Georgetown is my dream school - Chances?

hotchkiss50
Fri, 26 May 2017 15:45:17 +0000

Hello,

I am currently a junior at the Hotchkiss school. My current GPA is a 3.6, but my overall is a 3.4, which I’m aware is below average for those accepted to Georgetown. My current ACT score is a 31, which I’m hoping to improve by next year.

Georgetown is my dream school because its SFS would provide a good base for international careers, which is what I’m sure I want to do. I will be going on the NSLI-Y summer program is Tajikistan this year, which is a State Department funded language program that is very selective. Additionally, last year I went on exchange to Colombia for a semester, and as a result I took AP spanish this year after only two years of Spanish class, and will be going into AP Spanish lit next year. I am also very involved with the Spanish culture and language club at my school, and I am involved in a project designed to help reach out to Latinx students and connect them with scholarships in my area.

In addition to that, I write for the school paper, have played piano for 12 years, proctor younger students during study hall, am involved with three sports teams (though I am not especially good at any of them,) help to build the set for the school play, and volunteer on the campus farm.

Next year I also plan to take AP Euro, and Honors English if I end up being placed in that class, and an international relations and national security elective.

All that considered, I know that Georgetown is very focused on GPA and test scores, and mine are not quite up to their standards, though I have improved greatly academically in the past year. What do you think my chances are?

Thanks for your time!