CHANCES for G-Town

nycexsteve
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:35 +0000

high school is ranked top 50 in the nation
GPA: 91 (3.5 ?)
SATI: 740 Math 720 Reading, i know they dont count it but 790 on writing
SATII: bio - 660, math2 - 700, ushistory - december

Courses:
6 AP’s:
Junior: AP US History, AP English 11
Senior: AP Economics, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B
Honors:
Sophomore: English Honors, Bio Honors, Math B2 Honors
Junior: Precalc Honors

essays: pretty solid, worked with a college advisor for over a month on it and it turned out to be real good

i always hear how colleges like improvement, and my counselor said thats the one of the best things going for me because freshman year i took all regular classes, sophomore year i moved up to honors but didnt do that well, and at the end of 10th grade my GPA was a 89… but junior year i got straight A’s and my average raised to a 90.6

EC’s:

V Football (Co-Captain)

V Indoor/Outdoor Track (Captain)

numerous sports camps (track, football)

lot of christian work: church altar server since 4th grade, youth group advisor since 9th, mission (aid) trip to Bolivia, soup kitchens

hospital volunteer

work:

waiter (summer of 2008 - present)

secretary (worked for my dad ever since 9th)

awards:

certificate of commendation: its this award in my school for people who are active and what not

all-conference, all-division, all-county honors in track

church scholarship for active participation in church events

haha thats basically my hs life in a nutshell, would you say i have a decent shot at georgetown? ive heard that admissions is getting harder and harder each year (which i guess is the case for every school)

oh yeah and im Korean lol

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