<p>i'm a junior at a private school in vermont
4.27 unweight GPA, 5.17 weighted
have taken all the honors and AP classes available to me
rank: 1/166
SATs: 640 math (i know it's terrible; i'm re-taking it soon), 720 critical reading, 760 writing (8 on the essay)
Subject Tests: 690 chemistry and am taking math 2, biology, and spanish at the end of the year</p>
<p>extracurriculars + volunteer/work experience:
varsity cross country running
varsity tennis
summer tennis team
taught a tennis camp
tennis club
spanish club
scholars' bowl
volunteer at the local forest and farmland center
shadow the local veterinarian
math tutor
member of a service group that raises thousands of dollars annually to "eradicate malaria" in sierra leone
founder and leader of two service groups, both concerned with africa (one helps lions, the other raises money for school supplies for two schools in northern kenya)
went to tufts adventures in veterinary medicine last summer (two-week program)
am going to africa this summer for a month (after which i will receive a certificate for 80-100 hours of community service)
member of a service group that raises money for disadvantaged people in our community
member of the town government's tree committee
runner-up in the UVM essay contest
english "achievement" award freshman and sophomore year (i don't know if this matters, but i figured i'd write it anyway)
have worked since freshman year as a dish-washer and now a sales associate</p>
<p>i feel like there's something i'm forgetting, but you get the idea.
i am also thinking about middlebury.
thanks for taking the time to read this, and any comments/critiques are appreciated!!!</p>
<p>Just so you know, it’s impossible to have an unweighted GPA higher than 4.0 so you might want to recalculate that. You are on track to be valedictorian and as a junior your SATs are looking mighty fine. It seems that you’re very entrenched with your philanthropic African projects that you take part it, and that depth is great to have. That being said, I do not attend Dartmouth and am actually a prospective student as well. As they say, it’s often a crapshoot. We’ll both be going up against 5,000 other kids who have the same flawless grades and r</p>
<p>i’m not exactly sure how GPA is calculated at my school, but i think A+s are worth 4.3 instead of 4.0, hence the 4.27.
you’re right, it’s a crapshoot. i was just posting to see if i had a chance at a chance. thanks for your feedback and good luck to you too!</p>
<p>hmm, definitely strong gpa
SAT’s are lacking a little. bring that up, and it will definitely increase your chances.
maybe try to focus into some of those extracurrics (and write about it on your essay)
positions, maybe a few more? but definitely can state that you have a strong chance (:</p>
<p>it was just an estimation. I know that there are about 20,000 applicants but I’m guessing that only about a fourth of that number will have applications that look like this. By the way, taking a second look at this I’d say you have a very very good chance of getting in.</p>
<p>my school is actually really good (someone got accepted at dartmouth last year, another at cornell). i only took one chemistry class and then took the subject test five months later… which was obviously stupid.</p>