Chances...and is this considered a legacy

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<p>History Major </p>

<p>White male, rural public highschool (>30% go onto non-community college education, Avg SAT~<1000)</p>

<p>Taking all APs and Mult.Var. Calc at U. of Delaware</p>

<p>Rank 2/240 , GPA (~99%)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2340 (800 CR, 800 M, 740 WR)</p>

<p>Subject Tests: 800 US History, 720 Literature, 750+ (shooting for 800) on IIC when I take in January</p>

<p>APs that I've taken (highschool only offers four; I'm taking three this year, one last year): APUSH: 5
But I have 16 credits in college math</p>

<p>Activities (Note: only the important ones. I am a member of Key Club, Honor Society, etc...a bunch of filler): Math League (9-12), Newspaper Staff (Editor-in-Chief), Skateboarding Club (Founder/President; organized several skateboarding competitions and started antismoking campaign)
Comcast Academic Challenge Quiz Bowl (Captain), Debate Club(Vice President), Student Film Society (Vice President), and making a documentary about my town (involves a lot of historical research; should be good since I want to major in history), Science Olympiad, Mentoring Autistic Kids (11-12)</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>Academic...
Michael C. Ferguson Scholar (11)
A **** ton of "Highest grade in [insert subject]"
A lot of other generic sh#t, won't waste your time with it</p>

<p>Essays+Recs Solid, English teacher called essay "great piece of work". Stresses how skateboarding taught me to deal with failure+set goals (skateboarding club is only really "quirky" activity and I spend about 10+ hrs a week on it)</p>

<p>Also, my grandfather went to Dartmouth. Does that give me some sort of legacy status?</p>

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<p>having a grandfather as a alum doesn't flag you as a legacy, but it can't hurt.</p>

<p>With your stats, I don't think you really need the legacy flag, just make it clear to them that it is your first choice (if you didn't apply ED)</p>

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<p>why are you applying as a history major with such a strong background in math?</p>

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<p>Uh my Math IIC is a 690 right now...just in case I don't get it up by the January test. I'm also interested in Computer Science so do you think I'd have a good shot with that?</p>

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<p>You have a very strong background in math and an 800M on SAT I. They really won't care that your Math IIC isn't the greatest. That test only covers beginngin type math, obviously pretty different from what you would do as a math major. Is math your 'real' intended major? If so, you don't need to lie about it...</p>

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<p>No, it's not. Math scares me. See: Calc. C But Computer Science interests me. Really, I'm undecided as far as my major goes.</p>

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<p>You look very impressive all-around. Interesting and seemingly dedicated ECs with great academics, all in the context of an area that is not used to producing kids like you.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth only requires 2 SAT IIs and will uses your 2 highest scores. Your chances probably would have been greater had you applied ED</p>