Academics
GPA Weighted: 5.14 Junior year (All A+), 4.86 Sophomore year, 4.71 freshman year
Class Rank: top 5 of 250 at a strong academic prep school
SAT score: Taken once, 700 CR, 790 Math, 780 Writing (2270 Comp)
SAT II: Bio: 780 World History: 700 Math Level II: will take in October
AP Classes
World History: 5 English Lang : 5 APES : 5 BIO : 4
220 PSAT NJ, definitely will be commended maybe semi-finalist
High Honors List
National Honors Society
Will take AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Eng, and AP Art History next yr
Academic Awards/ Achievements
2011- Won regional essay contest about favorite teacher and earned recognition at local libraries and book store
2010 – Won award from my towns Human Relations Commission for an essay honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs. Birthday
Currently working on publishing a collaborative biological paper with other interns at a large genomics company
AP Scholar With Honor
Highest Hono Roll
Work Experience
Summer Long Internship at nearby hospital in Department of pathology.
2-week internship at genomics company
Assistant coach for a competitive youth soccer team year-round
Babysit 12 year old with autism
Soccer Referee
Assistant for special olympics team
Other Volunteer Work
Weekly volunteer for local Special Olympics swim team. Will be assistant coach this season.
National Special Olympics games volunteer. Coordinator for soccer events as a team liason.
Athletics
4 year soccer player at very good prep school, 2 years vars (ranked at top 10 in country last year)
Club soccer for very good club team for 3 years with several tournaments won
Club team captain
Extracurriculars and other honors
Autism Big brothers Club
Italian club – likely president next yr
Wounded warrior project
In 2014 inducted into the hall of fame of nearby school for kids with autism after volunteering consistently with kids with autism
American cancer society relay for life team captain
Made my own website and youtube channel for SAT Prep
Started my own club dedicated to improving the care of patients at a nearby hospital
P.S. I have a younger brother with autism and my essay will be about him and how he has changed my perspective in lfie. Much of my extra-circulars center around this and I hope to do similar volunteer work in college.
also, if anyone has any info on whether or not applying early helps, please let me know
More info- I go to a Catholic school that has a good relationship with Georgetown because it is also a catholic and jesuit university. Also bump
Need unweighted GPA, but for my part the pure stats look fine/great for Georgetown.
Your looking good for Georgetown early… and definitely apply early if its your top choice school, it will improve your chances of getting in. However, you might be missing out on the opportunity to apply early elsewhere.
@Anonymoose3 Pretty sure it would be 4.0, as I got all A+ last year and nothing below an A in by high school career. I know georgetown only takes the CR and Math sections for the SAT, would it be work trying to bump my CR score or do you think 700 is ok? I’m science-oriented for my major, not english at all. And do you have any input on whether applying early helps or not? The early action rate seems lower than the regular rate, but deferral is the worst that could happen…
@puzzled123 thanks for the input. I guess applying early should help then because I’ve heard that Georgetown is more competitive early action. Do you have any advice at how I could make my application stronger between now and early action time?
@streetking18 Essays, essays, essays! They are an extremely important part of your application. IMO, for most students, their essays matter more than all of their EC’s.
@puzzled123 wow, that’s huge! I’ve already outlined my common app essay, and will get right to the georgetown supplements if I feel that I will 100% apply early action- I am visiting this weekend so I should know after that!
Hey again…
You look live a very strong candidate for GU Early!
Tip: GU LOVES applicants who deal a lot with community service and international stuff. So emphasize those two things especially.
@theknova just saw this ha. Thanks! I will my essay is about some of my volunteer experiences. To what are you referring when you mention international stuff?
Np! That’s good.
Basically that you “understand that America is not the center of the world” (quote from a dean). Like in my case, taking AP French, travel blogging, wanting do environmental research in Indonesia, etc. is how I am going to appeal to them on an “international basis.”
Also just a note: I would be very surprised if you did not get in EA. You seem just to be the type they’re looking for!
@theknova and I guess my international appeal would be my website and YT channel? that’s good to know thanks for the tip