<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (770CR, 770M, 740W/11 essay)
SAT II: 730: Spanish, 770: US history, 800: MathII (<–took in Jan, sent late)
GPA: not sure, something like 3.3 or 3.4 UW? (like 4.05 or something weighted) (see below)
Rank: anywhere from 18-28th in class of 160
AP: 5’s in Human Geo, APES, APUSH, Lang, Spanish; 3 in Gov (didn’t mention)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, two honors classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist, various little academic awards, AP scholar w/distinction, Presidential Scholar candidate (but I never told them about it)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity soccer, varsity tennis, club soccer, outdoorsy/rustic summer camp for past 8 years, student council treasurer 10-12, various clubs/volunteering…I’m probably forgetting some others
Job/Work Experience: summer camp/babysitting/lifeguard
Summer Activities: camp, trip with school to China 11
Essays: I worked extremely hard on my CA essay, I & amigos thought it was quite good and unique, kinda quirky; I thought it showcased my personality/philosophy very well
Teacher Recommendations: I’m sure they were wonderful
Counselor Rec: AMAZING, I’m certain, email from another college (Whitman) from admissions guy saying that it explained my high school situation so well (she talked about my attempts to get my high school to allow me to attend a New England semester high school, something no one had ever done before, and how I ended up not getting into that school anyway) and how, probably, my poorer grades from grades 9/10 are due to the fact that competitive college prep high school ed. was not right for me from the start but that I had adapted by 11/12
Additional Rec: one from a fellow canoeing instructor at camp, I’m sure it was fabulous
Interview: very short interview from busy mom who had somewhere to go after 25 minutes, was fine but nothing special</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
School Type: Smallish Public (charter school–best in Louisiana, top 100 in US)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy; my dad went. can’t tell if this helped minimally or substantially…(see below) </p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: SAT=all right for Dartmouth, essay regarding my love for learning and my disdain for high school competition…maybe my recs/ECs (I had more listed, I’m too tired to list them all and specifics), my academic interests (big focus on foreign languages/study), course rigor?</p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA, dear lord my GPA. one C, 11 B’s (these being semester grades–first time getting straight A’s was this past semester, with my hardest courseload yet)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really hate to think it was only the legacy that got me in. I mean, my dad isn’t that special or anything, was never that attached to the school; I like to think my essay was very unique and made me stand out, and that my SAT scores and everything else showed that I was a good student who, unfortunately, was confused and extremely angered by college-prep high school atmosphere/competition as a freshman/sophomore</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Wellesley, Bates, Colby, Whitman, NEastern, UVM
Waitlisted: Bowdoin and Middlebury, my top choices
Rejected: none</p>
<p>General Comments: meh. I feel bad because I don’t feel like the superb dartmouth student; I think I’m the only one from my school who got in, despite the fact that, out of the 12 or so students who applied, I probably had the 5th or 6th highest GPA. and idkkkkkkk I just feel like the legacy thing had to have been a 300% boost or something…I also feel ashamed still wanting to send Bowdoin or Midd a letter stating how I would still love to attend and would do so if I were taken off the waiting list. I really didn’t expect this from Dartmouth and thought either Midd or Bowdoin would accept me; I was so excited about the small school atmosphere…I had loved Dartmouth my entire life until the past two years when it began to intimidate me. I still love it, but it’s like a childish love that I had as a 9 year old who said ‘I’m going to Dartmouth when I grow up!!’ to anyone who inquired.</p>
<p>ok enough of my emotional ranting. I am still very excited, but feel so…confused and embarrassed to say I may prefer Wellesley or (if I were, by some great power, able to get off the waitlist) Bowdoin or Midd.</p>
<p>but maybe by tomorrow I’ll be over it all. yay big green & skiing & snow, my dad’s fave memories. ugh high school/college=too crazay.</p>