Chance Me Please! 2015 ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Gender: Female
Race: White
State: Virginia
School: small, private school ("prep school" of the area) </p>

<p>SAT I: 2210 (not superscored: CR:700 M:740 W:770)
SATIIs: US History: 720; Math II: 770</p>

<p>APs: (only offered for Junior and Senior year)
Junior: US History: 5, Chem: 5, English Lit: 4, French: 3
Senior: Euro, Bio, AB Calc (plus a fifth year of french) </p>

<p>Grades: (took the hardest classes offered for each of the 4 years except BC Calc)
GPA UW: 3.8
GPA W (+.5): 4.1
(all A's until Junior Year with a B+ in AP French and AP US History) </p>

<p>Sports:
F: JV Tennis, Lacrosse Pre-Season, JV Lacrosse
S: JV Tennis, Soccer Pre-Season, V Soccer
J: V Cross Country, Soccer Pre-Season, V Soccer
S: V Cross Country, Soccer Pre-Season and V Squash, V Soccer (possibly cptn) </p>

<p>Arts:
F: Orchestra (Flute), volunteered with musical
S: Concert Choir, supporting role in musical
J: Concert Choir, large role in musical
S: Concert Choir (musical is in the winter and I'll be focusing on sports) </p>

<p>Community Service:
800+ hours volunteering at a local camp for kids with special needs (past 3 summers- my "thing")
80+ hours volunteering with Habitat for Humanity
50+ hours volunteering with a separate therapeutic horse program for the local camp
20+ hours setting up for Prom
15 hours volunteering at a local church (gardening for its elderly members)
5 hours volunteering with the local 4 miler woman's race for the cure to breast cancer
5 hours volunteering at a local toy drive
helped coach a youth soccer team
helped lead a grade-wide day trip to volunteer at said local camp
helped set up open-mike nights<br>
led a school-wide (K-12) day-trip to a local farm to plant potatoes for the homeless shelter</p>

<p>Clubs:
French Club (F, S, J, S)
Drama Club (F, S)
Peer Mentors (J, S)
Gold Key (school events organization) (J, S co-chair)
Articles for Newspaper (J, S)
Prom Committee (J)
Community Forum (leads school meetings) (J, S)
Centennial Committee (our school's 100th year) (J)</p>

<p>Awards:
Certificat D'Honneurs on National French Exam (F, S, J, )
Sally Miller Memorial Citizenship Award (the single, female sophomore award given for "positive contributions and exemplary citizenship")
League of Independent Schools All-Star Soccer Team (1 of 15 in central virginia)</p>

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<p>You never know. Since you want to be chanced, I’ll say you’ll be deferred, but it’s so difficult to predict how ED candidates will fare. You have some great community service hours and you appear to be a dedicated athlete. The weaker parts are your standardized test scores (which I know is a ridiculous thing to say when you think about it) and that you seem, well, too versatile! :)</p>

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<p>ssfb, to be honest, your SAT are on the lower side for accepted students at dartmouth unless you are a legacy or a hook. however, your key to getting accepted at dartmouth is going to be your ability to show how “passionate” you are about helping those special needs kids. if you can portray that is your “passion”, you will get accepted. simple as that.</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a pretty good shot, especially considering all your great EC’s. I agree with zier9993 about showing your passion. Your SAT’s definitely aren’t weak, but if you could pull up your CR and maybe math a little I think you’d be a very strong candidate. Good luck.</p>

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<p>you seem to have good EC’s, but I’m confused about all your sports. It seems like you changed sports each year. It would’ve been nice to see you stick with one for all four years, though you do have soccer for three. Same thing with clubs, most were joined junior year, which might catch the attention of admiss officers.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses! My crazy sports history is due to my parents originally pressuring me into Tennis (my Dad’s sport) and Lacrosse (my Mom’s sport). Half-way through Sophomore year I realized that I really just enjoyed running and soccer more! Also, our Squash Courts are brand new and Squash is just beginning to be offered. As far as clubs go…I guess I just kinda woke up to all the different activities offered. Would it look better to not mention a few? Also, should I report my 3 on the French Ap?</p>

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<p>I think dartmouth accepts 3 and above on language AP exams as the language proficiency requirement, so i say go for it. But if it really worries you, just wait until after you get in to report it.</p>

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<p>i like your chances, but who knows(?!?) the ivy ED’s are just so crazy, haha
Good luck on your app :)</p>