wanna be a hoya.. chances?

Colleges & Universities Georgetown University
1

<p>chances? </p>

<hr>

<p>Asian (Filipino) female, Northern NJ, private school
SAT: 1390
SAT II: Biology, 690. Writing, 790. Math, 600.
GPA: 95/100
AP: Bio (5 on the test) Junior year, now I’m taking AP Physics B, AP English, and AP History
(I’ve taken as many high honors/honors courses that school scheduling allows.)</p>

<p>Educational Experiences:
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Summer Program (JHU-CTY)- 3yrs
National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) on Medicine at Georgetown
Johns Hopkins University Pre-College Program</p>

<p>Awards:
Debate League Medalist (12)
Honor Roll (9, 10, 11, 12)
Principal’s List (9)
Published in Teen Ink
Finalist (twice) in International Library of Poetry Open Contest (11, 12)
10 poems published in “Eternal Portraits Series”
16th place in NJ for National French Competition (9)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Academy Chorus (9, 12)
Tomorrow’s Children’s Club (raises funds for local hospital, for the pediatric oncology ward) (9, 10, 11, 12)
Debate (12)
Advanced Science Program Participant (6 years of science in 4 years) at school
Bioethics club (10)
Academy Orchestra (9)
Evolution of Science Fiction Club (11)
Medical Club (12) Treasurer/Event Planner
3 school plays
Big Sister/Little Sister Program (11, 12)
NYLF Alumni Council (10, 11, 12)
Member of Oxfam, human rights organization </p>

<p>Community Service:
Volunteer ESL Teacher (English as a Second Language) at library (Grade 12)
Volunteer Mentoring/Tutoring for 1st-8th graders at Public School and Catholic Elementary
Volunteer at Englewood Hospital (Grade 10)
Volunteer Tutor for COOP (Catholic High School Entrance Examination) for 8th graders (Grade 12) </p>

<p>Athletics:
Fencing, JV Sabre (10) </p>

<p>Employment:
Receptionist/Secretary at Local Accounting Firm (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Dance—tap/jazz (5 years)
Piano (3 years)
Guitar (3 years)
Bass Guitar (3 years)
Clarinet (8 years)
Voice Lessons (1 year)
Writing short stories and poems</p>

<p>thanks all.</p>

2

<p>listen, no one is qualified to say what your chances are</p>

<p>why don’t u just wait a week and see if georgetown thinks u have a good chance</p>

3

<p>getting you ready for reality: you lack leadership to make up for ur not-so-great test scores, and have no truly amazing ECs (such as national winner of something). although ur variety of musical instruments may earn you a deferral.</p>

4

<p>I got in last year with scores and EC’s similar to yours, so I’d say you have a good chance, but then again, you never know.</p>

5

<p>the people that get in from my school are always ultra active with student council and have vast amounts of community service.</p>

6

<p>stanfordwannab3, i appreciate the fact that you found it important to comment not once but TWICE on a stats eval that you seem to find meaningless anyway. thanks for getting me ready for reality. nevertheless, hope you get into stanford. thanks for replying.</p>

7

<p>Hey Barry Manilow, I think you’ll get in 'cause your famous!</p>

<p>Just kidding, I have no idea. My application is pending as we speak, so I don’t know what they’re looking for.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I’m scared that stanfordwannab may be right as far as the student council thing goes. Anyone that has ever gotten in from my school (a whole 2 people) were both ASB Presidents. Yikes.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

8

<p>I wasn’t in student council and I got in! I guess there are other factors that they take into account other than EC’s/leadership.</p>

9

<p>Stanford go away… In our school, we call people like you “nuggets.”</p>

10

<p>haha ill admit im not an expert on this, and i could be wrong. could you elaborate on “nugget”?</p>

11

<p>A nugget is a resume whore who isnt really innately intelligent, just works really hard. He is the type that will get a 98 average, and get a 1200 on the SATs. The typical nugget is also totally obsessed with grades and getting into a good college, usually not for learning but for prestige. The nugget is the first one to paste his harvard bumper sticker on, and normally wears college sweatshirts everyday. He also loves to repartee with the plebians who think they are his equals. He might say, for example:</p>

<p>“although ur variety of musical instruments may earn you a deferral.”</p>

<p>Though I digress, please remember above all the one quality of a nugget. You can smell them a mile away. They will have twenty ECs, be president of them all, and not do a damned thing in any. Their entire high school career was spent thinking, “this looks good on a resume.” Hope this description doesnt hit a little too close to home stanford. And please PLEASE dont read me off your stats in some attempt to contrast yourself with the above mentioned description.</p>

12

<p>hahaha thats funny cuz i accuse the juniors in my calc BC class of the very same thing.</p>

13

<p>“Nugget” <– LOL. At my school, we just called them “resume whores.” And I despise people like that with a passion. There is nothing worse than being really dedicated to something and having the other members not give a ***** or even show up because they just wanted something to write down on their apps.</p>

14

<p>haha yea i hate those people too. we impeached one off our student council a couple years ago.</p>

<p>barrymanilow- i hope you prove me wrong and get in.</p>

15

<p>“getting you ready for reality: you lack leadership to make up for ur not-so-great test scores, and have no truly amazing ECs (such as national winner of something). although ur variety of musical instruments may earn you a deferral.”</p>

<p>I think we have a new challenger for the title of “most arrogant post!” That’s right up there with the guy on the Harvard board who started a thread with, “Should I even bother applying” then rattled off roughly 1600/3x800 type stats with hundreds of ECs, etc.</p>