Waitlisted at UVA
General Comments: I'm just a normal guy, work hard in school and you'll achieve your dreams. I'm glad I was accepted and I'm definitely going to Georgetown in the fall! HOYA SAXA!
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calc BC, 5 Psych, 4 Lang, 4 USH, 3 Macro
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Symphony Orchestra, Italian IV Honors, Calculus III/Differential Equations Honors, AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Physics C, Gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Culture club, Italian Honor Society, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Model UN, FBLA, Foreign Exchange
Job/Work Experience: Abercrombie Model from 11/23/12 to present
Volunteer/Community service: CCD teacher and nursing home volunteer from freshman to senior year
Summer Activities: Field hockey camps
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Decent
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: Great
Interview: Went really well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, 2900 students
Ethnicity: Filipino + Spanish
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: who knows
Weaknesses: who knows
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i'm not especially impressive
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted [rutgers business, cas, pharm; nyu stern bpe; boston college caroll school of management; ucla] rejected [penn brown columbia dartmouth]
General Comments: any suggestions on what i can do? georgetown is my top choice and i want to go there regardless of what i get in financial aid
nella11: Don't be heartbroken. You are an excellent student, as evidenced by your acceptances at some top schools. And a waitlisting is miles ahead of a denial, although I don't know how much GT moves their waitlist. Do you have a college counselor you can trust who can advocate quickly on your behalf, perhaps sending in third quarters grades and an additional rec letter? If so, I'd take heart and take action. At the same time, if you can afford it, choose one of the other schools who clearly love you, make a deposit to them, and trust the universe.
SAT I (breakdown): 2360: CR (760), Math (800), Writing (800)
ACT: 35 (didn't report)
SAT II: MathII (800), US History (790), Bio E (770), Spanish (770), Lit (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Human Geography (5), Biology (5), Statistics (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), European History (5), US History (4), two others not reported.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Discrete Math, AP English Lit, AP Comparative GoPo, AP Art History, AP Spanish, AP US GoPo, AP Enviro, Spanish Conversation, 2 Portuguese classes at my local university.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Three national awards/scholarships in Spanish (two of them were pretty major), National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, a couple of 1st and 2nds at the state level in Envirothon.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SHH (officer), Envirothon, Young Democrats (Secretary), Newspaper (managing editor), Math Team, Beta Club, Portuguese Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: mentoring Hispanic elementary school students, and some high school Spanish tutoring.
Summer Activities: nothing substantial, mostly just took the time to explore things that I didn't get a chance to during the school year, such as gardening, crew, and flying.
Essays: I chucked my original SFS essay about two days before the deadline (I was second-guessing myself and thought that it sounded too cheesy). I finally decided to edit an old freshman year AP Human Geography essay. It might have been risky, but I guess it paid off!
Teacher Recommendation: I didn't read them, but they both really like me. One of them was from a sophomore year teacher though.
Counselor Rec: didn't read, but I go to a pretty big high school and I've only met her about 3 times.
Additional Rec: I didn't read it either, but apparently it was very good! From my Portuguese professor.
Interview: It was held on MARCH 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no idea why it was so late, but I thought it went well. He was a real gentleman (graduated in the 70s) and clearly loved the school.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100000 - 110000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) : nothing
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, course load, awards
Weaknesses: my grades, interview time (!!!), and mediocre ECs.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my admissions officer had his/her coffee break right before reading my app
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UChicago, Dartmouth, UVa (Echols), American (Global Scholars), 2 in-state schools; rejected at Cornell.
General Comments:
I'm so happy to have gotten into SFS! It's thrilling to know that the kid next to you could be the future head of the CIA or something And there are so many wonderful professors and opportunities available to us.
I'm still not sure where I'll end up next year (it'll be a tug of war between here, UVa, UChicago, and Dartmouth) but it's amazing to have such great options. I hope I get decent financial aid.
Good luck to everyone!
Last edited by senoritapipita; 03-30-2012 at 05:47 PM.
