Chances for Dartmouth, Amherst, MIT, Williams

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying ED to Dartmouth and RD to Amherst, MIT, Williams, and UMaine (everyone at my school pretty much applies to UMaine)</p>

<p>Native American, low-income (EFC=0), first-gen female from Maine
Public HS
Rank: 5/341 GPA 3.94 UW /4.5 W</p>

<p>SAT I 730 CR 790 M 690 W 1520/2210
Possibly retaking in October</p>

<p>SAT II Math II 790 Literature 740 Spanish 660</p>

<p>Not that AP scores matter in admissions.. but I have 5's in Calc AB and Stats and a 4 in APUSH.
Self-studying BC next year since it didn't fit into my schedule.. enrolled in 5 AP classes + two others.</p>

<p>EC's
Math Team (9, 10, 11, 12) Co-captain 11-12
Team has 150+ kids on it. I placed 3rd in regionals my freshman year. Placed 17th/880 students at State Math Meet my sophomore year. I have gone to the New England Invitational Math Meet 3 years in a row.
Amnesty International (10, 11, 12) President 11-12
Attended ACLU conference in grade 10
Debate Team (11, 12)
Placed at local meets in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Academic Decathlon (9, 10, 11, 12)
Medals in various categories, team high-scorer grade 11
JETS (9, 10, 11, 12)
Team placed 5th nationally out of 1400 teams in division grade 11
NHS (11, 12)
Took AMC-12 grades 9 and 10, took AIME in grade 9
Indoor Track (9, 10, 11, 12)
Throwing captain grade 11, varsity grades 10, 11, probably 12. 7th at regionals in my event grade 10, 3rd at regionals grade 11. Placed 5th in states grade 11. Named to PVC All-Conference Second Team grade 11
Spring Track (9, 10, 11, 12)
Varsity grades 10, 11, probably 12. 6th places at regionals in shot put grade 10. 4th place in shot put and 1st place in discus at regionals in grade 11. Named to PVC All-Conference First Team for discus grade 11
Big Brothers Big Sisters (10, 11, 12)
Future Teacher's Academy (10, 11)
Highly selective UMaine program.. only 10 kids get to go every year.
Girls State (11)</p>

<p>I'm also part of a Venture Crew (Boy Scouts of America) and volunteer at a Boy Scout camp.. (2 years) Not sure if colleges will care so much, but i do have 800+ hours of volunteer work at this camp alone.</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Scholar (haven't found out what yet.. I think Semi-Finalist though)
Russell Sage Award
Superintendent's Academic Excellence Award (high GPA + lots of honors classes, pretty much)
Departmental Awards in Math and Spanish for multiple years
Bangor High School "B" Award
MCL Achievement Award</p>

<p>I'm currently a Samsung American Legion Scholarship National Finalist as well.. yay for scholarship money :)</p>

<p>My recs will be okay to very good.. my school switched my guidance counselor THIS YEAR .. ugh. Teacher recs should be good though.. as should my peer rec. </p>

<p>Thoughts?
Do I have a good shot at getting into Dartmouth RD, or should I apply ED? I need to look at financial aid packages... but I don't want to jeopardize my odds of getting in, whatever they are. Thanks!</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>i'll chance you later but right now i would say you dont need to retake the SAT you should be fine (IMO)</p>

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<p>Well, I'd like to get my writing score up.. I'm satisfied with the other two</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Have fun at Dartmouth =)</p>

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<p>Native American = fantastic for admissions.</p>

<p>ED to Dartmouth = reach
Amherst = slight reach (SAT)
MIT = reach
Williams = slight reach (SAT)
UMaine = in.</p>

<p>I'm fairly certain that you will get in to either Dartmouth or MIT (Dart more likely) and at least Amherst or Williams. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>You have a good chance, and i think you should go ED to get whatever little boost it gives.. I'm applying ED dartmouth too :) (but I'm international)</p>

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<p>no offense but wow native american.... (all the natives i know are druggies so...). </p>

<p>I bet you'll get in all of them.</p>

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<p>You should cut back on some of those EC's, especially those that you participated in for less than 2 yrs. As of now, I cant see you getting denied from any of your schools. I recently witnessed a Native American kid with a 1700 get into Stanford. Your URM status and excellent stats should give you comfort that most applicants lack.</p>

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<p>cotee.. just trust me right now when i say you will get into ALL of your schools. Your stats are impressive but the fact that you are a native american makes Ivies not a crapshoot anymore... you will get into Dartmouth 75-90% sure.. thats as high as you can hope for.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth, in particular, favors Native American applicants because the school was started to educate native Americans. I believe there is a tuition discount for Native Americans.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>