***GEORGETOWN CLASS OF 2021 APPLICANT THREAD***

Colleges & Universities Georgetown University
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Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major:
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE,
DOUBLE MAJOR: NEURO AND SPANISH, PRE MED TRACK

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): COMPOSITE-34
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.01
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): NONE
IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
Senior Year Course Load:
AP CHEM, AP CALC, AP SPANISH, SELECT II CHORUS, MEDIA AND MORALITY (RELIGION), CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITMENTS (RELIGION), FAITH AND POLITICS (RELIGION), HONORS AMERICAN POLITICS, HONORS OPEN QUESTIONS , HONORS CHORUS, ARCHERY
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
MLK JUSTICE AND SERVICE AWARD
HOBY LEADERSHIP AWARD
SPEECH AND DEBATE REGIONAL FINALIST (2nd and 3rd Place)
POETRY OUT LOUD REGIONAL FINALIST (2nd and 3rd Place)
KMOX STUDENT OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
SPEECH AND DEBATE (SECRETARY AND TREASURER)
HOSA (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT)
SWIMMING AND DIVING (JV THEN VARSITY, TEAM CAPTAIN SENIOR YEAR)
COMPETITIVE CHORAL PERFORMER
CAMPUS MINISTRY (LECTOR, EUCHARISTIC MINISTER, LITURGY PLANNING COMMITTEE, ETC)
MUSIC MINISTRY (SECRETARY)
NHS (BLOOD DRIVE CO-HEAD)

Job/Work Experience:
BASKETBALL REF (3 YEARS)
VOLLEYBALL REF (4 YEARS)
HEAD LIFEGUARD (4 YEARS)

Volunteer/Community service:
FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEER (13 YEARS)
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TUTOR (2 YEARS)
EL SALVADOR COLLEGE FUNDRAISER VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
MISSOURI SPECIAL OLYMPICS (2 YEARS)
PARISH LUKE 18 RETREAT (DISCIPLE AND CORI TEAM)
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CO-TEACHER (5 YEARS)

Summer Activities:
WORKING AS A LIFEGUARD
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOLARS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON CLINICAL DEPRESSION (learn more at www.battletowin.■■■■■■■■■■ if you’re interested!!)

Essays:
Common App focused on my family dynamics. I come from a single-parent household, and I was responsible for my Autistic little brother, so I talked about how my circumstances molded my character and made my family more tight-knit. I also touched on the interests I had on the human brain, and I discussed how I began researching at a very early age and allowed my curiosity to guide my interests.

Supplementals focused on my love for poetry, my desire to be a neurosurgeon, and the website that I created that focuses on depression among adolescents. I reflected on my personal struggle with this disease as well as the inspiration I drew from the lives of close friends.

Teacher Recommendation:
PreCalc Teacher: 10/10

Counselor Rec: 10/10. My counselor truly took the time to get to know more about me, and over time we created a close friendship!

Additional Rec:
Letter of Support from my previous Chem teacher: 10/10, Letter of Support from my Calc Teacher: 10/10… While I wasn’t allowed to read the letters, they both informed me that they were fantastic essays!!

Interview: My interviewer made me feel very comfortable, and we were able to have a flowing dialogue rather than a rigid Q&A session. We talked about our personal lives that ventured beyond the cliche college interview questions, and I felt like she got to learn more about who I was as a person rather than an applicant.

Other:

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Religious, Private, All-Girls
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation, POC, low income

Good luck to everyone during this process! The most crucial part of this process definitely comes down to the ACT/SAT scores and the essay. Do not put these off until the last minute because you will be over overwhelmed! Start early and take as much time as you need to prepare for the test as well as craft your essay!! (:

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@minnie1 is that your W GPA?

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SFS (School of Foreign Service), I want to study international relations and get a minor/certificate in foreign language

GPA: 4.41 (weighted bc i take honors…not sure what it is unweighted but my school uses a scale of 4.0)
ACT: 31 composite, 32 superscore (35 English, 32 reading, 27 math, 29 science, 10 writing)
SAT II: French reading (No listening)- 770; Spanish reading (No listening)- 750; US History- 650 (I know it’s weak)
APs: French (4), Art History (3), APUSH (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang & Comp, AP Gov, AP Euro, AP Spanish, Honors Myth, Calculus
Awards: Gold on National Spanish Exam 10th Grade, St. Michael’s Book Award (junior awards), AP Scholar Award, High Honor/Honor Roll

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (got my certification a few days ago!!), co-founder and officer of Model UN, French club secretary/president, participant in Scottish Cultural Exchanged organized by my school (attended and hosted), Gifted and Talented Club, Hand in Hand Club (officer and member- club where children with special needs come to our high school for after-school “events” and we bond and do activities with them), lector at my church, multicultural club, National Honors Society (NHS tutor), heroes and cool kids member- (club where we teach middle schoolers about dangers of drugs and alcohol, bullying, sportsmanship, and academic integrity…travel to them a few times each year, leadership club), Peer Mentor, literary magazine, Spanish Club, yoga/meditation club member and teacher, xc and winter track freshman year only

Job/Work Experience: tutor and babysitter, CPR certified

Volunteer/Community service: planned an annual prom just for the special needs students at my high school and organized a committee and fundraising events for it, head of local youth group, volunteer as coach at sports program for special needs kids year-round (basketball, soccer, baseball), went on church mission trip to Washington, D.C. and Haiti, Roll Call Dance- participated/volunteered in dance that included and raised money for people in wheelchairs, sponsored an underprivileged boy in my community for his confirmation

Summer Activities: pre-college summer program at Columbia for creative writing (grade 9), Middlebury College French Immersion “Study Abroad” Program in Quebec City, Canada for 3 weeks (grade 10), Georgetown University International Relations Institute (grade 11- this past summer, 1 week), Mission trip to D.C. (grade 9) and Haiti (grade 11) (aforementioned), Girls State Delegate this past summer (American Legion Auxiliary Jersey Girls State)

Essays: I’m nervous about this. I’m doing my best & I feel confident, but who really knows?
Teacher Recommendation: should be excellent
Counselor Rec: should be excellent
Additional Rec: I was going to ask my pastor to write my rec for me since he’s a Gtown alum
Interview: N/A
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): NJ (New Jersey)
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: idk, but not eligible for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

PLEASE be HONEST!!! And give recommendations and tell me what your thoughts are!!! SO grateful you even took the time to look at this. Wishing you love and light

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@pleaseacceptme33 You have a great application, although your ACT is a bit low for GU, particularly as you are going to have lots of competition from Catholic girls from Jersey. I would recommend taking the ACT at least one more time and taking another SAT Subject Test, maybe a Math or Science to show some diversificaition? My daughter was accepted to GU last year and had SAT Subject Tests in Biology, Physics, Latin and Literature, so I am not sure whether her breadth of knowledge helped her or not. Good luck!

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Thank you so much! Haha…it’s so true–being a white Catholic girl from NJ does NOT help me LOL. Thank you for the advice!!

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^ Also, are you applying Early Action?

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Yes!!! Absolutely. I’d ED if they had it

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^ In that case, you should get your additional SAT/ACT and Subject tests finalised as soon as possible. Good luck!

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guys so my counselor told me to write to my interviewer but idk what to say. she cant do anything to influence my deferral. any tips?

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Hay guys, I was in your shoes last year. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me! Good luck!!