Penn vs. Georgetown

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>IR intended major</p>

<p>White, female, Pennsylvania resident (posted for a friend)</p>

<p>GRADES (GPA UW): 95.1660/100; ranked 1/147</p>

<p>STANDARDIZED TESTING:
ACT–34 Composite
SAT–700 M; 670 CR; 760 W
SAT II–750 US History; 720 Biology; 680 Math 1 and 2
APs–History-5 Biology-3</p>

<p>SIGNIFICANT ECs/Awards:
National History Day (9-12)–finished top 6 in the state every year; this year finished 2nd in the nation
STAND (Student Anti-Genocide Coalition) (11-12)–Founder; lobbied numerous elected officials; organized fundraisers; etc.
Class President (10-12)–planned prom, fundraisers, etc
Governor’s School For International Studies–5 week summer program; will get a good letter of reconmmendation from them
Debate Team (9-12)–elected co-captain 11th grade (hopefully again 12th); selected as top 5 debaters at my school to compete in the final round; undefeated team junior year (8-0)
National Merit Commended
Lots of volunteer work at a food pantry
Job–Tourguide (9-11)–20 hrs per week; Ice Cream (11-12)–20 hrs per week</p>

<p>SIGNIFICANT EXTRA INFORMATION:
–studying Arabic, Spanish, Japanese…(although my counselor advised me against taking a subject test in Spanish…should I take it anyway?)
–most difficult courseload (all honors and APs) but my public high school is small and does not really send kids to very good colleges
–i hope to get good recommendations and write a good essay</p>

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<p>If you’re absolutely committed to IR, then Georgetown SFS.</p>

<p>If you have any doubts at all, then Penn.</p>

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<p>All these colleges are so hard to get into nowadays, you can never be certain. make sure you have some safeties…maybe along the lines of American since you mentioned IR</p>

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<p>you will get into both is my guess as long as you dont do wharton for Penn as your major.</p>