<p>I cannot even begin to articulate how badly I want to go to Dartmouth, and I'm well aware it is quite the reach for me, but is it too unreasonable to make an effort?
It was the school that I knew I wanted to go to from the second I got there. I'm in love.</p>
<p>I'd consider myself slightly above average in most areas, which would translate to sub-par for ivies but still.</p>
<p>I took 1 Honors Class Freshman, 4 Honors Sophomore, and 4 Junior Year.
Two APs Junior Year and Five Senior Year
My weighted GPA is 4.300 out of 4.300, and I'm not sure what my unweighted is.</p>
<p>SATs: 710 M, 710 R, 690 W (I'm taking them again before my application is sent in and I've been studying very hard and doing far better on all of the practice tests)
ACT: 33 Composite
Subject Tests: 770 Chem, 650 Math I (Didn't finish....taking Math I and II next month. Also been practicing for these)</p>
<p>Academic Distinctions:
I won National Spanish Awards Freshman/Sophomore Year (Honorable Mention and Silver Medal)
I got third place in a National Chem Competition at my school Junior Year.
I got the math subject award Sophomore year.
I received an award for my "deep respect for intellectual values"
I got the Yale book award.
I've received high honors all 4 years.
National Honor Society</p>
<p>Athletics:
9:Crew, JV Basketball- MVP, Running Club
10:JV XC, Varsity Basketball - MVP/ All-League, Running Club
11:Varsity Soccer- Most Improved, Varsity Basketball- All League, Running Club
12: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball (Captain), Running Club</p>
<p>EC:
Honor Committee (Student run judicial system. I was elected sophomore year [1st year possible] and was also on it Junior/Senior year)
9th: Environmental Committee, Speech and Debate, Students Against Destructive Decisions
10th: Engineering Committee, Students Against Destructive Decisions
11th: Day of Silence Committee, Students Against Destructive Decisions
12th: Day of Silence, SADD, Environmental Committee</p>
<p>I volunteered as a basketball ref for a Boys and Girls Club.
I've been going to a summer camp since I was 7 in NH, and now I work as a counselor there.</p>
<p>I'm confident that my letters of recommendation were great, and my personal essay is coming along very nicely.</p>
<p>I know I'm not outstanding, and I'm inconsistent, but Dartmouth is the perfect fit for me. I love love love the outdoors and nature (I'm trying to become a vet). I am one of those people with national geographic as my homepage haha I would take full advantage of their abroad programs. I'm sure if I did an interview I could convey to the interviewer why I would bring a lot to the school. My resume is not Ivy impressive, probably because I don't take myself seriously enough, but I would love more than anything to go. Not for the Ivy diploma, but purely for the fact that I'm 100% positive Dartmouth is the school for me. </p>
<p>I just want to know, realistically, what are my chances of getting in.</p>