Dartmouth? Can I get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>(I posted this a while back, but someone figured out through my ECs who I am and it was really kinda creepy, so I made a new account and I'm going to make my info a bit more ambiguous, though still accurate in terms of commitment/depth :/)</p>

<p>I applied to some other schools, but Dartmouth is the one I care most about (except maybe Princeton or Stanford but I don't even have the slightest chance of getting in so I'm not taking them seriously)... so I'd like to know what you think my chances are :)</p>

<p>Anyways, I'll try to keep it concise and avoid stalkers...</p>

<p>GPA: 4.94/5 unweighted, 5.72/5 weighted [upward trend, some Bs in math early on but straight As for the past two years]. All honors/AP except for foreign language (got the National Latin Exam medals all three years though, some other awards in the subject too)
Rank: school doesn't rank, but at least top 5% at a large, top public
SAT: 2330 (770m/770r/790w) [national merit]
SAT II: 790 lit/780 ush (didn't submit 740 math ii - hope that was the right move?)
ECs: - Volunteer at charity (6 hrs/week, 6 years), run summer/kids camps/fundraisers/some other specific things in addition to the normal volunteer work [wrote my EC essay about this group and how I learned to create opportunities for involvement, its a cause I'm really committed to]
- Started an art service to raise money for said charity (10 hrs a week, 3 years) I've worked for some big websites, several hundred commissions over the years
- Violin/orchestra (7hrs/week, 9 years) "honors orchestra"
- Yearbook/photography (3 hrs, 2 years) [also a volunteer photographer for several charities]
- School art publication, submission editor (3 hrs)
- A few other random clubs like NHS, political discussion and service (not much depth with these)
- I've been teaching myself Japanese for the past year or so, did a college class in it (random...dunno if thats worth mentioning)
Interview: Good, I think? Talked a lot about art and physics...
Essays: Wrote about art (not sure how to evaluate since its subjective but my teachers/GC liked it) my style uses lots of imagery but I toned that down a bit haha
Recs: Didn't read them, but GC said they were very good, I've known the teachers for multiple years. I participate a lot in class and my GC said that he and both teachers wrote about "intellectual curiosity" and love of learning</p>

<p>I also applied to Duke/Williams/Middlebury if you feel like giving your opinions on those, but just Dartmouth is fine too :) If you want me to "chance back" I guess I can, but I am far from holding any kind of expert knowledge lol, its not like my opinion is worth anything :P (why I'm posting here in the first place!)
Thanks for reading!</p>

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<p>You look impressive - I would be shocked if you did not get into Middlebury. Your stats should put you in a great position at Williams and Dartmouth (I don’t know much about Duke at all). There is a theory that SATs in the high 700s are actually better than having one 800 - some think the schools reject those with perfect scores every so often, maybe to prove they can or that scores are not that important. A few questions, how did you manage to have such a high unweighted gpa with a few Bs? Does your school give a value of over 5.0 on the 5.0 scale for an A+ or something? How many APs will you graduate with relative to those available at your school?</p>

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<p>I don’t know how most school systems work, but at ours a regular class is worth 5 points and honors or AP 6. I’m not sure how my AP count measures up to classmates, but I wonder if at my school its almost irrelevant because of the amount of honors classes offered (which are usually harder than AP). There isn’t really a huge rush to get APs in, from what I’ve seen. Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump? 10dhqar</p>

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<p>Oh, I dont know if AP scores matter but I got 5s on all the ones I’ve taken so far (US, Euro, and Lang) and I’ll be taking 6 more in May…</p>