Chansey

Colleges & Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Summer 2004- People to People Student Ambassador (Australia)
Summer 2005- People to People Student Ambassador (France, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Sicily (I know this is part of Italy,) Malta (home stay)
Summer 2006- People to People Student Ambassador (Switzerland, Germany (home stay,) The Netherlands, Belgium, France, England</p>

<p>8th Grade
Algebra 1 (A-, A-)
Spanish 1 (A-, A-)</p>

<p>9th Grade
Spanish 2 Honors (A, A)
Technical Drawing (A+, A)
Geometry Honors (A-, A-)
World History Honors (A-, A)
English 9 Honors (A-, A-)
Drawing (1st semester) (A-)
Health 9 (2nd semester) (A)
Physical Science (A+, A)
Gym 9 (A)</p>

<p>10th Grade
Spanish 3 Honors (A-, A)
Algebra 2 Honors (A-, B+)
Gym 10 (A+)
Photography (A)
English 10 Honors (A, A)
Biology Honors (A-, A-)
Technical Drawing 2 (A+, A+)
American History Honors (A, A-)
Health 10 (A)</p>

<p>11th Grade (Going to guess on what my first semesters will be)
Technical Drawing 3 Honors (A+)
Spanish 4 Honors (A-)
Pre-Calculus Honors (A+)
AP Statistics (A+)
Chemistry Honors (A)
English 11 Honors (A-)
AP Art History (A+)</p>

<p>Unweighted: 3.875
Weighted: 4.42
Rank: 31/322
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC:
SADD, Tech Mates, High Honor Roll Since 7th grade, Varsity Cross Country (9th, 10th, 12th,) Varsity Track (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th,) Volunteer at hospital (will have 200+ hours by the time I submit my app,) Summer job (pouring concrete around 30 hours a week,) Competed in various architecture/ engineering contests, Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, and Inventor and have created some very interesting projects with the 3d rendering etc, NASA 40hr/week for 8 week internship (will most likely get)</p>

<p>My class rank, unweighted, weighted will all skyrocket by the end of this year because I have been/will continue to get 4.95s+ my junior year because I have been working very hard. I will take the SAT, and ACT later this year and hopefully do well, but take it again my senior year.
I am also going to learn basic programming in java, C++ during the summer. I also know one of the governing generals at NASA. Also will be president of techmates likely, and trying for some type of position in SADD. Also going for NHS</p>

<p>Do I have a chance to get into any Ivy League schools for engineering or computer science? The ones I’m looking at are Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth. Other schools I’m looking at are Miami of Ohio, Purdue, and Virginia Tech, maybe Carnegie but I don’t know.
Should I pursue with my dreams at an Ivy? I’m just afraid that I will keep dreaming and dreaming then get rejected and be distraught. Do I have a reasonable chance, or am I too late with not that great grades/Stats to get in? It’s not like I want to go to an Ivy just because it’s a great school, I just feel like I would really like the atmosphere there. I’m going to study hard to try to get a 34/35, around a 2200, and around an 800 on my math, and somewhere mid to high 700’s on chem.
Don’t be afraid to crush my dreams, I just want to know if all my hard work right now will be worth nothing. Also, I want to apply as mechanical engineer or computer science.</p>

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<p>Your extracurriculars look great! Before I talk about grades/test scores, though, let me just preface with the fact that ivy leagues are experts at senseles hair-splitting to choose one candidate over another, and have admissions standards that make turning down superb students a part-time job. Your class selection is challenging, but not the most rigorous possible. Also, your class rank is great, but 1/3 of dartmouth students were their class’s valedictorian. I’d also aim for higher than a 2200 on your testing. 2200 is good, but to really be a solid applicant you’ll want something better. You look to be a great student, but try to take more AP classes your senior year, get great test scores, and raise your class rank in order to have a good chance at Dartmouth. Best of luck to you for the rest of junior year and beyond! :slight_smile: I’m sure you’ll be happy wherever you end up. Also, if you have the time I’d appreciate chancing me back (it’s the only thread ive started). I’m a senior, so all this stuff is stressing me out like riiight now haha</p>