Georgetown 2022 EA Results

chickenalfred
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:54:46 +0000

SAT I (breakdown): 1440 Math:770 RW:670
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math I (720) Math II (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure actually
Weighted GPA: 4.37
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but 1/90
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP World History (4), AP Biology (3), AP English Literature (3), AP Chinese Language (untaken)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Senior Seminar, Economics/Government, Yearbook, AP English Language, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Hispanic Scholar, NSLI-Y Scholar, Dean’s List

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Northside Robotics Team; 3 years, District Champions last year (Vice President)
Northside Student Ambassadors, Similar to tour guides/representing school and student body, all 4 years of high school (Secretary)
Theatre; 2 years (Member)
National Honor Society; 1 year (Member)
Gay-Straight Alliance; 2 years (President)

Volunteer/Community service:
Houston SPCA Pet Shelter: Direct Small Dog Caretaker, >15hours
Vota de Northside: Calling potential voters during 2016 elections to increase voter turnout, 25hours
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center: 2 years, unsure of how many hours
Houston Food Bank: Food packager, on and off so amount of hours unknown
Political Volunteering: Volunteered in local and presidential elections by calling and canvassing, in 2008, 2012, and 2016. At least 20 hours in 2016.

Summer Activities:
NSLI-Y Scholar: Won scholarship to study abroad in China for six weeks
JSA Summer Institute: Summer program focused on politics and government; started a project to combat police brutality in Los Angeles
CIEE Summer Abroad in Seville, Spain for three weeks

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
SFS-Specific Essay: Wrote about the effects of climate change and how all of humanity will be impacted by the growing threat of global warming. Added a personal note about how climate change will intensify natural disasters since I have experienced Hurricane Dolly, Ike, and more recently, Harvey in my state of Texas. (8)
Extracurricular Essay: Wrote about my robotics team and made the robot we built seem alive in the essay. (9)
Personal Essay: Wrote about my struggles as a transgender person; compared not coming out to the destruction of a hurricane (Wrote this months before Harvey hit, so yeah, kinda a coincidence.)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Haven’t read any of them so unsure of how great their recommendations were.
Teacher Rec #1: APWH and U.S. History teacher; seen me struggle in APWH and spoke about my growth as well as my aspirations in the political field. (9)
Teacher Rec #2: Algebra II and AP Calc AB teacher; Knows me as a hard worker. Probably the best in her class. (9)
Counselor Rec: She loves me. Known me since 6th grade and has seen my progress over the years. (10)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: About an hour. I thought it went very well, considering that I talked a lot about politics and my dreams to go into the political field. I also talked about the struggles I’ve overcome in the past few years of my life.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Culture and Politics (SFS)
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male (Transgender)
Income Bracket: Won’t say but low-middle range
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Gender identity, sexual orientation, valedictorian

Reflection

Strengths: Interview went surprisingly well for me! I was nervous but speaking about myself boosted my confidence levels. Plus, I was comfortable talking with the interviewer since he was such a nice guy. My essays, based on the reviews my teachers gave, were amazing.
Weaknesses: Test Scores. Some of my ECs did not connect with what I wanted to do in the future, so I guess that’s a minus.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: I don’t know. I’m still in shock since I’ve been waiting since Friday and the applicants who received their acceptance letters earlier had stats far better than mine.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Auto-admit to the University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston Main Campus/Honors College, Deferred at the University of Chicago.

General comments
Good luck to everyone applying to Georgetown! Believe me, anything is possible!