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2019
Regular Decision
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MomOfA19yo
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Test Scores
SAT: 1480 (780 ERW, 700 Math)
AP: APUSH (5), AP Lang (5), taken as a Junior, reported to schools. AP Enviro (5), AP French (4), AP US Gov (3) and Calc B/C (2, oof) taken as a Senior, not reported b/c at that point he was 100000% over it
School Grades
GPA (UW/W): 94.23 UW (school did not weight). Is this a 3.9 or 4.0? Every site I look at gives me a different answer.
# of AP: Calc B/C, Environmental Science, AP US History, AP US Gov, AP French, AP Lang
Special Qualifications
Nationally-ranked figure skater/ice dancer. Finished in the top 10 at the 2015 and 2016 US National Figure Skating Championships. Graduated with Gold level award from US Figure Skating and Silver medalist in Moves in the Field and Ice Dance.
CIEE Morocco
UNG summer language program in Arabic
figure skating coach
District Buddies Reading program
Chorus/dance HS Musical
Math tutor at local library
NYS Regents Diploma
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Silver Medalist, 2016 Scholastic Art and Wri
Comments and Reviews
The outright Georgetown RD rejection was hugely surprising considered both my father and I are alumni, and we both volunteered for the school as alumni interviewers in the past. They probably did us a favor with the rejection, however, because there was no way we could afford to send him there. His final four were Sciences Po, Seton Hall’s School of Diplomacy (a hidden gem IMO that treats prospective students and their parents amazingly -- please look into it if you are interested in IR!), William and Mary, and Trinity in Dublin. He’s always been interested in travel, and after spending the summer before Senior year in Morocco, the idea of getting to actually use the 6+ years he spent studying French was too tempting to pass up. I know a lot of people hear about Sciences Po because of the dual degree programs it has with Berkeley and Columbia, but my son didn’t have any interest in attending either of those schools. Sciences Po's tuition is ridiculously reasonable at approximately 12,000 US a year for a 3-year undergrad program, with living expenses also being fairly reasonable and in line with what you would pay for room and board at a state school. He has also had so many opportunities he wouldn’t have had if he had remained stateside. He was set on going to American University in Cairo for his third year program for quite awhile, something he could not have done from a US university, until changing his mind to attend Boğaziçi University in Istanbul for his final semester next year. He will be spending his fall semester at a think tank internship in Zagreb, Croatia. He went to Cairo last February to do research on a political science project and ended up getting to run a half marathon around the pyramids, and he quarantined in Zagreb for three months with his friend from school. Needless to say, his college years so far have been quite an adventure!

A quick note to anyone considering a European school – I don’t know about the rest of them, but you need to be a very independent person who is good at figuring things out without a lot of help if you go to a school like Sciences Po. It is very very different than the typical US university. First years do have the option to live in a dorm, but you have to figure out your own food/cooking while you are there. Second years can live in the dorms, but many opt to buddy up and rent locally, which brings its own set of adult responsibilities such as dealing with leasing agents and how to get broken appliances and internet routers fixed. You need a lot of patience and not need a lot of hand holding, but if this sounds like you, I would highly recommend it. We will end up paying less for a full undergrad degree than we would have for just one year at Georgetown, and the international connections he is making while at the school are priceless.
Comment (2)
Anonym

Applying for European school could be an good option for every student from USA

Anonym

you must be very proud of your son :)

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