Chance me ED Dartmouth?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>I'm quite nervous applying to Dartmouth, seeing all the fantastic applicants. I know a lot about the school, visited it and absolutely loved it.
I'm not sure anyone from my school has ever gone to Dartmouth, but we've had kids go to ivies before.
Anyways, thanks for helping me out!</p>

<p>General info:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Home State: MI
School Type: Public
Intended Major: Undecided (goal is to become a Doctor, though)</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.96 UW
ACT: 34 (36 E, 34 M, 33 R, 32 S, 10 W)
SAT II: 790 US History, 770 Chemistry
APs: US History (5), Chemistry (5), English Language (5), World History (5), BC Calc (5), AB Calc Subscore (5)
Taking hardest class schedule senior year, taking Multivariable Calc at a local university.</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit with Distinction
Boys State<br>
National Honors Society</p>

<p>ECs:
Band - First chair clarinet, play saxophone in pit orchestra, principal pianist in jazz band, All State Band on clarinet, All County Band on clarinet, Highest rating at Solo and Ensemble on clarinet. Sending in arts supplement.
Model UN - President, club has tripled in size in a few years. We're going to our first out of state conference this year.
Speech - Won speech competition at state level two years.
Cross Country - Varsity letter sophomore/junior year.
Been on executive board of my church's youth group for two years.
Done community service by volunteering at a day care camp for two weeks in the summer for three years, work through youth group and NHS.</p>

<p>Essays/Recs:
My teachers and counselor love me, recs should be great. </p>

<p>In high school, I also had a situation where my mom passed away after being hospitalized for most of sophomore/junior year, and my dad was working out of state at the same time. I had three younger brothers to help take care of at this time. I'm not sure if this means much, but because of it I couldn't take advantage of research/internship opportunities in high school, and I got a couple B's (it seems like without a perfect academic record of some incredible hook it's impossible to get accepted). However, this taught me a lot about community and really impacted my view on life positively, which is what I focus on in my essay. </p>

<p>Any other tips/advice? Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>I think you are likely to get in RD. Don’t know about ED. Good luck.</p>

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<p>What makes you say likely to get in RD as opposed to ED?
Also, I meant to say National Merit Commended, National Merit with Distinction obviously doesn’t exist, lol…typo having just written AP Scholar w/ Distintion</p>

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<p>A large proportion of ED admits are recruited athletes, legacies, and–according to legend anyway–high-statted URMs. You may or may not get in ED or RD, but obviously you have as good a shot as most qualified applicants. Your chances will probably be better if they know about the difficult situation you faced. Good luck.</p>

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<p>You have a decent shot. What’s your class rank, etc.?</p>

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<p>School doesn’t rank, but I would be at least in the top 5%. I’ve taken most of the AP classes at my school.</p>

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<p>If you’re sure about Dartmouth, go for it. I think you have a very good chance. Good to include the arts supplement and it wouldn’t hurt to reach out to the director of either the big band or wind ensemble there. I would definitely include the challenges of losing your mom, so sorry for your loss. If you haven’t already I would include that in one of the essays. Be honest and let your personality come through. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Does anyone know if this ED being about legacy/athletes etc apply to other ivy league schools?</p>

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<p>From what I have observed (and this is by no means fact, just by reading around the forums), is that being a legacy, a recruited athlete, or URM definitely helps in admissions, but doesn’t guarantee admission. It seems like a lot of these highly sought-after hooked applicants apply ED to show commitment to a particular college. However, I’ve seen nothing that would indicate that this would cause the admissions rate for unhooked applicants to be lower in ED than in RD.</p>

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<p>That is right, the ED admit rate for unhooked applicants is slightly (very) higher than for RD I believe.</p>

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<p>Did you get in? I so hope you did with those credentials!</p>

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<p>Yes, I was admitted</p>

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<p>Congrats! I have the same activites for clarinet, and I was wondering if you did send in an arts supplement. If you did, do you think it helped?</p>

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<p>I’m really happy that you got into the college of your choice!
And I’m really sorry to hear about your mother passing. Glad that you stayed focus on academics and didn’t let a tragedy deviate from that!</p>