<p>Dartmouth is my dream school, I am in love with everything about the school, and at this point I can't see myself at any school other than Dartmouth! However given how competitive admissions to Dartmouth have been for the last few years, I'm not so sure if Dartmouth is a reasonable goal for me anymore. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>GPA uw: 3.8/4.0 (4.0 is A/A+, and 3.7 is A-) my GPA on a 100 point scale is 94-95
GPA w: 4.73/5.0
rigor of courses: All honors and AP courses, by the time I graduate, 7 AP classes, and 2 self studied APs. I got 5s on all the tests including BC calc.
class rank: top 6% at the number 2 high school in my state
SAT 1: 2320
SAT 2: 800 math 2, 740 history
PSAT: National Merit Scholar</p>
<p>ECs:
Speech and Debate( president and some awards), orchestra(4 state level awards), Student Congress(president), Representative to state board of education, Latin Club(president and founder), Key Club(vice president), Kiva club(president and founder), Teaching Music to underprivileged children (president of HS chapter of organization), School Council member, founder of a successful statewide non-profit organization that tutors homeless and underprivileged children for free (president of HS chapter of this organization), Passion for high altitude mountain climbing (himalayas, kilimanjaro etc.), high school quiz show captain, advanced to state level, NHS (vice-president).</p>
<p>2 years of track/xc (not good though), 1 season of xc skiing.</p>
<p>3 national level awards in national latin exams</p>
<p>Race: Asian
Income: will not apply for FA</p>
<p>Summer activities:
Service Trip to Kenya
Internship at USAID in Washington.
Econ course at local university</p>
<p>Intended major: Economics and probably minor in political science.</p>
<p>My main concerns are the following:
- do high test scores and strong ECs make up for a GPA which is below what Dartmouth would normally accept?
-How negatively will my race affect my chances?</p>
<p>btw I'm assuming that I will have great essays and recs.
So In conclusion, could I get into a university as awesome as Dartmouth? Is it a match or a reach?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>