Hi everyone please chance me for Dartmouth ED, I’m stressing lol
Female - Caucasian
4.659 Weighted GPA (my school does it so honors classes are 4 points and AP are 5) I am in the top 5% of my class
1510 SAT
35 ACT
700 Chemistry SAT subject test
770 SAT Math II
At the end of my senior year I will have taken 7 AP classes
4 on APUSH exam, 4 on AP Chem exam, and 4 on AP Lang & Comp Exam
I received two college book awards at my school’s awards night last year, including the Harvard Book Award. I am a national merit scholarship qualifier, have been on the principal’s list for honor roll all four years of high school. I also received awards for being a math team high scorer, and having the highest grade in my APUSH class and AP Chem class junior year.
For extracurricular activities, I am very involved in music. I play 4 instruments, take lessons, volunteer to sing at an elderly home, and am in a band that performs at local fundraisers, like cancer walks. My choir competes nationally every year and performed at Carnegie Hall in 2016. I am a section leader in my choir and am assistant directing a musical for my local elementary school. I also participate in math team and theater, with a nomination from my area’s theater guild for a recent performance. Also, I sometimes tutor for NHS service.
Also, I was wondering if applying undecided for my major would have any effect on my admissions? I am passionate about chemistry, music, and political science, but am unsure on what to major in.
Make sure you stress “why Dartmouth” in your application. They (and Brown) have the highest Ivy EA admit rate (when you take out the recruited athletes and the impact legacies); but, they still aren’t going to accept you if you don’t show a passion for their school.
Your ECs aren’t phenomenal. But, they are consistent. Quality always beats quantity. Your APs aren’t making you stand out.
Honestly, you are an “average applicant among those qualified.” Meaning, you’re top 20%, but only 5% are getting in. You need to work your essays (and your LoRs) to make sure you secure your advantage.
Best of luck to you! You deserve a great education!
I’m sure others know but does Dartmouth do interviews? Your profile is wonderful but as the previous poster pointed out, others have great profiles too. If you interview well that might be your ticket. Good luck!
Dartmouth, like most highly selective schools, does not extend an offer to interview until they have received your otherwise completed application (and your application fee, of course). There are no on-campus interviews. Interviews are with alumni volunteers in the applicant’s home town (or via the Internet if the applicant lives somewhere extremely remote). Being granted an interview appointment is not an indication that you will be accepted (see below); but, not being asked to interview is a clear indicator that you probably didn’t make the first cut.
Like every school, they will tell you that “interviews are optional and the failure to sit for an interview will not be held against you in the application process.”
Okay. “Won’t be held against you” is definitely not the same as: “we really think you’re more interested in us if you take our application process seriously enough to sit for an interview!”
Most elite private schools (Ivies, S, MIT, CalTech, UChic, etc.) self-report that students who sit for an interview are accepted in the 10% range, whereas those who do not sit for an interview are accepted in the 1% range. So, you can decide whether sitting for an interview is worth a couple hours of your time, or not.
Back to the OP’s question about “undecided” major. Only huge public schools who are trying to prevent a class that is 60% CS majors ask you to declare a specific major prior to matriculation. At an Ivy/elite school you may be asked to demonstrate a preference between engineering school and humanities, but you won’t be asked to pin-point a single major. There is no such thing as an “impacted major” (like at most top public schools) at an elite private school.
