Someone Wondering Their Chances

Miguel18
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:58:57 +0000

My name is Miguel and I am first generation college in my family. I’m very realistic and I have gotten it through my head that my chances at Georgetown aren’t that great (due to sometimes getting sidetracked at school) so I have made my peace with the idea of going to George Washington University instead, but before I apply early decision I wanted to hear someones else’s opinion on my chances at Georgetown based on these stats:

Freshman:
Class First Semester Grade/Second Semester Grade
Honors Algebra I B/F (The F was due to the fact that my grandmother died during this time and I was out of class for a while, but I retook it in summer school and got an A.)
Honors Geography A/B
Honors Biology B/C
Honors English B/B
French I A/A
Drafting A
Keyboarding A

Sophomore:
Honors English II B/B
Honors Chemistry B/B
Honors Spanish Heritage A/A
Geometry A/A
Accounting A/A
Drivers Education A
Journalism A/A

Junior:
AP US History B/A AP Score:3
AP Spanish Language B/A AP Score:5
AP English Lit C/D (This was a senior class that I had to take because no other English class fit in my schedule)
Honors Physics/Regular Physics C/C
Trigonometry A
Algebra II A/A
French II A/B

Senior Year Schedule:
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Anatomy
AP Government
AP Economics
AP English Language
Journalism
French III

ACT Composite=25 (planning on retaking it in September)
GPA (4.0 Scale) 3.5 Unweighted and 4.3 Weighted
Top 5% In Class

Extra Curriculars:
Student Council (President)
French Club (President)
Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
Illinois Youth and Government
National Honor Society

Work Experience:
Host at Applebee’s (Summer of 2007)
Sales Assoc at Marshalls (Summer of 2008)

Summer Camps:
~The National Society of Hispanic MBA’s “Summer Enrichment Program” in which I was voted President of the Finance Department (2007)
~Junior Achievement Program (2007)
~Indiana University’s Junior Executive Institute Business Program (2008)

Volunteer:
Salvation Army Bell Ringer (3 years)
Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure participant (3 years)
Mission Santa’s Elf (3 years)
Regular School Volunteer: Freshman Orientation, Registration Interpretor, Concession Stands, Halloween Carnival, etc.

If someone could just honestly tell me what they think my chances are without sugar coating it.