Georgetown Class of 2024 Applicants Discussion Thread

Accepted!!! Ahh!!

Georgetown college
Major: Sociology
SAT/ACT Score: 34
G.P.A(weighted and unweighted): 94, we dont do weighted
Other unis you’ve applied to(post decision if any): Amherst (accepted) Barnard (rejected) BC (accepted), Fordham (accepted) UCSD (accepted) got deferred ED from Brown
SAT II (score and subject): US History 720, math 2 750 lit 670 (I know lol)
Class Rank: N/A
AP Classes: Currently taking: AP AB Calc, AP American and Comparative gov, AP Bio, AP Lit. Already taken: AP Lang (4) AP Stat (4) AP physics 1 (4) APUSH (5)
Asian female

Academic Awards: National language awards, national merit, other things I cant remember right now

Extra Curricular: MUN President (~10 awards), Cello 10+ competition awards, orchestra for 4 years, lessons for 4 years etc., Art magazine editor, Student government president, varsity sport 4 years, summer internship/activism work, mental health club president, writing tutor for freshmen.

Essays(1-10): Common app was a 10, I think it was super super unique because it was about a personal experience I had (not to be cocky). My supplement was ok, id say like 7 or 8 /10, definitely good, but not revolutionary, I talked about my activism work.

Recommendations (1-10): Both were 10’s though I obviously havent read them. I had very close relationships with both teachers.

I copied this from another college, so sorry for the extra stuff! Was too lazy to type it all again

Congratulations to everyone!!!

Rejected OOS :frowning:

34 ACT, 4.0 uw, 8 APs (plus 6 senior year), NMF

Congratulations to everyone who was accepted!

Accepted, and couldn’t be happier!

I applied as an economics major to Georgetown College, however I later regretted not applying as a Finance major. Would it be possible to switch to the business school before enrolling or would I have to internally transfer during my freshman year?

Accepted!!

McDonough School of Business
Major: Undefined but probably finance
Scores: 1550 SAT, 35 ACT
SATII: 790 Math 2, 780 US History
GPA: 3.95/4 UW, 5.0/5.3 W, 16 AP Classes
Other acceptances: Georgia Tech, UVA, UT Austin Business Honors (+ safeties)
Waitlist: Amherst, WashU
Rejected: UPenn Wharton ED
Indian Male

EC’s: Eagle Scout, Investment Club Treasurer, Vice President Junior Achievement (annually created a small company w/ 15 students and compete), Trumpet in Jazz + Marching Band, Animal Rescue volunteer, DECA (didn’t perform well), leadership in UNICEF Club, Desi Club, NHS

Other things: local youth leadership program w/ Chamber of Business and Industry, summer courses at Drexel and UPenn , Economics for Leaders summer program, Anthony Robbins Global Youth Leadership Summit, Investing Seminar

Awards: National Merit, National AP Scholar, minor awards for leadership in Boy Scouts and Junior Achievement

Essays: Skill: had none so my mom said to put I was good at math lol (tied it in w/ investing activities), EC: Boy scouts story, how Boy Scouts taught me to get out of my comfort zone and pass it on to others, Personal (was my personal statement): my speech impairment as a child and how Tony Robbins events helped me overcome anxiety/fear, Why Georgetown: Business school combines lib arts w/ hard skills, talked about classes, clubs, and community (compared it to community of Boy Scouts)

Recommendations: Both knew me pretty well b/c of projects we had to do, both knew I cared about animals (English teacher wrote about a guest opinion article on the school newspaper about puppy mills, I did my Eagle project at an animal shelter too)

Interview: Honestly so good!! After the disaster that was my Penn interview, my Georgetown interviewer was so interested in my story and leadership which I appreciated a lot. Contrary to what others might say, I think the interview has a big impact on admissions! and I am really lucky I got one that was interested in me.

Congrats to all who got in!! I’m a current junior in the SFS and would be happy to answer any questions about Georgetown! Feel free to PM or ask directly

S was waitlisted.
Anyone have any advice on this? This is new territory for us. :slight_smile:

Accepted!
Georgetown College
Major: Undecided
ACT: 35, GPA: 4.0 UW, 6 APs (and 3 senior year), NMF

Accepted to SFS!
35 ACT, 4.0 uw, 4.76 w, 11 APs by the time I graduate, solid recs, strong essays
So happy!!

for future applicants:
Accepted

Georgetown College
Major: Mathematics
ACT:32
GPA: 4.54 (weighted), 3.93(UW)
subject tests: no subject tests
class rank: 1/372
APs: 12 (six this year)
Female, Mexican Immigrant, Atheist
extracurricular: Orchestra, Orchestra Club, Academic Decathlon, STEM Club, STEP, Peer Tutor
Special Talent Essay: I talked about being able to tutor people in Spanish despite the fact that I haven’t taken a math class in Spanish since 3rd grade
Extracurricular essay: Talked about Academic Decathlon
Personal statement essay: Talked about feeling targeting in mexico due to the violence there and immigrating to the U.S
Georgetown College essay about education: I talked about the better quality education I got by immigrating to the U.S
I think my interview really helped me because we really connected.
Accepted: Georgetown, Smith, Pomona, USC (Merit Finalist)
Waitlisted: Franklin and Marshall
Rejected: UChicago, Pitzer, Claremont Mckenna, Harvey Mudd

Could anyone compare the experience/ quality of Georgetown to other DC schools like American and GW? Need some insight please!

Waitlisted for SFS :frowning: congrats to everyone who got in ?

I have two family friends who graduated from Georgetown and they loved it there. They also have very good jobs. I think Georgetown is the more selective school but I guess you need to figure out if you like the fit. Good luck

Accepted to SFS!!
Major: International Political Economy.
SAT: 1520
Class Rank: 1/450
15 APs by graduation
Politics ECs
Lebanese Male

Congrats to everyone else who got in too!!!

Accepted!!

SFS
Major: Undeclared
Scores: 1480 SAT (770 ebrw/ 710 math)
Didnt submit subject tests
AP Scores: 5 AP Lang, 4 APWH, AP Bio
GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.25 W, 10 AP Classes
Other acceptances: Columbia (likely letter), University of Notre Dame (merit scholar finalist), Vanderbilt (likely letter)
Deferred: Yale
Rejected/Waitlist: N/A
AA Female

EC’s:
Debate, co-captain, lobbied for a mandatory debate course in my county, wrote an introductory book for debate novices
Sunrise Movement, founder of local hub, organized 100 students for climate protest, lobbied for one day off for civic engagement purposes
Chesapeake Climate Action Network, youth recruiter, lobbying against a major power company wanting to take advantage of a community of color (what they’re doing is extremely detrimental to the environment and air quality)
Volunteer for state delegate, a high profile congressional campaign (helped to develop climate platform), Andrew Yang and Bernie Sanders
Research cold plasma at USDA

Other things:
running start high school program for young women running for office (took place at Georgetown)
women’s debate institute

Awards:
Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Mid-Atlantic finalist
DC Urban Debate League March Champion in pf
NHS, SNHS, SHS, NSDHS

Essays: 8.5/10 (and I don’t give this rating lightly)
Skill: Talked about how i’m interested in conspiracy theories bc they open our perspective and force us to face the unknown and consider every possibility
EC: Talked about how debate taught me how to stand confident in my voice, talked about lobbying for a debate course and writing the instructional guide
Personal (was my personal statement): Pretty experimental, took snippets of some of my diary entries from the past 10 years and elaborated on the context + how the moment shaped me
Why Georgetown: thesis was about how i want to protect underprivileged communities around the world from environmental injustice

Recommendations:
AP Lang teacher, she is a very eloquent writer and we new each other very well
Physics teacher: basically my second dad, he’s seen me in every capacity, whether extracurricular or academic, he could speak to my passion of environmental activism

Interview: Didn’t even have one, lol, and I’m from the DMV

Accepted to sfs
Other schools accepted: UMD (Full Banneker), UVA (Echols Scholar), WashU
Deferred: Yale
Waitlisted: UChicago

Decision: Rejected
ED (deferred) - OOS Asian Fem
SAT - 1540, GPA 4.4/5
Decent ECs, OK essays, no hooks

collgedreamng121 wrote: »
Could anyone compare the experience/ quality of Georgetown to other DC schools like American and GW? Need some insight please!

I know of multiple people who have applied to transfer from AU/GW to Georgetown, some successfully. I don’t know of anyone who has considered transferring from Georgetown to AU/GW. That’s not to say Georgetown is the best for every single student, but it should tell you where most people want to be.

My son was also accepted as well to SFS. SAT 1510 GPA 4.6 very involved in student government/model UN/Church and community organizations/sports. He would like to talk with other SFS accepted students since its going to be tough to make any decisions without being able to attend any accepted student days on campuses. If anyone is open to connecting please send PM me. Thank you!

Rejected (no surprise here) from NJ
Applied to McDonough
SAT: 1480
GPA: 4.1 W
8 AP’s (4 taken already) (All 5’s except for AP Lang = 4)
SAT 2s were not that good
Have good offers already in the bank so not too disappointed with this result!