Another Chances Thread Please Look!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
1

<p>I am applying to Dartmouth Regular Decision. Please look at my stats and tell me what I can improve and what kind of chance I have. Thank You!!</p>

<p>Overall GPA – 91 unweighted.. but a strong upward trend 11th grade was a 98 unweighted. My school doesnt rank.
APs-
AP music theory -2, AP American history-4 and AP Biology-4
Next year I will be taking AP Psychology, Calculus AB, AP English, AP US government and politics and I will self-learn Microeconomics </p>

<p>My weakest area….
SATs – math 690 verbal 690 writing 640 …2020 … will be retaking</p>

<p>SAT II – US history 690 Biology 690 might retake and will be taking Math IC</p>

<p>ECs –
40 hours of community service
Worked with Genesis Securities for two summers and have a recommendation from the president of operations</p>

<p>Model congress - grade 10,11,12 – help coach freshman
Guitar - Advanced 9,10,11,12
School Band - Lead guitar - 9,10,11,12
Chess Team, 9,10
Business Club – 11,12 (first year it was made) – Will be president next year
Newsday Stock Market Game - Team leader - 11th – will be chairmen or cochairmen next year
Yeshiva University Sy Syms Stock Market Bowl – 11th Team Captain – Won first place and most outstanding player award
Managing a real stock portfolio of over 100k –35k in net-profit will be much more by the end of the summer
Ebay– Jewelry/Watch Company – started in the summer of 10th grade almost 25k in net profit. Will be much more by senior year.
School Science fair winner - 9 and 10th grades
Long Island Science Congress - Honorable Mention 9 and 10
Managed my own Public Relations/Entertainment Company in the Nightclub Industry I had 6 guys working for me. This lasted from the end of 8th grade to the end of 10th grade.
Debate Team 11,12
Yearbook - Business Manager
And another kid and I are going to be cofounders and copresidents of DECA in our school next year</p>

<p>I also took an economics and finance class at Columbia University and I have a pretty good recommendation from the Professor.</p>

<p>For this summer I acquired an internship at a public Accounting firm I will also be attending Columbia - Operation Enterprise, Pre-calculus class and trading stocks on my own.</p>

<p>So please tell me what kind of chance I have and what I can do to be a better candidate for Dartmouth. Thank you!!</p>

2

<p>I'd say that standardized scores a little higher would be very helpful to you. Either way, your ECs look unique and extremely focused, good job on that! Keep doing what you've been doing in that department, and hopefully your studying will pay off when you retake those tests. If that works out, I think you'll be a strong candidate.</p>

3

<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>

4

<p>Does anyone else have any advice?</p>

5

<p>your ECs are very impressive, and they show a great deal of passion, which will help a lot. my only advice would be to raise the SATs if you can, 2100+ should make you competitive if your essays and recs are strong. study, retake the tests, and convey your passion through your essays and you will have a good shot.</p>

6

<p>Thank you very much for the advice. I have a question though. Do you think I should send in my recomendations from my employers and the Columbia professor along with the 2 teacher recomendations?</p>

7

<p>If you think they will be effective letters, definitely send them. By that, I mean if they will show a different aspect of you that the previous 2 teacher recs didn't already mention. It really doesn't hurt at all - the worst they can do is ignore them.</p>