<p>Class Rank: Top 10% out of 200 at a very competitive high school</p>
<p>EC: 4 Years Class Committee, Indoor Soccer Club, 12 years of Piano (Participant of Guild), 2 Years JV Baseball, 2 Years JV Soccer (state champions), and 2 Years Varsity Tennis, Bright Lights Broadway (theater camp), Tutoring in Biology, Member of YIA (Youth In Action, community service organization directed by my school), Member of Relay for Life (Raising donations for cancer).</p>
<p>Volunteering: 50+ Hours-building houses for poor families in local communities (also with Habitat for Humanity), babysitting neighbors, volunteering at a local hospital/job shadows (worked with geriatric patients).</p>
<p>Leadership: Leadership course, Captain of Varsity Tennis </p>
<p>Hooks: My father got his post-doc at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Recommendations: My teachers will write great recommendations. Plus, I have an extra option to ask the woman I job shadowed at the local hospital.</p>
<p>You have time, I'd work to bring the CR score to at least the school's median, 740. I'd also get a higher second SATIII. The high math scores are a dime a dozen at Dartmouth and won't make you stand out. </p>
<p>Dartmouth is very score oriented. It's also very rank oriented. If by competitive you mean average SAT score about 2100 and that your school sends 30% plus to ivies plus, just top 10% certainly puts you in the running. If it's less competitive than that, the higher your rank the better, Dartmouth loves vals and sals, 40% of last year's class fit that category.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the only legacy preference D gives is to children of undergrads.</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment. Yes, 30%+ go to ivies and other top schools such as amherst, williams, etc. I've taken 2 sat2s and 1 ap... judging from the other prospective students, many have taken a larger variety of these tests. How much do you think that will hurt my chances?</p>
<p>I think you just need to take 1 more SATII you can get a high score on for admissions purposes.</p>
<p>However, having more APs and SATIIs can help you once you get there. I'm trying to remember specifics but here's an idea: </p>
<p>-A 770CR will get you out of the freshmen writing class
-A 5 on the AP and a ? SATII score will get you out of the considerable language requirement
-The 5 on AP foreign language literature will get you an advanced class credit</p>
<p>And so on and my scores are probably off, but you get the point. My son has room to do 2 majors and 3 foreign studies programs because he doesn't have to do these basic courses.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind at a school like yours, there are probably legacies, recruited athletes and top URM candidates. They are your first line of competition.</p>
<p>Your stats are in range, but they aren't outstanding for D. I'm sure that one more 750+ SATII wouldn't hurt, and a couple of 5s on AP exams--I'm assuming that you are taking several?-- at the end of this year wouldn't hurt either.</p>
<p>Reading your description, I don't see any particular individuality. Don't get me wrong--I'm not saying you don't have it, I'm saying it doesn't come across. Do you have any particular areas of intellectual interest, and have you pursued them? Do you have any non-academic areas of interest, and how have you pursued them? (I see a glimmer of something with piano and theater...)</p>
<p>I'm hoping to pursue a career in the medical field, mostly working with patients. I have some work experience in that area but I was also going to work/volunteer at a local health clinic as well.</p>