<p>okay i’ve been thinking about something for a while, and i was just wondering everyone’s opinion…</p>
<p>there are a lot of candidates (not just to georgetown, but to the ivies as well) who have AMAZING credentials… like an intership at a columbia laboratory, or being a spokesperson for the make-a-wish foundation, etc etc.</p>
<p>my point is, these people have had some incredible opportunities in their lives, and they’ve obviously taken advantage of those opportunities. however, i’m from a small town and none of those “opportunities” are even slightly available… heck, i had to beg and plead just so that a 4th year of french would be offered at my school.</p>
<p>i realize that part of being a good candidate is taking initiative, and if opportunities aren’t available, i should make them be available. but, at the same time, there’s only so much a girl can do in her tiny little town…</p>
<p>so what i’m saying is, how can i compete with all these superstars? they are admittedly more qualified than i am, but that’s because of the experiences they were lucky to have.</p>
<p>do admissions officers take that into consideration? idk… i guess what i’m saying is, how do small-town kids stand out?</p>
<p>you should really find a way to incorporate some of that into your essays–say how you tried to find initiative even though you were held down by living in a small town
Something along those lines, but write it off as a positive, character-building experience…you learned a lot about yourself, blah blah blah, and mention how you fought for that extra year of french.</p>
<p>I agree with voguepanda. I would also mention how excited you are about the prospect of being able to take advantage of more opportunities in the new college environment.</p>
<p>Exactly, if talk about what opportunities you WILL take advantage of. I kinda did this. My family can’t afford to travel overseas. The only other country I’ve been too is Canada, real different, not. Lol, so when my interviewer asked me if I’ve traveled a lot, I said no my family isn’t well off enough to travel abroad. He was from a middle class background so he completely understood. I said that I had done as much reading as possible about places I’m interested in and named a book that I had read. It was more or less true, I did actually read that book and really liked it, but that was like the last book I read for leisure.</p>
<p>Also colleges are supposed to know what is available to every school. They will know that you won’t have the advantage of larger schools, such as all of those societies and such. Yeah, you might have one or two societies (like my school, which only has 300 ppl), but you don’t have the Spanish, French, Latin, English, History, Math, Science, Chinese, whatever, versions of NHS that a lot of the big schools have. The colleges know that, and they will take it all into consideration. But I agree with voguepanda, and if you write what she said, then I am sure that they will look at you as a serious candidate.</p>
<p>i think they do. think about it. why ele are they so eager to get kids from usually less-well-off places like alaska, south dakota, west virginia, etc. i really hope they do take these into account…</p>