Chance Me Dartmouth ED

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I’m thinking of applying ED to Dartmouth. One thing to note: I am a legacy and my dad still donates a pretty decent amount of money to the school. I know it’s a longshot, but I would regret it if I didn’t take it.

GPA: Freshman Year - 88.7 Sophmore Year - 90.7 Junior Year - 95.6 (School does not rank)

AP Courses: AP Euro, APUSH, AP Gov/Macroeconomics, AP Lang, AP Psych

Honors Courses: Spanish 3H, Precalculus H

SAT - 1470 Composite (740 RW, 730 M) 1480 SS (750, 730)

Extracurriculars:

  • Varsity Golf - Sophmore to senior year
  • Varsity Squash - Junior and Senior Year - Won National Champipnship in our division Junior year
  • Youth and Government - Junior and Senior Year
  • Model UN - Junior and Senior Year
  • Newspaper Club - Senior Year - a bunch of friends and I restarted the paper senior year - Head Sports Editor
  • Young Democrats Club - All four years - Club President Senior Year
  • Youth Leadership (Insert City Here) - Junior Year - 1 year program to help us learn how to be leaders in our community - Raised $1000 for my groups service project for a local charity
  • Brady Campaign (Insert City Here) - Co-founder and VP - restarted my city’s Brady campaign chapter with my father
  • Leading Junior Year Retreat - I am going to be one of the leaders for a retreat for Juniors at my school. I lead a small group discussion and a discussion with the larger group
  • Leading Freshman Retreat - In addition I will also be leading the Freshman Retreat. Pretty similar to Junior Retreat

Service:

  • 125 hours total
  • Was Part of my schools service trip program - Spent a week in the inner city with kids from my class working at a soup kitchen, mission mall, and school.
  • Various other volunteering jobs

One thing to note:
I suffered from pretty debilitating depression my freshman year and first half of sophomore year. I literally couldn’t do anything and my grades took a massive hit because of it. I didn’t get involved in clubs, didn’t do do homework, didn’t do anything. After many years and medications, I eventually beat it and my grades improved and I became more active outside of the classroom.

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Your stats aren’t the best for Dartmouth. I think the fact that you have legacy, and your father donates to the school may help a bit, but I’d say it’s not very likely. Doesn’t hurt to try, though.