<p>Definitely–I agree. I guess my hesitance stems from brusque/impatient conversations with admissions before (though I understand they’re very busy.)</p>
<p>Thanks, flowerhead! That’s a relief. I’ve heard some horror stories about some schools just kind of dropping you in among the student body without facilitating any sort of orientation programs.</p>
<p>If you’ve got time for another question, I’ve heard rumors that letters from alumni (besides your interviewer) can really help. Is that true? If so, I know several that want to write me one but I’m afraid of flooding my application file and frustrating the admissions staff. They always say “the thicker the application, the weaker the applicant.”</p>
<p>jf2013</p>
<p>I don’t think the fact that a rec is from an alum makes a significant difference, if any. It really comes down to how well the recommender knows you, and how informative the recommendation is. A one-sentence recommendation from an alum won’t mean anything.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s a hard-and-fast rule regarding thick files. It’s certainly fine to provide more recommendations than necessary, but you have to use your judgment. Will the extra recommendation add something about you that the admissions committee won’t know about you from your other recommendations? The answer is usually no, but again, exercise your judgment.</p>
<p>If you have a moment, flowerhead, I’d love some input too:</p>
<p>Applying as a Junior
HS GPA: ~93 with 14 AP’s; SAT: 1380/2080. EC’s included Model UN, some tutoring, honor societies, etc.</p>
<p>College: Currently Sophmore at SUNY Stony Brook double major in Biochemistry and PoliSci.
GPA to date: 3.9
EC’s include Pathology Research (300+ hours), write for the campus paper, and am involved in some of the honor societies on campus. </p>
<p>I also have a question on recommendations: I’ve asked for one so far, from an old English professor that I had a good rapport with during freshman year. Now I found myself having to choose between one of my science professors, with whom I’ve had very little personal discussion (large classes tend to wound any possible discourse), or from another English professor who I also have a very strong rapport with and we got along quite well. I’m wondering whether or not two English recommendations will hurt when I’m a science major.</p>
<p>I have been following this thread for a couple weeks and i’d like to get some feedbacks or even chance me please!!</p>
<p>Applying as a Junior to MSB
finished my HS in other country.
did really bad in HS ( but i suppose they dont weight much about my HS record)</p>
<p>College: montgomery college in maryland.
credits earned: 56 (13 in progress)
GPA : 3.77 / 56 credits
EC’s: some club members, PTK honor society, volunteer work occasionally.
Work part-time in an office. approximately 12 hrs a week.
recommendation letter: from accounting prof, my intended major. should be great coz i have personal contact with him.</p>
<p>I would like to know if taking Calculus 2 increase my chances to MSB .
thanks</p>
<p>College GPA = 3.9
Major = Biology
High school GPA (the one I graduated with) = 3.6, had a 3.2 when I was applying to colleges.
SAT score = 2290
I attend a tier 4 school.
Currently in my second year so I am applying as a junior transfer.</p>
<p>Extra curricular activities include being the vice president of the politics club at my school, being a member of the biology club, spring break tutoring (member of the “alternative spring break program”), member of the student government, helped start a food drive with my friends and helped organize a local lake clean up. </p>
<p>If Volunteer hours count I have some with the red cross. I have a job too but basically I attend a tier 4 school which is free since I have a full ride but the job provides me with more out of pocket money. </p>
<p>Georgetown is a top school on the list of mines which I have applied to as a transfer. If Washington University in St Louis, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, NYU, and Cornell do not work out for me then I look forward to attending either Georgetown or the University of Rochester. Basically I don’t know if I will get in since my high school record was not top notch and my college record is good but I attend a college which is only accredited but not recognized nationwide.</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could “chance” me. I’m new to this site, but it’s been offering such good information I thought I’d start contributing!</p>
<p>Applying as sophomore to SFS</p>
<p>HS GPA - 3.7uw/4.2w at top gifted school, almost all honors/AP classes
4s or 5s on 7 APs
SAT 800/770/800
School doesn’t rank
ECs - State champion rower + tons of medals (but I don’t row anymore), Senior class VP, student senate president, Speech and debate, Prom director, organized voter education forum</p>
<p>College - tier 1 DC school, honors program
1st semester GPA - 3.61 (hopefully a 4.0 this semester, my first semester was abnormally hard - one class gave a 55 page term paper)
Dean’s List
EC’s - founded a social networking philanthropy site (was awarded 1k in seed funding and accepted to clinton global initiative university to compete for more money)
Jazz band
Went on winter Alternative break to Thailand to study Burmese democracy movement
Student campaign for burma - organizing panel discussion, working with Earth Rights Intl to lobby Chevron’s activities in Burma</p>
<p>My professor recommendation is from my world politics honors class, he really likes me because I aced the class, and he’s a georgetown alum/ taught there last year</p>
<p>I’m hoping to take the angle of how I’m already am demonstrating my interest and “getting my hands dirty” in international relations in DC but want a better platform and resources to do it with. I’ve also visited friends at georgetown and gone to events there so I feel like I can write more detailed reasons about the fit than what you find in a guidebook.</p>
<p>Also, you all were talking about how have applied previously was noted by admissions. Do you really think it helps? I applied to SFS last year and was rejected.</p>
<p>FYI Gtown transfer applicants:</p>
<p>“The deadline to submit the Second Part of the transfer application has been extended until March 15, 2010. Please contact the admissions office if you have any questions.”</p>
<p>This is due to the snow storm delaying their ability to process Part I/Part II paper applications.</p>
<p>In high school I had a 3.4gpa with an 1810/2400sat a couple AP’s and a bunch of college level courses.
i was president of my class for 3 consecutive years, involved in multiple other clubs including being a member of the national honor society, tremendous recomendations and alot of volunteer work.
At community college I have my gpa up to a 3.8 and I’m involved in the Political science organization (my major), continue to volunteer/work part time.
I would enter Georgetown as a junior. I’m hoping the university sees my upward gpa trend at community college to sort of make up for my SAT score and prove i can handle college level work.
so…do i stand a chance</p>
<p>Current sophomore looking to transfer to Mcdonough school… I attend a small liberal arts school… our business school is in the top 15. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>HS GPA: 6.0/7.0
SAT Scores: 680 (M) 600 (V)
Current GPA: 3.75/4.0 (could go down to a 3.7 by the end of this semester)
Major: Business Admin, Concentration in Finance
Minor: Leadership Studies (GU doesn’t have a leadership studies major or minor)</p>
<p>Extra circulars: finance society, portfolio management group, founding member of business fraternity</p>
<p>Activities: karate</p>
<p>Do I need to submit SAT II scores?
Also, we only need one recommendation from a professor… should I get another though?</p>
<p>Most importantly, what are the chances of me even getting in? please be honest.</p>
<p>guys,</p>
<p>for the dean’s report, can i find a department chairman instead?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Will the department chair have access to your academic record? Most of the time they do not from what I understand.</p>
<p>yes she can. coz i don’t see much people have the title “dean of xxx” in my school. so i am just wondering if i can find other chairman instead.</p>
<p>In my college the chair of the department is just a professor who also acts as chair and as such they do not have access to student academic records. If the chair of the departments in your school do then they should be able to fill out the form for you. The reason it is called the Dean’s report is usually you have to go up to the Dean level before they have access to that information.</p>
<p>Deep Blue
Great shot at the college, OK to low shot at the SFS. The academic concentration that forms the basis of your recommendations doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>evangelionn01
Impossible to tell without some test scores. Also, I think Montgomery CC might have a deal with Georgetown. Don’t quote me on that, but do investigate with your dean.</p>
<p>Techerdz
I’m sorry, but your post is terrible. You say Georgetown is a “top choice,” but then that you’d only take it if you got in and five other schools rejected you. I only hope you approached your applications with this level of coherence.</p>
<p>And by the way, while there is an argument to be made for taking some of those schools on that list over Georgetown, I struggle to think of one for NYU.</p>
<p>echappe
Great shot at the SFS, though I’d focus extensively on distinguishing Georgetown from your current school, emphasizing how it’s essential that you come to the former.</p>
<p>p2032
Low to decent chance at the College; low chance at the SFS.</p>
<p>luis23
Decent-to-low chance at the MSB. I don’t think it matters whether you submit the SAT IIs, though you should check with the admissions office.</p>
<p>It’s always great to submit an extra recommendation, even if only one is required. But don’t go overboard. I’d say one above the limit should be the maximum.</p>
<p>hey flowerhead i take offense to that, NYU is a great school.</p>
<p>I never denied that NYU is a great school. In fact, I think almost any tier 1 school is peachy for anyone. But if comparing NYU and Georgetown, I simply don’t think there’s any contest.</p>
<p>I personally don’t think NYU can be compared to Georgetown or any of the other Universities in G’town’s category, ex: Duke, UChicago etc. These Universities have a certain level of prestige that NYU can never compete with.</p>
<p>I’m not really a fan of arguments from prestige. Prestige is this mythical concept that people tend to be obsessed with, but can hardly be quantified or explained in any scientifically credible way. For that reason, I really don’t think chasing it is a worthwhile pursuit as a life goal.</p>
<p>But I think Georgetown is tangibly better than NYU. I think NYU’s graduate programs blow it out of the water (hence, why I’m a law student there, and not at Georgetown). But as an undergraduate experience, Georgetown is just (in my opinion) socially, academically, and professionally superior. I think the social aspect is subjective, so one might have legitimate reasons for going to NYU based on that, but the academic and professional benefits are hard to beat.</p>
<p>I said this earlier in the thread: I wouldn’t trade my experience at Georgetown for the world. By far the best years of my life. I wish I could have it back, and being out in the professional (school) world is hardly a comparison.</p>