Application Finished :]! SFS chances

Colleges & Universities Georgetown University
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<p>i guess it’s all up in the air now, but i wouldnt mind hearing what you think</p>

<p>NJ Female
Middle-Eastern
Born in Jordan, fluent in Arabic- reading, writing [eh], and speaking.</p>

<p>SAT’s:
690 M
740 CR
730 W
[retaken last month…]</p>

<p>GPA: 4.12w
Rank: 17/336</p>

<p>AP’s:
American History 5
Human Geography 5
American Government 5</p>

<p>SAT II’s:
Literature 770
US History 700</p>

<p>GIRL’S FENCING (9-12)
three years varsity
epee co-captain</p>

<p>MODEL UNITED NATIONS (9-12)
Awards
“Head Delegate” <a href=“12”>President</a></p>

<p>MODEL CONGRESS-
Senator (11), Vice-President (12)</p>

<p>FRENCH CLUB- (9-12)<br>
Membership Coordinator (11, 12)</p>

<p>PATRIOT PRESS-<br>
Rank in File (10), Assistant Editor (11, 12) </p>

<p>NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY-<br>
(11-12) Co-Chairman for “The Memory Project”, made and collected books for the nightwalker children of Uganda </p>

<p>Co-coordinator of annual charity drive (10, 11)
Volunteered at a doctor’s office on fridays of last year.</p>

<p>Worked on/Helped with translating a classified report on the incidence of prostitution in Jordan for the NGO- Family Health International- with my uncle and his colleagues</p>

<p>National Merit Semi-Finalist (12)
AP Scholar </p>

<p>RANDOM AWARDS</p>

<p>chosen for NJ GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (summer '06) <– significant summer activity on this and the significance of empathy.</p>

<p>other two essays- GREAT.
recs- very good.</p>

<p>i think that’s all…</p>

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<p>Your URM status will definitely help, however being from NJ will not. You’re applying from a part of the country where they already get a ton of applicants. Your SAT is okay for SFS, same goes for SAT IIs. Won’t get you in or keep you out. Rank is gonna hurt a little, you’re just out of the top 5%, the admit rate for any Gtown applicants in the second 5% is 12%. That’s for ALL the schools at Gtown. How many APs could you have taken? 3 is on the light side. You have really good ECs, but all of them are common among Gtown applicants. Maybe your URM status and the fact you speak Arabic will get you in, but you won’t be the only applicant with those abilities. If I HAD to guess, I would say deferred, but you DEFINITELY could be admitted EA or RD if defferred.</p>

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<p>Are you sure that being Middle Eastern is URM status?</p>

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<p>I assume so, but I’m not sure, it’s better than being white or asian.</p>

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<p>i’m also in three AP’s this year but didnt put them up there because i havent taken the tests yet. my school offers practically NO social science AP’s thats why. I didnt want to be one of those kids who just takes a class because there was an “AP” preceding it. </p>

<p>Besides, I hate science and my school offers 4 of them as AP.</p>

<p>I really feel like my essays are my key in because i’m in that “gray area”- not exceptional but definitely qualified.
The 336 was a guess on my part, I just know i BARELY made top 5% but i’m in there</p>

<p>Thanks for your responses though!</p>

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<p>I’m interested in learning Arabic. Do you have any recommendations as far as books go?</p>

<p>I might be attending an Arabic Concordia Language Village next summer.</p>