Chances at Dartmouth, Northwestern, and G'town

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>Could anyone comment on my chances at Dartmouth, Northwestern and Georgetown?</p>

<p>Here is my info:</p>

<p>SAT: 1440/2130 (690 (writing), 700 (Math), 740 (Critical Reading))
ACT: 31
SAT II's: 690 (Literature), 730 (Math I), 790 (US History)</p>

<p>AP scores: 5 on US History, 3 on Biology (more to come this year)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.973 uw (top 5% in a small and very competitive catholic school)
Took almost all of the hardest classes possible. School offers only 8 ap's. I took 5, but was prevented from taking more this year by scheduling constraints that forced me to choose one out of a group of three.</p>

<p>Essays: Good (used an experience backpacking to show personality)
Teacher recs: very good
Counselor rec: very good</p>

<p>EC's:
Boy Scouts; Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, and lots of other leadership roles. (9-12)<br>
(Did a very large eagle project (took over 700 hours of work), of which a report was sent in)</p>

<p>Order of the Arrow (honor society in Scouting); Vice-Chief (11), Secretary/Treasurer (12), (9-12)</p>

<p>Cross Country; Team co-captain (12), (9-12)</p>

<p>St. Pius X Parish; Lector (11-12), Mass server (9-12), Parish Council Member (12), youth group leader (11-12), frequent volunteer (well over 100 volunteer hours put in here during high school), (9-12)</p>

<p>Band; Section leader (12), played in pit orchestra for musicals, in jazz band (11-12), (9-12)</p>

<p>Political action club; co-founder (11), president (12), (11-12)</p>

<p>Lots of total volunteer hours put in during high school (well over 300, divided mainly between church, local library, and local nature center).</p>

<p>Boy Scout camp counselor (10)</p>

<p>Customer Service Representative at Macy's (12)</p>

<p>Wisconsin Badger Boys State participant</p>

<p>National Merit Commended Student
National Honor Society Member
German Honor Society Member</p>

<p>Hook: For Dartmouth, my older bro will be graduating this june and has done quite well (his stats were, on average, a little bit higher than mine when he applied).</p>

<p>Weaknesses: Caucasian Catholic male</p>

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<p>whoops, i meant to type that gpa as being my weighted one.</p>

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<p>i think you'll be accepted at northwestern. Georgetown is a slight reach. Dartmouth is a reach (don't worry about it... I did many reaches and am expecting several rejection letters in march). Best of luck from a fellow disadvantaged white male :)</p>

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<p>Dartmouth - very slim chance
Northwestern - OK chance (<40%)
G'town - OK chance (<40%)</p>

<p>You will probably get accepted into at least one, though.</p>

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<p>zerocool920,
G'Town had lower admit rate but also lower average SAT than NU.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.</p>

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<p>Does anyone else have any thoughts or suggestions on my chances?</p>