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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Georgetown?[/quote]

+1. Look into their School of Foreign service [/quote]

Uh, no.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but Georgetown won't even look at her if her GPA isn't in the top 5-10% of her class.  GU is all about class rank.

Agree that the School of Foreign Service sounds like a good direction for the OP's child.  If she gets excited about it, she may need to do a year or two elsewhere and then transfer in.  It is their most competitive program so she'll need to have stellar grades as a transfer. [/quote]

How do kids from Big 3 and Potomac get into Georgetown?  Those schools don't rank.  [/quote]

What schools DO rank these days?[/quote]

High schools may not rank, but a selective college/university often will do it themselves. If 8 kids from one high school apply to Georgetown, the admissions officer might take each student's GPA (or calculate a new one based on a Georgetown-specific formula) and rank the students herself. If one student stands out from the others (for better or worse) in class rigor, etc., that will be noticed during this ranking process. Of course, the ranking formula might not just be based on grades and courses but also on other factors. When you apply to a selective university, you are competing first against the other kids in your high school who also applied there.[/quote]

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