<p>My Resume includes
4.0 uw GPA 4.81 w gpa - Competitive Public School on Newsweek Top 100
SAT: 2290 CR 800 Math 760 Writing 730(8)
SAT II: Chem 780 World 770 MathII 770
AP Courses: AP US History: 5 AP NSL: 5 AP Psychology: 5, AP Calculus BC: 5, AP Lang and Comp: 5, AP World History: 5, and AP Chemistry: 5
Courseload for next year: College course at University of MD, AP European History, AP Lit, AP Biology
Top 1% at my school
Will stopping Foreign Lanuage after French 4 hurt me? Sophmore year--I know of another guy who got into Dartmouth after dropping french 3 after sophmore year</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Crew Varsity Team- Not Recruit Level
Senior Class Secretary
National Honor Society Treasurer
Science Honor Society and Student Academy of Science - Howard Hughes
Mu Alpha Theta
Civil Air Patrol- Mitchell Award recipient- comparable to time committment for Eagle Scout
500 Volunteer Hours
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Orthopedic Aide
Intership at NIH-NCI Neuroblastoma- Its not paid so i'm hoping that will show the dedication that I have to science
Debate Team County Finalist</p>
<p>Founding of a program similar to Link Crew at my school called Outreach, slight modifications added- I can submit the program proposal, outline, etc</p>
<p>In college essay I am stressing Leadership -how CAP helped me become a leader shown in officer positions and founding of the Outreach Program and tie it into my experience flying in the program as a metaphor. as well as my passion for sciencce, all of my jobs have been unpaid research or hospital volunteering as it has given me a view of both research and clinical and confirmed what I want to do with my life. </p>
<p>Probably going to go for ED can i have some chances? Safety, Match, Low Reach, Reach, high reach, impossible, etc</p>
<p>In without a doubt. Why limit yourself to Dartmouth (unless you absolutely love it that is)? I think you have the potential to think bigger. BTW, was your NIH internship the ultra-competitive one which you have to apply for?</p>
<p>It was not the ultra competitive one, I believe you are thinking of Howard Hughes Medical Internship. I applied and was not accepted.
Also many of those programs required you to drop classes in order to take them during the school year, instead I am taking it after school as an additional class.
I am taking a very full courseload as well and those are very work intensive:
I am taking AP Euro, AP Bio--a double period, Mol Bio, AP Stat-Multivariable interfered with my schedule, AP Lit and Comp, and Student Leadership-a requirement for class officer, I am also taking a college seminar course in philosophy on Thursday Nights as a capstone to the signature program at my school.</p>
<p>I also am applying early to Dartmouth because although I will apply to Stanford RD, it is extremely far away and is a college that I am not very familair with. I was also interested in Princeton because of its focus on undergraduates but when visiting I felt the school was honestly not for me, it seemed very elitist and seemed to cater to WASPs and the like. Dartmouth also appeals to me because it provides more flexibility in the D-Plan as well as the fact that the engineering school is not a seperate college so that I could decide whether to major in engineering or another science after taking a few intro courses.</p>
<p>I think you're definitely undershooting yourself by going for Dartmouth ED, unless you totally absolutely and unquestioningly love the place. Maybe check out Brown, if you think places like Princeton, Yale, and Harvard are too elitist.</p>
<p>truthfully, the only places i would consider going as my first choices are Dartmouth stanford and Princeton as they offer more undergraduate flexibility in a research environment. Both schools allow students to decide on a major without applying to a specific school.</p>
<p>i also have severe doubts in the fact that i will get to Princeton or stanford and am not sure i would fit in at princeton and i have never visited stanford. Does anyone have stats on th eengineering programs at each school and their rankings</p>