Chance at getting into Dartmouth?

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<p>I am currently a high school junior at the top high school in my state. I think that provides my grades with some credibility, but on the other hand gives me a lot of competition from my school, since everyone wants to go to an ivy. Also, my curriculum has a pre-premed focus, if that means anything. I also think I'm going to apply early to Dartmouth, if that helps at all. Sorry this is so long, you can just skim it if you want.</p>

<p>Standardized Tests
SAT- I'm taking it in 2 weeks and expect a 2200-2270 (760-800Math, 760-800Grammar, 650-710Reading
SAT II- I'm expecting Chem 750-800, Math II 750-800, Bio 720-780</p>

<p>Here are my classes and grades:
GPA: 3.93-3.97</p>

<p>Freshman Year Full Year Classes:
Biology Honors (H) A-
Chem I (H) A
AlgII and Trig (H) A
Amer Lit I (H) A
Early Amer Hist (H) A
Latin I (H) A
Med Science Seminar A
Technology I (A)
One Trimester Projects/Electives:
Ancient History A
Art and Society A
Applying Math to Physics A
Research Topics in Molecular Biology and Genetics A
Stagecraft (building the sets for plays) A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Full Year:
AdvMathAnalysis I (H) A
Amer Lit II (H) A
Chemistry II (H) A
Physics I (H) A
Latin II (H) A
Technology II A-
World History (H) A
Biology Research A-
One Trimester Projects/Electives:
Biotechnology A
Immunology II A
Organic Chem I A-
Zoology A
French Cuisine A
Digital Imaging A</p>

<p>Junior Year Full Year
Anatomy and Physiology I (H) A
IB World Lit HL I A-
Physics II (H) A
IB History of the Americas HL I A
Latin III (H) A
AdvMathAnalysis II (H) A-/A
AP Chemistry A-/A
Bio Research A-
One Tri Projects/Electives
Alternative Energy A</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes
AP Calc BC
AP Biology
IB History of the Americas HL II
IB World Literature HL II
Anatomy and Physiology II (H)
Latin IV (H)</p>

<p>Extra Currics:
Latin Honor Society- Soph-Present
Fencing- Fresh-Present
HOSA- Fresh-Present
- Placed 3rd in Pharmacology at regionals, and 4th at states soph year
Biology Research Soph-Present
- Honorable mention (3rd or 4th place) in Biomedical Research at North Jersey Regional Science Fair soph year
Italian Culture Club Founder and President Soph-Present
Debate Team Soph-Present
Reading and Literacy Club- Vice President Junior-Present</p>

<p>Community Service: I havent started yet, but I plan on getting about 100 hours helping a special education science teacher by helping him think of science lesson plans, and building him an interactive website for his students to use.</p>

<p>Thank you very much</p>

<p>One Last Thing, is it this a good range of colleges to apply to, or am I shooting too high?
Boston College, NYU, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, UMICH, Princeton, Georgetown, UPENN</p>

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<p>Did you take the most rigorous schedule available to you? Does your school offer full IB? Where do you rank?</p>

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<p>My curriculum would only be harder if I was in a higher math class. Some kids are a year ahead of me. I went to a crappy middle school, and consequently got placed in a lower math class. Also my school doesn’t rank. I would definitely be in the top 20% though. And no, I could only take a full IB curriculum if I was in the business academy at my school, however I’m in the medical one.</p>

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<p>Are you going to take the ACT or are you just doing SAT?</p>

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<p>Just wondering, did you get any or your research published? Elaborate on your research real quick if you want to.</p>