<p>GPA: 3.65 (unweighted) 4.39 Weighted.
Huge upward trend since Freshman (3.2), Sophomore (3.8) 2 AP's, Junior (4.0) 4 AP's.
Rank: Top 10%
SAT I: Critical Reading 750/ Math 800/ Writing 800
SAT II: Math 2 800/ Spanish Lang 790/ US History 740</p>
<p>AP: Bio (5), Spanish (5), Physics B (5), English Comp (5), US History (5)</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
- Founder/President of American Red Cross HS Club
- President of Chess Club (USCF Master)
- Varsity Debate - State gold medalist
- Breast cancer research at Yale New Haven Hospital (Will submit for Siemens/Intel) </p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
- National Honors Society
- Chess Master Title
- AP Scholar
- State debate gold medalist</p>
<p>Lived in 4 different countries and speak 4 languages.</p>
<p>I know my chances aren't great. How does Dartmouth treat sub-par freshman grades? Will my high SAT / EC's make up for it?</p>
<p>I would say that your chances are pretty good. Your GPA is a tad low compared to other Dartmouth applicants, but because its an upward trend it could work to your advantage. But I don’t see how you could have raised your GPA .6 points in one year (9th-10th) that seems like a huge leap. Your rank is pretty good, SATs, APs, and Awards are also pretty good. I think your ECs are just a bit scarce though. All in all a good chance.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input! Yeah, I mostly included those EC’s about which I’m most passionate. I didn’t bother writing Science Bowl, Engineering Teams since I was only involved for 1-2 years.</p>
<p>I’m applying to Dartmouth ED as well! Absolutely solid test scores. Nice upward trend, just maintain your GPA and I think you’ll have as good a chance as anybody. :)</p>
<p>Yeah. But I still think my GPA is the weakest part of the app. I checked my school’s database today (very competitive public, top in state) and out of the 16 people that applied last year only 2 got in with the average GPA being 3.89/4.7 :/</p>