Hi,
Im pretty dead set on applying to Dartmouth College in the fall through Early Decision. After touring the campus, its my dream school and I’m pretty confident i could get in, but I would appreciate your feedback.
Academia: (High School ranked 18th in Washington State)
-GPA: 3.95/4
-ACT: 31
-SAT II: Haven’t received score reports back yet but confident.
-Rank: Top 5%
-AP: Will have 14 by the time I graduate, averaged a 4 in the past 9 I’ve taken.
-Senior Year Course-load: AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov, Ceramics
-Placed 2nd at the National Science Olympiad tournament for engineering event as a freshmen
Extracurricular:
-Member of Science Olympiad team, National Honor Society, Key Club.
-Have volunteered over 80 hours at Local Humane Society (will be over 100 hours at time of Application)
-Captain of my Rowing team where i put in 15 hours a week. Met with Dartmouth coach, not fast enough to be recruited but fast enough where he’s interested in me and would allow me to walk on.
-Electrical engineering Intern at Logitech for Summer of 2016 - 180 hours
-Technician at phone repair shop on Saturday’s - 1 year
Demographics:
-White
-Male
-Gay (essay writing material?)
-From Washington State (diversity of students?)
-Income bracket: 150,000-200,000
Extra:
Applied to the Dartmouth Bound Summer Program for URM (under-represented minorities) and while I didn’t get in (obviously), Dartmouth informed me that they consider me an Honorary Member of the program and they waived my 80$ application fee. As well, i received a letter from them encouraging me to apply because they consider me a “competitive applicant for the class of 2017”