MSB regular decision

Colleges & Universities Georgetown University
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<p>so i can’t believe us regular decision people have to wait til april to hear back. i got deferred from Wharton at U. Penn…kind of disappointing but i figured that’s what would happen. anyways, i was hoping to see what you guys think my chances are at georgetown. i applied to MSB regular decision.</p>

<p>Demographic Info:
White male from Ringoes, New Jersey. Very small rural town. Most of the kids at the local public school don’t attend college, if they do they most likely go to community college. Neither of my parents went to college.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.26 (weighted on 4.0 scale…school doesn’t provide unweighted)
Class Rank 1st out of 76 (tiny, private school in New Jersey)
SAT Math: 730
SAT Verbal: 670
SAT Writing Skills: 730
SAT II US History: 760
SAT II Chemistry: 720
SAT II Math I: 710</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-President of Dramatic Society (Officer Junior and Sophomore Year)
-Lead Roles in Plays Every Year (Excellence in Fall Play Award Junior and Senior Year)
-Vice President of National Honor Society (Member Junior Year as well)
-Member of Youth Service Fellowship (Community service activities all through high school)
-Secretary of Student Council Junior Year</p>

<p>Interview:
Went really well. Had good conversation with alum from the town my school is in. </p>

<p>Awards, etc.
-Driscoll Scholar (I am at my school on a full academic scholarship)
-I was recognized as a Weiler Scholar by my school last year.
-Edward J. Bloustein Scholar (some new jersey award thing)</p>

<p>Recs: My college counselor says they were really good.</p>

<p>Essays: My Common App one was good. Georgetown ones were good too I guess, kind of boring topics you know.</p>

<p>Hook: I have Crohn’s disease, an chronic intestinal disease. I was diagnosed in 7th grade and started having surgery the summer after 8th grade. Freshman year of high school I missed over 50 days of school and still stayed at the top of my class. Every year I have had about 5 operations or so, having to go into the hospital at intervals ranging from a month to 5 months. So far into my senior year I have had surgery four times. I guess I qualify as disabled…?</p>

<p>so there it is i guess. i kno its pretty tough to get into G-town, but maybe you guys can give me a ballpark estimate on how likely or unlikely it is for me to get in.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a good chance (it’s so hard to say, but definately a serious chance). You’ve got leadership and have had to overcome a large obstacle. We’ve got similar stats, which I think are good, but a bit low on the SAT I. I also applied to Wharton, but RD and MSB.</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK!!!</p>

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<p>yeah i know my verbal on the SAT is low…i feel like i could do better, but i took the SAT’s twice and got 670 both times on verbal. at this point my hopes lie with georgetown because the odds of getting into Wharton RD after being deferred are seriously slim. altho the admissions office told my counselor that if i had applied to any division of the undergrad university besides wharton i would have gotten in. so maybe the odds aren’t terrible…but i would really like to go to georgetown, i love DC and the school really impressed me when i visited. since i sent in my application to georgetown i won a couple of awards, for acting as well as being recognized as a new jersey distinguished scholar thing by the state. think it’s worth sending a letter to teh school and letting them know about the new awards?</p>