chances ed vs rd?

<p>herrow</p>

<p>I attend the second most competitive public school in Washington state.</p>

<p>gpa- 3.45uw 3.8 w
(6 ap's and 4 honors classes so weighted is close to a 3.9)
sat 2110 (760 v 680m 670w)
im also taking the september act and will likely send in that score rather than the sat.</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Partial debate record:
National Honors
-One of only 18 debaters (nationwide) selected to attend the Team USA qualifier
-Member of Team USA A-Team. (One of only five 1st team All-Americans)
-Team USA will represent the United States in the Pan-American Championships (at Southern California), European World Championships (in Germany), and the World Schools Debate Championships (in South Korea) as well as in exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom.
-One of the nation’s first 25 to fully qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
-Finished 5th out of juniors nationwide at the TOC.
-Two time national qualifier in debate (finishing 27th Junior Year)
-Invited to 8 round robin tournaments in 5 states
-Member of top lab at Victory Briefs @ UCLA 2006 and varsity member in 2005 (receiving a merit based scholarship to the camp)
-One of only 6 debaters (out of 300) to participate in camp-wide demonstration debate.
- National Forensic League speech and debate All American
State Honors
-Washington state co-champion of Lincoln-Douglas debate.(first junior to with the 3A state title since 2001)
-First speaker honors at state (first junior to receive award since late 1990's)
-First Junior in history to win 3A title, Top Speaker award, and clear as top seed at the state tournament.
-First and only debater from my school to qualify to TOC or Nationals in debate.
-Only junior from Washington state to qualify for "the tournament of champions".
-First debater in Washington to fully qualify to the TOC
-Only debater to clear at all three "Washington TOC bid tournaments"
-2 time team captain
-During tenure the team has grown from 7 members to 40 members.
-Put in about 300 hours teaching teammates how to debate.
-Received "top speaker" awards at numerous tournaments
-2nd at state in extemporaneous speaking (2006) 2nd (2005)
-3rd at state in impromptu speaking. (2006) 4th (2005)
-3A Washington state record for both impromptu and extemp state bids (8 and 6 respectively)
-Only junior in recent memory to win the University of Puget Sound's Charles Battin award for outstanding speaker. (Most prestigious speaker award in the state)</p>

<p>Student Government positions held:
-7th grade class senator (one of only four)
-8th grade class senator (one of only four)
-9th grade council representative
-Freshman class vice-president
-Sophomore class president
-Junior class president
-Senior class president
-During my three years as class president I have lead the c/o 2007 to huge financial success. We are far and away the wealthiest class in history of the school due to our vast amounts of fund-raising and dedicated leaders.</p>

<p>Independent Academic Study:
-Took sixty hours of arabic composition at the Seattle Academy of Languages (Spring 2004)
-Practiced arabic speaking skills independently for 15 hours/week (April-June 2004)
-Enrolled in independent Old Testament studies with local biblical doctorate holder Steven Swanson. Six hours/week. (September 2005-May 2006)
-Completed an American Studies honors portfolio (wrote five essays on American historical figures and their influence on contemporary America) six hours/week. (March-June 2006)
-Read from Frank and Bernanke’s Principles of Macroeconomics in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Four hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*
-Read from Kleiner, Mamiya and Tansey’s Gardner's Art Through the Ages in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Three hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*
-Read from Mahler’s Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-national Approach in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Four hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*</p>

<ul>
<li>I met with a HS faculty member once-twice a week and we would have a seminar or lecture on the material I had just read. The times given are for reading, seminars and homework/week.</li>
</ul>

<p>Baseball:
-Member of Peninsula Baseball Academy (18U All-Kitsap County Team) since age 13.
-Member of American Legion Post 68 Baseball Club (18U All-Kitsap Team) since age 15.
-Member of the 13U, 14U, 15U and 16U Traveling Teams (City-Wide All-Star Team)
-Led the 14U, 15U and 16U clubs in Batting Average and On-Base Percentage.
-Attendee at multiple baseball clinics (both pitching and infield)
-Awarded “first team honors” at both Stubbs’ Infield Clinic and Bainbridge Infield Clinic.
-Led the Freshman team in batting average (.535)
-Hit safely in all 8 Metro Division games sophomore year.
-Was an offensive leader in multiple categories (batting average, slugging percentage, RBI’s, Doubles, Hits, On-Base Percentage)</p>

<p>Tennis:
-One of only two individuals in the Metro Division to finish the 2006 regular season with an undefeated record. (11-0)
- Played as high as number 4 for my high school squad.
-Finished 3rd in the Metro Tournament (Greater Seattle Area) knocking off the 2nd 3rd and 10th seeds at the tournament.
-Finished with the highest winning percentage on the tennis team, (14-1, .9333) dropping only 2 sets all season.</p>

<p>Running/Cross Country:
-Member of xc team's “500 Club” (ran 500 miles over the summer)
-Ran number two consistently for the xc Squad.
-Averaged nearly 50 Miles a week in pre-season training
-Trained for and competed in the Seattle Half-Marathon
-Trained for and will compete in the Toe-Jam half-marathon
-Was a top-finisher for my age group in the 2004 and 2005 Winter Solstice 5K’s in seattle.</p>

<p>thanks again!</p>

<p>The middle school stuff doesn't matter. It's great that you were one of the 7th grade class senators, but Dartmouth doesn't really care. Don't worry about those things anyway, you have enough other ECs. I recommend that you try to show your dedication to a couple of important activities, rather than list everything that you've ever done. When I applied to Dartmouth, I focused on my academic interest in science and my EC interest in theater. My interests were reflected through coursework, ECs, and personal projects.</p>

<p>your gpa is low ...it will be a reach...still apply but have realistic backup
good luck</p>

<p>bump: </p>

<p>what are my chances if i apply regular decision but have a rec from the dartmouth debate coach?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>are you looking to get recruited for a sport</p>

<p>It doesn't really matter if you apply ED or RD... they evaluate the applications the same way. ED stats are skewed because most highly recruited athletes apply ED.</p>

<p>ok let's pretend I don't get recruited for a sport but dartmouth's debate coach writes a good reccomendation, what would yall guage my chances if i apply RD (im applying ed to penn)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>chillax88</p>

<p>if you want honest here it is ..an ad officer may think
here is a great kid who did everything but perhaps devote enough time
to his studies...your unweighted means almost half As and almost half
Bs and a few Cs thrown in
forget the argument about tough school ..you cant underestimate the gpa
and the ivies..there will always be some exceptions i hope its you
i would start falling in love with some other schools</p>

<p>yea i am by no means trying to say "my tough school or schedule caused my gpa to suck the dick"</p>

<p>ill take full responsibility for it. laziness/and too much time spent elsewhere caused its fall to mediocrity. thanks for the support</p>

<p>Ha "partial debate record"
you might have to add a few pages to the application if you want to include all of that!</p>