Deferred. Too bad.
@123bruhwhat22 it doesn’t work like that. If you are deferred, you are deferred to RD and you find out when the RD kids find out.
ACCEPTED!!! ABSOLUTELY ELATED RIGHT NOW
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@homerdog No i meant ED II at a different school and giving up on Dartmouth
Deferred, on a 1460 SAT and as an international. Definitely wasn’t expecting that, thought was going to be flat out rejected!
Rejected which was so expected
My son was accepted ED. No interview. No portal changes. No SAT2s. There is hope, everyone!
stats everyone?
omg congrats to everyone!! can’t wait to see all you 23s on campus next year! 
ahaha rejected
Deferred…
This is really extra, but I remember a lot of people using this format last year for stats:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E, 27M, 33R, 35S)
SAT II: 670 M1 and 760 BioM
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 unweighted 3.9 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in, Psych and Biology
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Chem AP, Physics AP, Calc AB AP, Forensics, English, Dance (required because my school is weird), Human Bio, and two art classes.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold medals for service in Emergency Medical services, Two letters from President Obama and Trump for my service, #1 in the state for medical terminology, selection for medical excellence (national), Barnard Book Award.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: EMT 2,300 service hours, researcher with Yale virology (publishing soon), owner of design business, Captain of science bowl club, Varsity math team, founding member youth mental health first aid, medical education (400+ hours), trainer/supervisor on ambulance for interns, Driver for safe rides (program to stop drunk driving), HOSA (health occupation students of America)
Job/Work Experience: 30 hours a week as EMT, 5 hours a week as a lifeguard (not on application), art business, few thousand in profit.
Volunteer/Community service: EMT, Saferides program
Summer Activities: research and working my butt off
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, wrote my main one on being an EMT and dealing with mass casualties, saving people with CPR, and car accidents… tried to not make it depressing. The first supplemental was about my ideal day at Dartmouth, lots of very specific Dartmouth detail. 2nd supplemental (I chose the mo’olelo one) was about living on a farm and growing my own food and raising animals and how it really connected me to the planet. VERY earthy.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Probably all close to 10. My counselor liked me and I hope my teachers did too.
Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 8
Counselor Rec: 9
Additional Rec (EMT Partner): 10
Interview: 8/10, about an hour and a half, we really connected about philosophy and cultural diversity.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Reflection
Strengths: Weird EC’s, successful Emergency responder and researcher.
Weaknesses: GPA, I had a really bad sophomore year with a C and a few B’s, but was due to a fatal accident I was involved in so there were confounding factors.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my weirdness made me stand out, also a legacy.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just D.
General Comments: Guys, don’t freak out about grades/ tests scores. I had a C and many many B’s in my high school career, I did make up for it with some really strong ECs but don’t lose hope if you don’t have “Ivy level” grades.
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1570 (770 ERW, 800 Math)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None provided by school (school does not rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Caluclus AB(5), AP Calculus BC(5), APUSH(4), AP Chem(5), AP Comp Sci A(5), and couple other ones to be taken at the end of the senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stats, AP Physics 1&2, AP Micro econ, AP Macro econ, AP Biology, Honors English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CyberPatriot Platinum, CyberPatriot Gold first place, 3* regional Computer Science related awards, 2* State level Computer science related awards, Scholar Athlete Award, couple school level academic related awards. 1* Magazine publication.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Co-founder of computer club), Co-president of computer club, organizer of a hackathon (200+ people attended), NHS, Key Club and other school service clubs. Tennis Varsity Team
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: local hospital 70+ hours, NHS, Key Club and other school service clubs.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 (I revised it so many times that it was almost perfect. Also got tips from my relatives who worked at Dartmouth before)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:9/10 comp sci teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 chem teacher (both teachers were very close with me, I was perhaps the brightest student in the class)
Counselor Rec:7/10 (eh? Idk, she kinda allowed us to make an outline for her to write. So I am not so sure but she is pretty nice tho)
Additional Rec: Friend peer rec, 10/10 (one of my best friend who is in college at this time)
Interview: 9/10. (alumni) She is coincidentally my mother’s coworker. Very pleasant interview and she seems to be very impressed.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: High ranking public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Around 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection
Strengths:Very Strong leadership and very good essays
Weaknesses: EC has no international or national award. Also, I stepped down from presidency in junior year (could be viewed as incompetent but in reality there was a rule that prevented us from reelecting too many terms)
Why you think you were rejected:
Okay after reading my stats you are probably thinking: how did you NOT get in? I found out that only 3 people ED Dartmouth at our school and the only one who got in was a girl who is a LGBT activist. She got 1400+, just couple APs total and nowhere near as many awards or activities as I have done. It seems that Dartmouth only gave our school 1 spot, and the spot was hers. In my opinion, all my stats are superior. It is clearly biased but that is just the way it is. That being said, she is pretty bright and definitely more competent than average students . Although this whole thing is not really fair, I am not going to completely blame this on the system. I could have done better to secure this spot and I shall prove myself in the upcoming regular decisions.
Where else were you rejected: None at this point.
General Comments:
See above
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT (Not submitted)
ACT: 35 (36 in english, 35, 35, 35)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Physics
GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.17 weighted (my school does it weird so even an A- counts as a 4.0)
Rank: Top Decile (School only does decile
AP’s: 4’s in Calc AB and World, 3’s in Literature and US
IB: Math SL 7
Senior year course load: IB literature, IB Physics, IB History of the americas, IB Spanish, IB Biology, Theory of knowledge
Major awards: Ap scholar with honors, Advanced regents honors diploma with endorsements in science and math
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Gifted Math Program, program outside of school 5 hours a week teaching advanced mathematics, Junior and senior year in this had me take College calculus 1, 2, 3, and linear algebra
Started the Squash team and was first seed every year
Youth Leadership buffalo
Piano
Tennis
Hockey
Job/Work experience: was a staff at an all boys canoe tripping camp, a camp I have attended since I was 7
Internship in the nephrology department at a local hospital
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer activities: I spend 8 weeks in algonquin park on canoe trips, I was a camper for 9 years and last year I was a staff
Essays:
Common app: Solid 6 maybe I wrote about my experience at my all boys canoe tripping camp and how it taught me to appreciate nature and the strong community within the camp
First supplement: 8/10 I wrote about the BME program and how amazing it was along with the beautiful natural surrounding of Dartmouth and how it really appealed to me
Second Supplement: 8/10 I wrote about growing up in an Irish, german, jewish, catholic house being the youngest of 6 kids
Recommendations: First was probably a 10/10 super nice history teacher who has known me since I was ten and taught me US history
8/10 another history teacher because my other teacher bailed I had to beg for it last minute, but he’s a super nice guy who loved my sister and appreciated the effort I put in in his class
Peer recommendation: 9/10 one of my best friends who I have known for 7 years wrote it and she’s really good at writing
Other recommendation: 10/10 my boss at my summer camp wrote me a 2 page recommendation because he has known me since I was seven and loved the work I did at camp and my abilities with campers
Interview: 5/10 nothing special, lady was super nice and just graduated Dartmouth and seemed impressed with my work but it wasn’t really special
Other:
Applied for financial aid?: no
Intended major: Biomedical engineering with pre-med
State: NY
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income-bracket: Upper class (I dont know specifically my parents won’t tell me)
Hooks: Legacy, really good at math, strong appreciation for nature and community which Dartmouth loves
Reflection:
Strengths: Really strong test scores, grades, nature loving guy, appreciation for community
Weaknesses: No volunteer service, I dont think my common app essay was very outstanding and I wish I wrote something else but it seems like it worked
Why do I think I was accepted?: Legacy, strong appreciation for nature and community (again)
Accepted where else: no where else
General Comments: Study hard and work hard, if you ever get too stressed applying to college, take a step back, breathe, and just realize that even if you dont go to dartmouth, college will be the best experience of your life.
Accepted!
@Tachanka11 the college admissions process is random! Colleges don’t care that much about stats anymore. They just use them as a benchmark to make sure you can do the work/not flunk out—and that bar is probably around a 1400. It’s more about personal achievement, passion, character, etc. You seem like a great applicant, and I’m sure you’ll have many great offers, but you surely weren’t a 100% shoo-in at Dartmouth just because you had high stats. I had a 1580 & 4.0, but I got rejected/WL from most the schools I applied to last year. Don’t be so bitter!
Does anyone know the defer precentage for Dartmouth? Do they just give our defers or do they actually consider who they are giving defers out to?
S denied, we knew it was a long shot, on the lower end of stats, no SAT subject tests because we are rural and actually did not know about these tests, probably not enough APs, freshman year grades not great. Captain of football, hockey, and baseball teams. Moving on. Congrats to all who were admitted. Enjoy this amazing school!
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Same reason I got rejected I guess 33 ACT 4.6 weighted, there’s no rhyme or reason to this honestly.