Georgetown 2022 EA Results

maddyduv
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:06:56 +0000

Decision: Accepted- College (Government major)

SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (720 R&W, 680 M), 1430 (720 R&W 710 M),
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 English, 33 Math, 36 Read, 32 Science), 34 (36 English, 31 Math, 35 Read, 34 Science)
SAT II: 710 Bio M, 750 Math II, 640 USH, 740 Literature
Weighted GPA: 4.49/4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): All scores of 5 in: Human Geo, World History, US History, Language&Comp, Calculus AB, Psychology
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Env. Science, AP Chem, AP Literature and Composition, AP Gov, AP Stat
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): The College of William & Mary Leadership Award, Various “Student of the Year” awards from school

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): many unique leadership positions in various clubs at school, weekly volunteer at science museum, student rep on a local youth services board

Volunteer/Community service: a couple of hours a week at Science Museum, many Key Club service projects

Essays (rating 1-10, details): My personal essay was the same as my common app essay, I made sure to make it personal and reveal a positive aspect of who I am (9/10), my “Why Georgetown” essay focused on something my tour guide said and kind of expanded on it (8/10), and then my extracurricular essay was just ok, I just explained the youth services board I’m on (6/10)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I got one from my 10th grade English teacher who knows me super well and who’s been involved in pretty much all of my extracurriculars (10/10, I read it), and I got one from my AP Calc teacher who I know likes me pretty well (I didn’t read it), and then a supplemental one from the Vice Mayor of my city who knows me through the youth services board and likes me a lot (should have really helped since I applied as a gov major)

Counselor Rec: Should have been decent, she’s new to the school this year but me met multiple times and she “interviewed” me to get to know me better

Interview: I really enjoyed it! It was awkward at first (as expected) but my interviewer had just graduated Gtown (like 4 months earlier) and was attending med school in my city. We didn’t have much in common in that aspect since she’s a STEM kind of person, but we connected because she was involved in a club at Gtown that’s really similar to a club I was involved in, and she loved that I asked tons of questions

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: very large urban public school, but consistently nationally ranked in academics (~2000 kids, 400 in my class)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~125,000? not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: ACT score, grades, course rigor, recommendations, essays
Weaknesses: SAT score, 640 USH SAT II score, my counselor rec could have been pretty generic
Why you think you were accepted: Hopefully I conveyed my passion for government, and I think my Why Georgetown essay really emphasized that I love the school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Accepted EA to UGA in November, applied EA to UVA but haven’t heard back yet, planning to apply to Vanderbilt and Duke RD

General comments
Georgetown was my first choice and I am so happy! Can’t wait to be a Hoya Congrats to all other admits, and if you were deferred, keep your head up! You will end up somewhere amazing