<p>FYI
My daughter sent her transfer app in on paper in January. Had her interview 1/8</p>
<p>I visited Gtown and thought it was a great school. Although I think my college GPA (3.4) is way too low and I’m already applying to two other schools so I don’t think it’s worth the application fee. Good luck to everyone applying though, it’s seems like a great school and the surrounding town is gorgeous.</p>
<p>Wow this is a popular thread. Any one still up to chance my situation? Looking for MSB admission.</p>
<p>29 years old
Transfer as Junior
Community College GPA 3.78 (only because I have an F on my transcript 10 years ago, and 2 B’s)
GED recipient
NO SAT/ACT score
Phi Theta Kappa, secretary of Community Earth
Work full-time, and part-time math tutor; 10 years work experience in various jobs
Community Service thru PTK and much more
Honors Students with Honors credits
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship nominee
I think my essays are good, but you never know
Interview with alumni was great, said he would recommend
I have glowing recommendations from professors, an alumni, and dean</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Apologies for not answering this thread for so long. I’ve been swamped with work.</p>
<p>I’ll try to patch together something later tonight!</p>
<p>Hey guys, I would be extremely grateful if someone could chance me for Georgetown (College).</p>
<p>I am an international transfer student:</p>
<p>Highschool from the Subcontinent: Extremely good A’Level grades. Basically, 3rd in a class of 300. Great activities and tons of community service with a great deal of involvement in the Debating and Dance societies. Also, Class Valedictorian.</p>
<p>Now, I am studying at one of Canada’s most prestigious Universities. GPA: 3.75
- Again, great deal of extra curricular involvement and community service.</p>
<p>SAT 1: 1350/1600</p>
<p>Ambitious essay, decent recommendation (my school is really big so profs generally dont know students well).</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Hi flowerhead,</p>
<p>I hate to swamp you with more questions, because it looks like there are quite a few people ahead of me, but as mine is more of a general question, I thought I’d ask anyway.</p>
<p>When you transferred to GU, were there any specific orientation activities for transfers? As juvenile as it sounds, I am really worried about making friends. I know that’s not what college is all about, but it can still be a mitigating factor for nervous transfers.</p>
<p>Going from bottom to top here:</p>
<p>jf2013
Transfer orientation, during my year, was integrated with freshman orientation. There were specific activities for us, and activities that were combined with incoming freshmen. It is ridiculously easy to make new friends. In fact, I’m a pretty hardcore misanthrope, and I ended up with an excess of transfer and freshman friends whom I continue to know to this day. I’d say it’s pretty hard not to get to know people; you’d have to try hard, and believe me, I tried hard. </p>
<p>And no, it’s not juvenile at all to consider these factors. While I entered college as an antisocial nerd, I graduated not only with a substantive and rich academic background, but also a social net that I wouldn’t trade for the world. That social net carried me through college, through my toughest and happiest times, and carries me today. Your classmates are all smart people, most of whom will go on to do great things. It’s important to initiate contact early so you can utilize them professionally later in your career-though I will say that such friendships are not valuable for that reason alone. But there’s definitely some truth to the saying that Georgetown is a place where you’ll meet future leaders. At some points, it feels like an elitist old-boys club, but there’s room for diversity of perspective and lifestyle if you’re persistant and/or stubborn enough.</p>
<p>hookedongtown
Decent shot. I’m not sure how international grades are evaluated, especially when compared to applications from US schools, so that’s the wild card. Your SAT score is on the weaker side, but probably acceptable.</p>
<p>drock80
Low to decent shot. Your community college credentials are great, but I worry that the admissions committee won’t have enough information on which to evaluate your objective intellectual competence, especially without the standardized test scores.</p>
<p>geanskry
I wouldn’t recommend transferring to one school with the ultimate intention of just transferring out. Once you transfer, it’ll be hard to justify to the admissions committee why Georgetown would be better suited for you than UM.</p>
<p>I don’t think the HS GPA will be a strong factor, since there seems to be quite a bit of distance between that and your community college GPA, though an extra year of the same performance would certainly help.</p>
<p>I would check with your administration to see if there is a special agreement between your community college and Georgetown. Several such agreements are in place with local community colleges. They provide a critical admissions boost to students in your situation. </p>
<p>Niyamo
Great shot at the College. OK shot at the SFS. Please list your HS GPA next time.</p>
<p>bisebeb
OK to good shot at the SFS.</p>
<p>cannella
Decent shot at the College. Low shot at the SFS.</p>
<p>Your weighted GPA means nothing. What’s your unweighted GPA? HS class rank? Your SAT scores are awfully low.</p>
<p>asdfad123123
Decent shot at the MSB.</p>
<p>I think I got everything.</p>
<p>I’ve finished my schoolwork for the night, so I should be around to answer more questions. I might pop around tomorrow, too. I will be stuck, though, signing my first Manhattan lease (and on my own name, I might add). See? Little flowerhead is growing up, transitioning from lowly law student to junior corporate attorney. Hooray.</p>
<p>Hey flowerhead can you chance me please!</p>
<p>applying to the college, biology and global health major
College GPA: 18 credits with a 3.689 It’s extremely sub par for Georgetown I know, but NYU is really difficult :(</p>
<p>Sat: 1360/1600</p>
<p>High school weighted gpa: 5.01 (took 14 ap classes) 3.71 unweighted
rank 4/370</p>
<p>I am in biology and society club, amsa, and conduct research in an anthropology lab</p>
<p>Castiel</p>
<p>Your record looks fine, so I’d say you have a decent shot. It will really come down to your essays.</p>
<p>Hi Flowerhead! Thank you so much for the chancing :)</p>
<p>Just to add: The University I am currently attending is McGill. I’ve heard it’s compared pretty favourably with other U.S. schools…?? Also, my High School grades are based on the British A Levels system from which Georgetown receives a number of applications every year. Does this change anything?</p>
<p>hookedongtown</p>
<p>My apologies. I misread your post to be claiming that you’re applying from a college in India. McGill is just fine. Your shot is decent, but it will definitely come down to how the committee feels about you. Thus, your essays will have to drive it home.</p>
<p>Lol that’s ok. I did go to High School in India though. :)</p>
<p>thanks you! I hope you enjoy Manhattan as much as I do</p>
<p>Does the International perspective help my application at all? I’ve American universities aren’t too big on International students the way Canadian Universities (ex: McGill and U of Toronto)…?</p>
<p>It really depends on how you package yourself. If you package your background as an asset, it can only help. If you leave the whole international-to-US desire unexplained, it may leave the committee mystified as to why you want to come here.</p>
<p>Just wondering if you had any insight on the review process itself. Since I applied my senior year and was deferred then rejected, will they go back to my file and look at my old application while reviewing my new one? </p>
<p>Do you think they’d take into consideration that I’m re-applying? ie. I really care about the school…?</p>
<p>bisebeb</p>
<p>Yes, and yes.</p>
<p>Do you think not taking any economics classes will hurt my chances of being accepted to SFS (soph standing)? I know they have 4 mandatory econ classes, but I wouldn’t be majoring in IECON…</p>
<p>I’m asking because a transfer hopeful from 2009 on this thread was told by an admissions official over the phone, that she was rejected because of a lack of econ courses… </p>
<p>I realize that all these questions are nit-picking an insane system, but perhaps you’ve come across others with the same question…</p>
<p>bisebeb</p>
<p>I don’t know a lot about the SFS’s admissions requirements. Your best bet is to talk to an admissions officer before potentially wasting an application fee and a whole bunch of effort.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that a lot of the questions in this thread are appropriate ones for an admissions office. I don’t see why people are so scared to call. Just don’t call too much, don’t sound over-eager, and act like a normal human being. The people who read your applications are also awesome, normal human beings. They are as interested in your putting in your best application forward as you are, so it’s always good to make sure you get things right, rather than have an admissions officer roll their eyes because of a dumb move you made and couldn’t get the ■■■■■■■ to get clarity on.</p>