tumamaesmimama

Rank: 18/~250 so top ten percent (might have gone up now)
GPA: 3.78 uw/4.45 w (big upward trend after freshmen year, GPA is ~3.9 UW without freshmen year)
SAT: BAD. 680 CR/680W/590M (aaah). The weird thing is I took the PSAT three days later and got a 210 (78 CR/71 W/61 M). I retook them in June, find out tomorrow but I don't really care anymore because...
ACT: 32 C (36 R, 35 E, 28 M, 28 S)
SAT II: World History- 720, US History- 770, Lit- 760

APs: 4 on AP world history, took APUSH, AP bio, and AP lang, will find out in July


EC:
Cross-Country: varsity for the last three years, captain jr. year and will be senior year as well, a few minor awards but i'm not good enough to run at college or anything
Track: 2 years on varsity
Indoor track: one year
School newspaper: Two years, copy editor jr. year, assistant editor senior year
NFTY: Jewish youth group, two years
Key club: Two years, will be treasurer senior year
Indoor Track: One year
10 years Jewish Sunday school, teacher’s assistant jr. year
I was also page for the state legislature.
National merit commended, probably semi-finalist


This summer: I have a part time job and will be teaching people of all ages how to read (literacy tutor)

I already posted this on the chances forum but no one has given me any responses concerning my chances. Georgetown is where I want to go! When I got my SAT scores, my dreams sort of died, but the ACT has renewed my hope.

Please help me out!

GreenDayFan

Your ACT and SAT 2's are excellent, so don't worry about the SAT. EC's are solid, being captain and having other leadership positions, in addition to being a page, is great. Class rank, while in the top 10%, could definitely improve, so just work on that and make sure your schedule is most rigorous. Honestly, you have a good chance, but the whole process is a crapshoot. Good luck!

tumamaesmimama

Thank you so much for your response! Well I just got my SAT scores back and they are so much better. I got a 2140 (CR-770 M-630 W-740)!! I know my math score is still out of Georgetown's range, but I don't think I can do any better than that. Should I retake again? Suggestions anyone?

Complex22

as a recently accepted student i would say no, you have to accept what your scores are and work on other parts of your app. your scores are totally fine. stop worrying, and think about how to strengthen the rest of your app. the majority of the applicants to gtown have great scores and gpa but what makes them accepted is how they portray themself in the app. best of luck! i am sure you will do fine.

tumamaesmimama

Thank you for your advice and positive feedback! Actually, I am perfectly happy with my math score. I just expected people to tell me I should retake it. I'm happy that I got over 600 to tell you the truth...