Chance Me Georgetown RD, other schools on list [34 ACT super scored, Global Health]

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Demographics

  • US domestic
  • Private

Cost Constraints / Budget
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Intended Major(s): School Of Health - Global Health

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Weighted HS GPA: 98.65% (A +5% boost is added to every class that is honors/AP and is reflected in the overall GPA)
  • Class Rank: N/A
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 34 super scored, 32 highest composite (Georgetown requires submission of all scores for ACT; they noted on their website they super score SAT; my counselor, who used to work at Georgetown, said that they internally super score the ACT and just want to see progression)

HS coursework (school requires that we take the honors class before the respective AP class)

  • English: Honors English I/II, AP English Lang, AP English Lit
  • Math: Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra II, Precalc, AP Calc (AB)
  • Science: Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, Honors Physics
  • History and social studies: Human Geography (AP not offered), AP World, APUSH, AP Macro, AP Micro
  • Language other than English: Spanish III/IV/V, Honors Latin American Studies

Awards (Georgetown only asks for the top 3)

Entrepreneurship Competition Finalist (international)

Community Service Gold Award (100+ service hours/year, school)

Cum Laude Society (GPA >95%, school)

Extracurriculars (Georgetown only asks for the top 6 activities, descriptions were better on actual app)

Co-Founder of NonProfit: 3 Years
Hosted community wide events; collected 1500+ pieces of sports equipment to address inactivity-related health issues in low income areas; partnered with larger organization.

Founder/Editor/Writer of Medical Blog: 3 Years
Aims to educate teens in medicine; self-published 70+ articles on science/public health topics; conducted interviews/research; recruited contributors.

Head Junior Swim Coach–Paid: 3 Years
CPR certified; coached 150+ kids ages 5-18; planned daily practices & social events; advised other Jr Coaches; wrote meet lineups; led team cheers

Co-Leader of Club: 4 Years
Engaged in non-competitive sports with kids who have medical/intellect. disabilities; led weekly sessions; aimed at supporting acsess to exercise for kids w/ dissabilites

Local Hospital Volunteer: 1 Year
Volunteer at stroke & CCU 100+ hrs; assisted w/ patient care: organized charts, shadowed doctors/nurses, answered patient calls, discharged patients.

Global Health Conference: 1 Summer
~8% accept. rate; learned about current public health issues from professionals; researched low income obesity crisis.

Reccomendations & Additional Info

  • School Counselor worked at Georgetown a few years ago and rewrote my rec just for georgetown to make it more for their school
  • 11th grade precalc teacher wrote primary rec
  • 9th/10th/12th spanish teacher wrote secondary rec

Schools

Brown (ED) - deferred

UMD - accepted, honors, biochem

UVA - deferred

UF - accepted

Ohio State - accepted

South Carolina - accepted

Georgetown

Dartmouth

Vanderbilt

Boston College

Upenn

Duke

Tufts

Emory

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Congrats on all your acceptances - UMD and Honors to boot, UF, Ohio State and U of SC are all FANTASTIC schools.

It’s great your counselor could help you with the rec. Hopefully it will pay off. Gtown - it may depend on how they see your test since they’ll look at all scores - and some may have been lower than 32. A couple that remain are need aware - so depending on what you need $ wise, it may impact.

I hope you get into one - and it wouldn’t surprise me. Nor would a shut out surprise me.

I’ll say this though - your record is outstanding and you’ve done all anyone can. So no matter what - be proud - because regardless of the school you attend, you’ve got a bright future ahead of you.

Best of luck and let us know when you have final results. They’ll be out soon enough but you clearly built a great list, assuming all your acceptances are affordable.

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Thanks for the response and your comment! I’ll update it when I hear back. I am hoping for the best!

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I think that @tsbna44 nailed it. You already have some great acceptances, which you have earned through your strong effort throughout high school and corresponding great results. I think that you are competitive for the other schools that you are still waiting to hear back from. However, the large majority of other applicants at these schools are also very academically strong students and you have a list of schools with low acceptance rates.

You already have some great acceptances, you might very well get a few more, and one way or another you will have a great school to attend in September (and might have a tough choice to make).

Congratulations on your results so far and best wishes. It might be time to get some ice cream and try not to think about it too much while waiting for more results.

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Funny you say this because I was litterally just eating ice cream…

Thanks! I am really appreciative of my acceptances. I do really think Georgetown could be a great place, so I’m hoping for the best.

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Congrats on all of your other acceptances!!! :000 that’s amazing!

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All eight of the remaining schools are extremely selective so I would consider all of them reach schools.

If I were going to try and group them further I would say Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, UPENN and Duke are “very much” reach schools (all have 4-8% acceptance rates) and Tufts, Boston College, Georgetown and Emory as “somewhat” reach schools (all have 12-14% acceptance rates).

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Totally aware of this and really hoping for at least 1-2. Based off the info provided, to your knowledge, how does my application look for Georgetown?

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Excellent chance.

You’ve already won. Congratulations !

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Your profile is really strong for Georgetown SFS, especially with the global health focus. The 34 superscore ACT puts you solidly in their middle 50%, and your ECs tell a very cohesive story around health equity and service. The nonprofit work with 1500+ pieces of sports equipment is a standout because it directly connects to your intended major in a tangible way.

A few things to keep in mind:

  • Georgetown values demonstrated interest, so hopefully you applied with a strong “Why Georgetown” essay that tied your global health work to specific SFS programs or faculty. The Global Health Initiative and their connection to the WHO/World Bank in DC is a huge draw.
  • Your 34 superscore is solid, but since Georgetown makes you submit all ACT scores and your highest composite is a 32, just know they will see those individual sittings. Your counselor is right that they look at progression, so as long as your scores trended up, you are fine.
  • The medical blog with 70+ articles is impressive volume. If you mentioned specific public health topics you covered that connect to Georgetown’s curriculum, that strengthens your app a lot.
  • Hospital volunteering at stroke/CCU with 100+ hours shows commitment, not just resume padding.

For your other schools, your profile screams “mission-driven” which plays really well at places like Emory (global health is one of their biggest strengths), Tulane (public health school), and GWU (DC connections like Georgetown). If you are still waiting on decisions, I would feel cautiously optimistic about Georgetown. Your stats are competitive and your story is consistent.

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Thank you so much for your valuable response! I believe I wrote a good “Why Georgetown” essay and mentioned my reason for my interest in global health at Georgetown. I also sent an update letter to them at the end of February, letting them know a few updates to my activities, that I would enroll if admitted, and that I had just shadowed a professor’s class.

I took the ACT 3 times, and my super score went up each time, but on my second test, the composite went down because one section I had a really hard time with (31 composite → 29 composite → 32 composite | 31 super score → 33 super score → 34 super score) (I hope this is not a dealbreaker).

Thank you so much for your comment again!

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@Publisher and others have said it best - you’ve already won. I’m not suggesting you attend UMD over others - but you have great acceptances.

None of us are the admins for the remaining schools.

If you get shut out,

  1. You’re going to have a great place to study come fall
  2. You’re likely going to end up in grad school or a low paying job, given your major

So I wouldn’t worry too much - this is the beginning of a longer educational journey and if you don’t hit your desired school now, you might for grad school.

Getting great internship experience - and it can happen from all those schools - it happened for my daughter at College of Charleston - will be because of your diligence.

And if you choose an outside of DC school (or it’s chosen for you), you can always do a DC semester. My daughter did hers at U of SC (all the SC publics go through U of SC) and it was a great experience. No doubt each school on your list will have something similar (not sure about UMD).

You’re in good shape no matter what - quite honestly - wasn’t hard to find an internship in DC (had 7 offers) and you will make it happen regardless.

I wish you luck with your list but none of us can “assure” or “deny” an acceptance. You’ll know soon enough - but you’ve already got the cake. The rest is just icing.

Good luck.

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Thank you for your response! I’m hoping for the best for the rest of the schools!

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No clue. NO ONE, here or elsewhere, has a clue despite how much they pretend otherwise.

I’ve seen my own kids and their friends in recent years get denied at schools with 45% acceptance rate and end-up getting accepted at schools with 6-10% acceptance rates. I’ve seen kids who were extremely impressive candidates (beyond just academics) be rejected at schools like Georgetown and Boston College and be accepted at U Chicago and Rice.

There are A LOT of variables beyond what you can control, beyond what you shared.

Just be smart and thoughtful regarding how you go about the process - seems like you are.

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Got it! Thank you so much for your response. Hoping for the best!

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Wherever you land will be the best. Being at Gtown or Emory isn’t better than being at South Carolina….unless you make it better…or you don’t.

I think you’re missing that point.

I know you feel it’s of more value to be in a school a magazine says is a higher rank but I promise you, you will have opportunities. If you take advantage of them, that will be the best. If you don’t, you’ll struggle - just like many grads of those schools you “hope for” do and will continue to.

Bet on yourself. Not the school name!!!

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I’ve seen more students not be strategic and smart about how they apply to colleges than I ever thought I would. That has likely ended up being the biggest thing holding students backs from getting better outcomes - not managing the college application process intelligently.

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why do you say this?

OP has four fantastic acceptances at schools a tier lower than these.

I agree in the sense of many don’t take budget into account - but assuming no budget issues, I think the list is fine.

Of course, many will get into those higher ranked schools and still attend the lower ranked one (costs or sports fan, etc.).

But OP’s list, assuming all can support them academically, seems well crafted from an admission POV.

Just curious what you meant.

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I agree with many others that you are a strong applicant. You have already been admitted to good schools and my gut is you will see a couple more go your way.

Academic profile (including tests in your case) are the most important thing for all your remaining schools. Another poster segmented the schools out within the reach category, and I tend to agree. The greater question, on the higher reaches, is whether the unweighted GPA (that I am not smart enough to calculate) coupled with your test profile make the cut on the higher reaches.

Assuming they do, I think you will have several new admits because your profile should read well. If they don’t you will be competing for the bottom portion of the remaining schools - Emory, Tufts, BC, Georgetown, and UVA. You should get into 1 or 2 of those.

Hope looking at it this way is helpful.

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Thank you for your response! My school doesn’t calculate our unweighted GPA so I’d have to calculate it as well. Appreciate your evaluation! Hoping for best

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