Georgetown Class of 2017 Results Thread

cruxclaire
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:33:51 +0000

Decision: Accepted

**School: College; Faculty of Languages and Linguistics **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2290
[] SAT breakdown: M= 690 , CR= 800
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.80
[] Weighted GPA: 4.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank; used to be top 5% when they did
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), English Language (5), German (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Bio, German IV Honors, Spanish 1, Martial Arts, AP US and Comparative Government
[] Rigor of Schedule: Hardest possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): AATG/PAD German Study Trip, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Model UN, German Club, a few more
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Girl Scouts, Thespians, Martial Arts, a few others
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time job at a public library since last May
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered as a camp counselor two summers; I sometimes do day-long service gigs with NHS and my church’s youth group
[] Summer Activities: Two summer homestay programs in Germany, work, volunteering
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I think
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Alumni Interview: It wasn’t my best interview, but I’d say it went relatively well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: German and Economics double major
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Large, competitive public
[] Number of applicants from school: Not sure, I think 3 or 4, maybe
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Not CC’s business
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Maybe that I applied as a German major? German majors are quite rare.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, SAT CR subscore, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of SAT IIs, Georgetown doesn’t seem to like my school much (I’m the second accepted in the last 40 years, and usually a few people apply every year)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure - I’m shocked! In a good way!
[li] Where else are you applying: Fordham (accepted), Tulane (accepted), UIUC (accepted), UMich (accepted), Rice, Swarthmore, Tufts, Arizona, Stony Brook, Jacobs University Bremen[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ll have to work really hard on scholarship apps so I can afford to go here!