Admission Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>I'm an applicant from India, and have applied to Harvard(EA-Deferred), Columbia, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Brown and UPenn, amongst the Universities.
I've also applied to the following LAC's: Williams, Bates, Colgate, Grinnell, Swarthmore, Reed and Carleton. </p>

<p>I want to major in Physics, and my scores and extra-curriculars are as follows:</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2150, CR=710(national percentile=96),Math=710(national percentile=94), Writing=730(national percentile=97);
Math Level 2:800(national percentile=88);
Physics and Chemistry: 770(national percentile=82 and 83 respectively);</p>

<p>My school transcripts placed me at the top 1% of my class for my 9th and 10th years. However, ranks have slid down badly over the past year. </p>

<p>My Co-Curriculars include:
30 odd wins at city, regional and national level at quizzing events, for one of these quizzes I received an award from the ex-President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
Several leadership posts at school.
Have won a few national level essay/creative writing competitions, and a handful of national/city level debates and/or Model United Nations conferences.
Over the past 2 months I have received decent ranks in 3 Olympiads, which are held in India, and 7 other countries in Asia(though I think South African students do take part too).
(I came State Rank- 3rd, International Rank-81st in the Science Olympiad,
I came State Rank- 12th, International Rank-323rd in the Math Olympiad,
I came State Rank- 24th, International Rank-420th in the Cyber Olympiad)</p>

<p>I have helped at a home for the elderly, and have helped to educate underprivileged children from city slums.
Played for my school soccer team.
Have certification in Piano and Music Theory till Grade 5 from the Royal School of Music London.
....etc.</p>

<p>I assume my peer recommendation/answers were quite strong and hopefully do me justice; never got a peek at it :/.</p>

<p>I was deferred by Harvard, but that notwithstanding, Dartmouth is one of my absolute favourite schools. So could anyone please chance me? Keeping in mind I need full/near full financial aid.</p>

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<p>Anybody…bump?</p>

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<p>Hello Astrobling,</p>

<p>I see your posts on quite a few Ivy forums. I am an Indian living in the US, so let me give you an idea of what you’re up against.</p>

<p>You have some fantastic stats and dedicated involvement in many activities, which looks great on a resume. You will have a shot at these schools depending on your essays-that tends to be foreign applicants’ weakest part.</p>

<p>The international pool is one of the toughest to crack-The admissions committees are very stringent when accepting an international candidate. Your SATs and such are good for an international, but could have potentially been higher.</p>

<p>Have faith, keep up the work, and stay calm. Everything will fall in place.</p>

<p>-Silicon Valley Indian student, CA</p>

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<p>Thank you, great to hear from an indian who took the path i intend to. Not to be too gung ho but i let a few friends, who’ve been through the ivies, read my stuff, their response was positive … And i generally have a decent amount of faith in myself as a writer. :slight_smile: however, dartmouth has no student essay.
my sat’s were a lot lower than i wanted, but they all fell at these really awkward times like a few days before or after exams. Its no excuse but balancing iit’s and foreign apps turned out to be a lot more difficult than i thought.
I’m content, and impatiently await the results!</p>

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<p>How is Dartmouth’s Physics Department?</p>

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<p>I would say u hold a 10-20 % chance(I am talking about Dartmouth) since ur EC’s are not stellar nor are your SAT’S, but u seem a bit well rounded -“thats nice”.</p>

<p>Chance me back for all ivies(except columbia, yale)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/1294667-chance-low-scorer-will-chance-back-not-lying-trust-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/1294667-chance-low-scorer-will-chance-back-not-lying-trust-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>hmmmm. Alright.</p>