<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I think that I'm applying ED to Dartmouth and another kid of pretty much equal standing is considering applying there ED as well, will this effect either one of our chances of admission?</p>
<p>To be more specific, I have a 4.7 wGPA, he has a 4.8 wGPA, our school does not rank, we are both taking the hardest classes possible, I have a 2290 SAT and 2270 SAT 2's, he has a 2170 SAT and 2250 SAT 2's. On Ap's I have 4 5's and he has 3 5's and a 3.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m sure the school will unequivocally state that there’s no quota from a single high school or deny that they will compare you two directly.</p>
<p>But who knows for sure.</p>
<p>As an applicant, I wouldn’t worry about it. Don’t make decisions on where and when to apply based on whether or not another comparable student is applying there.</p>
<p>How are your SAT2’s 2270?</p>
<p>Two years ago at our HS, two kids (one of them my son) were accepted at Dartmouth ED. There’s nothing you can do about it, so why worry?</p>
<p>@Skyhigh, I added up my 3 sat2 scores for conveience, they were 780, 750, and 740</p>
<p>@veryhappy I know I can’t do anything about it, but I couldn’t help but worry, it’s in my nature haha</p>
<p>Schools don’t deny that they compare you to classmates. While they certainly like to keep numbers down from any one school, if there are two candidates they want, that’s no problem.</p>
<p>The weighted GPA does not matter as some schools heavily weigh courses, what is your unweighted GPA?</p>
<p>Both of our unweighteds are 4.0’s</p>
<p>I don’t think they’ll beat themselves up with two kids from the same school. It would be different if it were something like 4 or 5.</p>
<p>Three Cornell ED from my school (class size 125). Two UPenn ED. No problem.</p>
<p>What does it matter? Are you planning to kill him?</p>
<p>LOL: I agree w/Dwight. Stop squeezing out every bit of info from knowing other kids’ stats (man that’s creepy how much detail you know about him!) and focus on yourself. </p>
<p>Maybe I was naive or just lucky. I went to a top HS in the midwest and didn’t have any idea how my HS classmates were doing. I barely even knew my class ranking (I was about 10th or so out of 210 graduates). Never knew anyone else’s SATs or what schools they were applying to. Was just focused on doing well. Applied to 3 top engineering schools and two ivies. Accepted at all. Was only one from my HS to attend an HYP.</p>
<p>While difficult, try to relax and attend to the things that are in your control. Other students’ performance and the vagaries of top-schools admissions is best left ignored, IMHO. </p>
<p>Good luck with the Big Green.</p>
<p>If your stats are that similar, try to make your application stand out in other ways: essays, EC’s, a job or volunteer work, etc. Give Dartmouth a reason to accept YOU. Assessing the competition is valuable until you find a way to rise above it. Obsessing over the competition is a black hole of non-productivity. Now, go rewrite your essay.</p>
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<p>Epic post. </p>
<p>As for the OP, though, I don’t think you need to panic. If there were a set of triplets in your class whose dad donated 30 million to Dartmouth, that would be cause for panic. But this is an unhooked kid(whose 2170 is a bad score for an unhooked applicant) that you’re up against, so chill.</p>
<p>My friends are all applying to similar schools as I am. One is a genius. Literally a genius. The other is a genius too. One has won the top student award for the past 2 years. The other has been selected to Canada’s physics team and has placed top 10 in Nationals. Do you see me panicking? Not really lol.</p>
<p>Listen to midwesterner’s advice. Concentrate on what you have to offer and quit worrying about this other kid. You can’t change the situation, so quit worrying about what you can’t change. Good luck!</p>
<p>How are your weighted GPA’s different if you both have the same UW GPA and you are taking the hardest classes possible?</p>
<p>Dude stop competing with ur friend! “Competition creates enemies”-my teacher.</p>