Chances for an RD Applicant

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>What are my chances as an RD applicant? If it makes any difference, Dartmouth has accepted every applicant from my school in the past four or five years. My SAT scores are not great, but I worked hard to make everything else the best it could be. Please chance me.</p>

<p>Academics

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GPA: 3.83 UW | 4.2351 W
Percentile: Top 2.5%
Most Rigorous Curriculum, will have 9 APs before graduating and all other Honors, taking AP Physics A through Stanford's EPGY program because I couldn't fit it in at school
Tests
SAT: 2020 (600CR, 700WR, 720M) --> took twice, just can't do well on these no matter how much I study and I took an online class too
SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 720M
AP Test: 4 Psych, 5 US H, 4 Chem, 4 Eng Lang/Comp

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<p>Activities

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Daedalus/Yearbook Staff (10th-12th, Editor, Academics Section Head, Community/Index Section Head)
NJIT Chemistry Olympics (10th-12th, Co-founder of school team)
Banner/Newspaper Staff (9th-12th, Editor)
Raider Robotics (9th-12th, awards and such listed below)
Volunteering at St. Peter's UH (10th-12th)
Peer Tutoring Program (10th & 12th, Co-founder of second tutoring program)
Mosque Establishment Project (Project Leader, 240 Hours of Service) (9th)

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<p>General Awards

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Honor Roll (9th-11th)
High Honor Roll (9th & 10th)
National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
Governor School Nominee
AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>St. Peter's University Hospital Service Award</p>

<p>Robotics-related:
Ramp Riot Champions, 2005
Pennsylvania Annual Robotics Challenge Champions, 2005 & 2007
South Carolina GM Industrial Design Award, 2005
South Carolina Regional Finalist, 2005
New Jersey Regional Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award, 2005
New Jersey Regional Champions, 2006
New Jersey Chairman’s Award, 2006
Las Vegas Regional Champions, 2006
Las Vegas Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award, 2006
Monty Madness Champions, 2006
Championship Event Newton Division Winners, 2006
Duel on the Delaware Champions, 2006
New Jersey Regional Champions, 2007
New Jersey Regional General Motors Industrial Design Award, 2007
Championship Event Galileo Division, Third Place, 2007
Battle O’ Baltimore Champions, 2007</p>

<p>Daedalus/Yearbook-related:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medalist, 2006
All NJ Diamond earned at Garden State Scholastic Press Association Yearbook Contest, 2006 & 2007

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<p>Hobbies

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Hobbies:
Skateboarding
Unix-like Operating Systems (Linux (Gentoo/BSD Project Contributor,Gentoo/AMD64 Project Contributor, On the track to becoming a developer), FreeBSD)
Distributed Computing Projects (World Community Grid sponsored by IBM (
FightAIDS@Home, Human Proteome Folding 2), Folding@Home by Stanford University)
Digital Art & Photography
Religion & Politics

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<p>Subjective

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Counselor Recommendation: It should be really good. My counselor knows me well and likes me. She also mentioned the part about my taking physics through Stanford's EPGY program, since it couldn't fit into my schedule.</p>

<p>Recommendations: AP Chemistry teacher, AP US History teacher, Yearbook advisor; all of them should be really good as these teachers really like me</p>

<p>Essays: I wrote about being a Gentoo Linux contributor and volunteer developer for the CommonApp EC essay and related that back to humanity and community. I wrote a really powerful essay on Islam and what it means to me, and I really tried to dispel some stereotypes. My teacher thought that my passion came out really well, and he really understood how Islam is important to me.

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<p>Could somebody please chance me?</p>

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<p>Could somebody please chance me?</p>

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<p>Anybody? 10char</p>

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<p>bonne chance</p>

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<p>Everything looks pretty strong, except your Critical Reading score. This is a very important score in the SAT portfolio and it is quite low, unfortunatley, by Dartmouth standards. Most recently reported official data on the CR score for Dartmouth is 25%-75% range of 670-770. The midpoint is around 720. My sense is that you are at the borderline of the entire range.</p>

<p>What I don't think anyone on CC knows are the kinds of adjustments the adcom makes at Dartmouth, in any given year, in light of other positive and idiosyncratic attributes an applicant presents.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback. I'm not keen on taking tests more than two times, especially when I haven't really seen much of an improvement the second time. It's what I got, and I think I'll roll with it. I mean nobody else from my school is applying to Dartmouth, so that may help a bit.</p>

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<p>tux:</p>

<p>I have no insights into your chance, but concur with balletgirl. Suggest you consider an SAT tutor and go hard for the Dec test. Good luck.</p>

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<p>bluebayou, I could take the SAT over again, but I just don't feel like it. I've been taking tests for so long that it's getting really annoying. It's not like I haven't tried different preparation methods. I tried the Xiggi method. I took the online Peterson course. I've come to the conclusion that I just can't do well on the test. Not to mention that I don't have time for SAT tutoring and class. Those extracurricular activities and hobbies really take up my time, and people depend on me for a lot of things.</p>

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<p>Whats your nick on freenode?</p>

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<p>What's this have to do with anything? </p>

<p>It's thuglife0320.</p>

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<p>How about just concentrating on preparing for the CR section? I agree with Balletgirl and Bluebayou. Everything looks pretty good except that CR . You want to be within the range, in the ballpark............... SAT is not the only factor that colleges look at but it has to be within the accepted range for a particular college before they look at your other stuff. </p>

<p>It is up to you to try and improve how your application will look to the colleges on your list. Or you can always change your list to accommodate your score.</p>

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<p>CR is all that I concentrated on. I wanted to get at least a 680 in CR because my other two scores were 720 and 700, so I could get an eve 2100 and be in range. I always ended up with 720 to 740 on the practice tests. I was really confident too, but it didn't happen. I checked everything over as well. CR is just something I can't do. </p>

<p>Dartmouth looks at your SAT to see if you're in range first. That's solely for Dartmouth. Other schools that I'm applying to do not, given their comprehensive admissions statistics on their respective websites.</p>

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<p>^ I understand what you are saying on my first SAT I got a 650 next time prepped for the CR and got a 630. Its insane.</p>