Georgetown 2022 EA Results

biochemenglish
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 19:50:31 +0000

I applied to CAS.

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (760 Reading, 770 Math); Essay 8/8/7
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36E, 36M, 35R, 36S); Essay 12
SAT II: 800 Molecular Biology, 760 Math II, 710 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A; top 5% of grade
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP European History (5), AP US Government (5), AP Biology (5), AP Physics 1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Spanish Language, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Human Geography, Religion classes, Research Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semifinalist, some AP Scholar Award (can’t remember which), Girls Nation Delegate

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research at local university, Student Senate (basically our form of student government), Varsity Golf (Captain), Key Club (Service Coordinator), Mock Trial (Varsity Attorney), NHS, Yearbook staff, Peer mentoring/international student mentoring/retreat leader
Job/Work Experience: I tutored some kids in my neighborhood throughout the summers. Nothing really official.
Volunteer/Community service: Campaign Fellow for the Hillary for Ohio Campaign and Ted Strickland Gubernatorial Campaign, my parish’s Vacation Bible School
Summer Activities: Research, tutoring; I attended both Girls State and Girls Nation in Washington D.C. from which I was chosen to be one of seven counselors at the 2019 session of Girls Nation.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10; I used my Common App essay for the personal essay and I compared how my writing style has changed overtime to my love of discovery in my research. My Why Georgetown Essay was my favorite essay to write. My brother attended SFS, so I framed it around the fight song lol. For my school/summer activity essay, I wrote about Girls Nation and when we met Donald Trump at the White House in light of my spending 4 months working on Hillary’s Campaign.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: From my freshman and AP Biology teacher, 9/10. She has had such an influence on my life and I am extremely close to her and her entire family. She cultivated my love for science and I put a lot of work into her class. Just knowing her, I imagine the letter was a bit dry, but quite sincere.
Teacher Rec #2: From my freshman US History teacher and AP US Government teacher, 10/10. Another teacher who has had a tremendous impact on my life. Outside of class, we discuss politics a lot and once we had a very long conversation about feminism, specifically intersectional feminism. He had never heard of it before so I taught him all about it and he said that he was definitely going to put that in my rec. Probably more personal than the first recommendation, more anecdotal, but still very sincere.
Counselor Rec: 10/10. I spend almost any free time I have in her office. Again, a very important teacher in my life. She’s gotten to know me really well and I think she really worked to convey my multidimensional interests in policy and science in an interesting way.
Additional Rec: 8/10, from the professor whose lab I worked in over the summer. He’s a respected guy in the structural biology field and worked hard to get to know me. All the other grad students and lab managers pitched in to help him write it, so there were multiple perspectives of my work. The letter basically explained what work I did, why it is important, and why my research should make them want to accept me. I also sent my research abstract from the paper I wrote.
Interview: By far the best interview I’ve had. I interviewed with a woman who graduated in 2002 I think and we had so many things in common. By nature of having a sibling at the University, I know so much about GU, so I could really talk a lot about why I love the school so much with specific examples. Talked for an hour and a half I think.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Double major in Biology and Justice and Peace Studies.
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: Private Parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really; the only thing that could make me stand out was my brother’s association with the school

Reflection:

Strengths: Test scores, research, recommendations
Weaknesses: ECs are a bit run of the mill
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: I made it really clear how much GU meant to me to the Admissions Office throughout the entire process.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: So far, nowhere else! This is my first school to hear back from.

General Comments: Boy was I glad to see that letter in my mailbox this afternoon lol, #possiblyHoyas2022 ???