chances (ED advisable??)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>My grades have increased dramatically from frosh through junior year, but i'm wondering if i've done well enough within three years to apply early. Should I do well in the beginning of senior year to raise my gpa/rank to put my best foot forward in the RD process? I've heard that this is a good option for those who have done badly in the beginning of high school. I'm really debating whether I should apply ED or wait. What do you think? Thanks. </p>

<p>Asian male, NJ, small public school , 140 in my grade(we usually send around 10 kids to ivies)</p>

<p>Intended major: econ, mathematics</p>

<p>Freshman gpa: 3.68 UW, 3.74 W
Sophomore gpa: 3.97 UW, 4.4 W
Junior gpa: 4.1 UW, 4.9 W (took 5 ap's, thus the inflated gpa, also my school's UW system works like this- A is 4.0 and A+ is 4.3. thats how i have a 4.1 UW if anyone was wondering.)
My junior year has pulled me into the top 5%, but should I wait to move up higher?
My overall is about 3.9 UW and 4.37 W</p>

<p>SAT I: 2290 highest sitting (2300 composite, took it twice)
Breakdown: math 740, reading 760, writing 800
SAT II: 800 Bio, 780 2c, 760 US history
AP's: 4 5's and 2 4's, im taking 5 more senior year for a total of 11. </p>

<p>Varsity Cross country and Varsity track grades 9,10 (had to skip 11 due to injury, i made it halfway through cross country before i had to stop) and I'm back at it for grade 12 (hopefully i wont get injured)
yearbook editor
writer for the school newsppaer
varsity debate team
math team (school winner, highest scorer)
about 150 hours of volunteering (hospital and stuff)</p>

<p>Spanish, latin, regular NHS
gold medal on national latin exam
NMF??? ( i scored 2230 so im hoping)
2nd place in Region for Merck Science Exam in Biology
Questbridge Scholarship recipient (its a program for low income kids if you didnt know)</p>

<p>I left out a lot of other EC's that might begin to take the form of a laundry list. Hopefully iv mentioned enough things. Any thoughts are welcome. even if they're bad. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your</a> stats are pretty close to mine.</p>

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<p>ok i am officially going to early decision. how does it look?</p>

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<p>pretty good!</p>

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<p>How are you a Questbridge scholarship recipient? I thought the results for finalists came out in late October. Your stats are pretty good though. I think you have quite a shot.</p>

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<p>wow, this is weird. you are almost the exact same as me. I got a 2320, 36 ACT, 4.0 UW, yearbook editor-in-chief for two years, newspaper editor, etc etc.... I am also applying ED and am a Questbridge scholarship awardee.</p>

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<p>Pretty damned good shot I'd say.</p>

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<p>The Questbridge scholarship that I'm referring to is the College Prep Scholarship, which is awarded to juniors. Thanks everyone for your opinion I really hope I can make it. </p>

<p>@Ephemeral: hahaha</p>

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Freshman gpa: 3.68 UW, 3.74 W
Sophomore gpa: 3.97 UW, 4.4 W
Junior gpa: 4.1 UW, 4.9 W

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<p>What are the scales? </p>

<p>Is this based on a 4.33 UW? 5.0 UW, your number gpa is relative to the grading scale your school uses.</p>

<p>Does your school rank? If yes, where do you fall in the rankings?</p>

<p>I would look at your UW scale, because there is already an expectation that you are taking the most rigerous courses your school offers and you are doing well in those courses.</p>

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<p>ED - you have an excellent chance.
RD - still a good chance.</p>

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<p>Sybbie: a B+ is a 3.3, an A- is a 3.7, an A is a 4.0, and an A+ is a 4.3 for unweighted. And my overall UW now is a 3.92ish. </p>

<p>I think that I'm 4/5th out of 140. Freshman and Sophomore year combined I was 9th, but Junior year I was 2nd, and it really pulled me up.</p>

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<p>Have you done any math competitions like AMC?</p>

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<p>I would say wait on the Regular Decision if you have any doubts considering your EC's and your test scores! WOW.</p>

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<p>caiacs: no i haven't done any math competitions. i didn't even know that they existed until i came to this site.</p>

<p>superscs15: at first i had thought about raising my sat I math score, but i definitely won't be taking any more tests. i really didn't feel like studying for more tests after junior year haha. </p>

<p>thanks everyone</p>