Chance a Rising Senior

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<p>Male
Caucasian
Medium sized Public High School in Boston suburb
GPA W: 4.80
GPA UW: 4.0
Rank: 1/228
SAT I: 680 CR 710 M 750 W (will retake)
SAT II: 720 US History 660 Literature (will retake)
ACT: 31 (10 on essay)- probably won't send
AP's: 3 junior year (AB Calculus, English Composition, US History)-waiting on scores
Senior Schedule: 6 AP's (Latin Virgil, French, BC Calc, Physics, English Literature, Psychology)
EC's: 4 years varsity golf
3 years varsity tennis
2 years marching band (percussion)
2 years concert band (brass)
4 years French Club (treasurer sophomore year, president senior year)
4 years Latin Club (vice president senior year)
Founder and president of International Club (participates in cultural meetings and celebrations as well as relief efforts and fundraisers)
National Honors Society (president)
3 summers interning for the mayor of my city (Boston suburb of 28,000 people-did clerical work as well as special projects including a local historic sites website, recycling, and a "Clean Up Our City Day")
Community Service: somewhere > 200 hours
Brown Book Award Winner--in short, given to best writer in the junior class of my school
Finished Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year with Excellence (all A's)
Recommendations: will be from guidance counselor, Latin and English teachers junior year, and mayor of my city</p>

<p>Considering ED, but not sure--there are a lot of other places I love, too.</p>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>You would seem to have a good chance to me. It would even better if your CR and Lit scores in particular were higher, but clearly you have been performing at a high level academically so it may not matter as much. Good AP scores will definitely help to validate your GPA.</p>

<p>Have you considered taking a different SATII rather than retaking Lit? How about Latin or French?</p>

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<p>Haha, you are like the steroid-ed(yeah, I made that up) version of me. I think you stand a good chance, especailly with the depth of your ECs, rank, ect. However, you are from Mass, AKA a very competative state, so make sure you shine. Or don’t, and help me get in. :wink: Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! And I’m planning on looking into the French SAT II in the fall. Good luck to you to you too rmadden!</p>

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<p>All Flight of the Concord fans should be accepted.</p>

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<p>All It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans should be accepted.</p>

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<p>…and many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotepotenuse.</p>

<p>Improve your standardized tests and you’ll have a good shot, especially ED. Be warned, though, “just outside of Boston” is a somewhat overrepresented area at Dartmouth, so make sure you stand out. It looks like you may succeed here.</p>

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<p>I got my AP scores today and they were US 5, Eng Lang 5, AB Calc 3. Would those validate my GPA? And how much do AP scores affect admissions?</p>

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<p>Well, the 5s help.</p>

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<p>Bringing back this old post. </p>

<p>Changes to my profile: got a job at an afterschool program, got AP Scholar award</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Focus on raising the scores. MA is an uber competitive place to apply from and scores below median will make it tough. Dartmouth is very numbers oriented.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information, hmom</p>

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<p>So I’ve decided that I’m going to apply to Dartmouth ED. Any advice I could get for my application? I’m retaking both SAT and SAT II’s on the October and November dates.</p>