<p>im currently a sophomore in high school. ive always always always wanted to go to dartmouth. my father and brother went/go to dartmouth. i love everything about it. my grades freshman year were hardly stellar. I had some A's but it was mainly B+'s. i took the honors classes that were offered as a freshman, geometry and english honors which was just an extra class to go to, it did not appear on our transcripts. My schedule and the final grades for my classes last year are:
Physics- B+
Spanish 1- A
Geometry Honors- B+
English-B
World Civilizations- A
SSAT: 97% percentile reading, 86% math, 95% vocabulary
I went to a private, all girls school in the north, but my family just moved south where I am now attending a private coed school that is in the top 25 day schools nationwide. My schedule this year has me taking Algebra 2, Biology, Spanish 1 (AGAIN, its a different course in FL than in NY-will this hurt me?), English, US History Honors (there is an AP class offered, but because im new i was not allowed to be in it-will this hurt me?)</p>
<p>For extracurriculars:
I volunteer a lot. I work with mentally handicapped children/tutor underprivileged children each week. I normally receive 3 community service hours per week.<br>
I am going to be in the Volunteer Service ORganization in my school.
I am going to be in another service organisation at my school.
I run cross country in school.
I play lacrosse outside of school on a statewide team. I will most likely play D1 lacrosse in college. I practice for about 7 hours per week, excluding the hour long commute to my teams fields. Im surprisingly good at lacrosse. I've already filled out the recruiting questionnaire for prospective students and have attended many lacrosse camps held at Dartmouth during the summer coached by the womens head coach.
I also played squash my freshman year, which I'd like to continue. although I'm not incredibly good at it.
My freshman year I was in mock trial, chinese club and ski club.</p>
<p>For my sophomore-junior summer, I will hopefully be doing a service trip to build orphanages, or an internship/summer program for students interested in radiology (i will hopefully be a pre med major)</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, if I get all A's in all my classes this year and during my junior year (which will have mainly AP classes), do I stand any chance in getting into Dartmouth?
I realize I messed up freshman year, but will that completely ruin my chances?
So far Im getting A's in all my classes, and I think my teachers really like me.</p>
<p>OH and I have the opportunity to go to boarding school in the northeast (hotchkiss, andover, deerfield, miss porters, exeter, choate, middlesex) would that improve my chances of getting in? or would FL be a better region to apply from?</p>
<p>In case you were wondering, I'm a white female and I won't require any financial aid.</p>