Chances at ED Dartmouth, Tufts, Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am a senior and I'm wondering if I have a chance at Dartmouth, Tufts, or Cornell even with my low SAT scores. Dartmouth is my #1 and I applied early decision, though I'm debating if I should take SAT's again in December and raise them for my other schools.
Stats:
SAT 1 Math: 670 Reading: 700 Writing: 670
SAT 2 Chemistry: 760 U.S. history: 730
ACT Composite: 31
GPA: 4.1 weighted ( out of 4.0) (school doesn't rank, but I'm in the top decile)
My school is pretty small, so I was only able to take two AP's last year (chem and APUSH) and I'm taking 4 this year (Physics, Calc AB, Lit, and Psych)
EC's:
Basketball Captain, Volleyball Captain, Treasurer of Class (all 4 years), Treasurer of my school's FBLA chapter (member for 2 years), Student Council (all 4 years), National Honor Society (3 years), Italian National Honor Society (2 years), helped organize an annual charity 5k that raised over $20,000 for Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Worked over the summer doing research with a college professor researching an equation of state formula, attended Connecticut Boys' State, World Culture's Club member, Instructor at youth basketball clinic (3 years)
Letter's of Rec: They should be good, but most likely not spectacular
I'm interested in engineering and I'm worried that, with my standardized test scores, I really don't have a chance at getting in to any of these schools. Am I right? </p>

<p>Also, I'm a white male, if that effects anything</p>

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<p>If you have 4.1, it isn’t out of 4.0 -.-. Give us your unweighted GPA. A 4.1 GPA may make you feel all fuzzy inside because it is a large number, but this number is completely irrelevant to us. You are expected to take the most rigorous courses at your school.</p>

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<p>You need to aim a lot lower. Your ECs don’t stand out (they actually seem like extremely bland activities), your SAT II’s are mediocre (and it is suspicious why you don’t have math II when you are thinking about engineering), your SAT is on the lower side, and your GPA is probably on the low side too.</p>

<p>Just the truth, good luck.</p>

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<p>Wallrus75, you seem very negative. The ECs are fine to me.</p>

<p>Still, no Math II with engineering isn’t great (I can’t talk, I didn’t do well on my Math II and I wanna be an engineer), especially since I believe Cornell requires the Math II test.</p>

<p>SATs are a little low, along with the GPA.</p>

<p>If you’re interested in engineering, I would take Math II and then go to a good engineering school. Tufts and Dartmouth are good schools, sure, but they aren’t known for their engineering.</p>