Dartmouth, Columbia, WashU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey,
I'm going to apply to Dartmouth, Columbia and WashU @ St.Louis, regular for all 3. (applying to others for safety but not worried about those)</p>

<p>female/chinese/texas (sounds like I'm on an online dating service haha)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9/4.0 or 5.5/6.0
ranked 6/630 barely 1% hehe
highest sats: M800 V700 W680 (<-yuck)
satII: 750 math IIC 710 physics
Senior classes: AP-Calc BC, English, Bio, Chem, Psychology
Honors-Leadership, Music History</p>

<p>EC:
active in student council, held officer positions every year: 9th president, 11th vp, school body secretary
member in mu alpha theta, debate, NHS, YES (our volunteering club)
I've done over 200 hours of volunteering in places like environmental groups, literacy programs for under-priveleged kids, hospital
I had a job with a physican basically working in the front over the summer
Awards:
NM semifinalist
AP scholar w/ honor
Academic excellence
various debate tournament awards</p>

<p>hopefully good recommendations, I think my essay is good haha its a interesting subject that shows me as a humanitarian. </p>

<p>Planning on majoring in Biology or Biomedical Eng. and minor in Psychology (in schools that offer minors)</p>

<p>thanks in advance :></p>

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<p>b.u.m.p...</p>

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<p>i dont think u'll have too much trouble with dartmouth, and washu.</p>

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<p>o thanks, I really hope you're right hehe</p>

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<p>any more comments? please!</p>

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<p>Should be in at WashU, very good shot at Dartmouth and Columbia.</p>

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<p>can you say WashU, Dartmouth, Columbia are my matches?</p>

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<p>no way jose</p>

<p>reaaaaaaaches</p>

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<p>WashU's certainly a match. A friend of mine with stats remarkably close to yours was accepted at Dartmouth, but didn't apply to Columbia.</p>

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<p>My dad went to Columbia. I'm sure you know that this is the order in which #1 is the hardest to get into and #3 the easiest. It applies to you and pretty much everyone. Your stats are pretty average-good for a school like Columbia. To strengthen your acceptance to a school like Columbia with average stats like yours, I'd write an amazing essay to distinguish yourself and get that lead over the pool of applicants. </p>

<ol>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Washington University</li>
</ol>

<p>p.s. Your stats are not average, but when considering a school like Columbia, they are. You are a strong applicant, but nothing amazing. This is why I would try to write an amazing essay. Sorry if this is harsh, I'm just trying to be honest. WRITE THAT ESSAY....and I'm sure you'll have a great chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>For the essay, would you say the style of writing or the content is more important?</p>

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<p>I'd say that the content is more important, although there is no reason why you can't have a lot of content and a nice style.</p>

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<p>content, but a minimum of good style should be expected</p>

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<p>every person i've talked to with relations to admissions people has told me that content is really irrelevant. what matters above all is organization. they want to see that you can organize your ideas intelligently.</p>

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<p>well every person you've talked to is wrong</p>

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<p>why would you say that? do you really think that what you choose to write about reflects on your ability to perform academically at a top university? the whole point of the essay and anything extra on college applications is to see how well you can think, not to see how many interesting experiences you've had.</p>

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<p>lol there are so many mistakes in what you just wrote that I don't even know where to start</p>

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<p>try to get more ec's. i'd say darmouth is a reach, and columbia and wustl are match/reaches</p>

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<p>The most important aspect of the essay is to distinguish yourself from the other applicants with similar, excellent stats. It's not the writing per se (though make it the best you can, obviously) or the organization, but the opportunity to leave them with an impression of you they can sum up in a phrase: That's the great debater from Texas who....</p>

<p>So, the topic you pick is important. Something beyond what they will get from your transcript. Something that grabs their interest either by the way it's written or what you say, but bottom line: something that really tells them something important about what is important to you.</p>