<p>OMG ACCEPTED!!! Sooooooo excited!</p>
<p>Accept me into the fb group!</p>
<p>ahhhh deferred. it seems like a lot of us got deferred. how much of the pool actually gets deferred?</p>
<p>I think its something like 1/3 of the ED pool gets deferred and 5-8% of those people get accepted.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to those admitted and best of luck to those deferred and rejected! For those of you admitted, have the financial aid packages been posted? I received $0 but that seems a bit weird after my family and I were expecting some aid at the least. It currently says that there is a special letter to be sent. Does anyone have a clue what this means? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (Math: 760, Reading: 790, Writing: 800)
•ACT: N/A
•SAT II: Literature: 770, Spanish: 730 (could’ve and should’ve done better!), Math II & U.S. History (took in December, so don’t know the scores yet).
•Weighted GPA: 4.26 out of 4.50
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but definitely in the top 5%.
•AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), World History (5), Human Geography (4)
•IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
•Senior Year Course Load: Pretty much the hardest (AP Spanish, AP Stat, AP U.S. History, AP English, Physics Honors, etc.); also, I took the greatest number of credits possible.
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam Gold Medal, President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold Medal, and none other too spectacular.</p>
<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leader in two clubs, tennis JV, track & field, school newspaper, jazz band, and a few more.
•Job/Work Experience: Intern in places related to my interest in international relations and government.
•Volunteer/Community service: Steady volunteer at a senior nursing home.
•Summer Activities: Some research opportunities, but nothing too serious.
•Essays: Very creative format, unique subject matter, and reflective of my passion for international relations and literature; English teacher told me that mine was the best among all the essays that she read this year; since Dartmouth only requires the Common App essay, I made it a point to show it to every English teacher I could grab at my school (4 in total) and undergo a brutal revision process following their advice or going with my own instinct in some areas.
•Teacher Recommendation: 1 from Spanish teacher (amazing), 1 from English teacher (great). By the way, I obviously couldn’t read them, but just by what they were telling me, I think they were both awesome.
•Counselor Rec: Fantastic, I assume - I am very close to my counselor, and he thinks very highly of me.
•Additional Rec: None.
•Interview: Alumna was an extremely calm, intellectual woman - at first, I thought she didn’t think much of me because she was a bit reserved and contemplative, but I think she liked me overall.</p>
<p>Other
•State (if domestic applicant): PA (I’m an internatonal student who has lived in the U.S. for about 4 years - only attended high school here)
•Country (if international applicant): South Korea
•School Type: A public school renowned for its great academics
•Ethnicity: Korean
•Gender: Female
•Income Bracket: Lower class
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I guess? But then again, not really because a lot of Korean students apply.</p>
<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Teacher/Counselor recs, essay, focused ECs that reflected my commitment to literature and international relations, test scores
•Weaknesses: Essay (believe it or not, I think that I could’ve made it a lot better if I had thought it through more slowly), non-existent awards and ECs (I mean, have you seen the ECs and awards of people on here??? World-class scholars and international champions, to say the least…but I’m not).
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think D regarded me as a unique individual whose passion for literature & internatonal relations was conspicuous on her essay.
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only D!
General Comments:
I’m so happy that I got in! I am so surprised to have been admitted because D has a very low admission rate for int’l students (I mean, what IVY doesn’t?) and especially those int’l students who apply for FA…and I was that student. But they gave me a really generous FA award, and I’m grateful. Also, I was extremely discouraged by the CCers on here with pages and PAGES of extracurriculars and awards…I thought my lack of ECs and awards would definitely cause the adcom to flat-out reject me, but I think they really appreciated the painstaking work that was my essay and my teachers’ excellent recs. To all the CCers out there who have similar concerns as me (particularly int’l students with high aspirations but discouraged by the black legend about how applying for FA to an IVY is a straightaway ticket to rejection), please keep on dreamin’! Try to cultivate your own special voice in your essay and form a strong, close relationship with your teachers/counselor - make them your mentors and friends! And if you do not have the means to do a ridiculous amount of ECs and to participate in a **** load of competitions, don’t worry, do the best you can with the available resources at your school and your community and be consistently engaged in those activities that really interest you or that connect the most with your major interests. KEEP ON DREAMIN’! DARTMOUTH, HERE I COME!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math II - 790, US Hist - 770, Chem - 760, Bio - 750
Weighted GPA: 4.57/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/270
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist, Bio, Chem, Stat, English Lang - All 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All APs - most difficult
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chemistry Olympiad: Advanced to National Exam, CT All State Wind Ensemble, JETS Competition #1 in local chapter</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (vice-pres), Jazz Band, Sierra Club, Church stuff
Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher, Chinese Food Delivery
Volunteer/Community service: Four different summer healthcare volunteering
Summer Activities: Volunteering
Essays: OK
Teacher Recommendation: Good, I think: can’t see.
Counselor Rec: Probably good.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: Went well.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No financial aid requested
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT Scores, Course Load, AP Scores
Weaknesses: Being Indian, SAT Subject Tests, Public School, Class Rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Life.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uconn - Accepted</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: Composite 29 Reading 33 Math 23 English 34 Science 27
SAT II: Spanish: 770, Biology: 770
Weighted GPA: 3.26 out of 4.00
Rank: top 6%.
AP Scores: Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), English Language (5), Spanish Language (5), American History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest course load available:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP English Literature
AP Spanish Literature
AP U.S. Government
AP Statistics
AP European History
Lab Aide
Major Awards: National awards for PSA’s to raise environmental consciousness, AP Scholar with distinction, local awards for film, interviewed for NPR, local awards from the city for some environmental initiatives, some FBLA awards for districts and states, and some school awards such as a book award.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Vice president of student council,
President of my school’s Interclub Council,
President of the science academy in my school,
president of a community service club,
Vice President of my school’s FBLA,
Vice President of my school’s Quill and Scroll,
Vice President of the Ecology Club,
Cross-country runner
Job/Work Experience: Intern at an environmental nonprofit, private tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Over 1,300 volunteer hours at very steady and committed organizations i.e. a local hospital etc
Summer Activities: Dual enrollment, sport conditioning, internships
Essays: Extremely strong.
Teacher Recommendation: From my all-time favorite teacher’s: the advisor of my academy and my ex-AP Biology teacher, and an AMAZING one from my cross-country coach, club sponsor, and ex-AP English Language teacher that summed up everything I’ve ever done.
Counselor Rec: Really strong, it was from my ex-AP Environmental teacher/ sponsor of the community service club that I’m president of.
Peer Review- from the most amazing writer/friend/human being I’ve ever met.
Interview: My interviewer really liked me. I was a bit nervous when we spoke over the phone so the first thing he said when I walked into his office was “Don’t worry it shouldn’t last more than 30-40 minutes.” It lasted an hour an a half. I’m really sociable so he had to slow me down a bit because I just spoke and spoke.</p>
<p>Other
State: From Miami, they don’t get a lot of South Floridians
Country: I was born in Colombia and lived there for 10 years
School Type: A public school, best in the area
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Lower class
Hooks: Hispanic, Native American, first generation to go to college, lower income student</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: I guess all of my letters of recommendation were VERY STRONG, including the alumni interview report, peer rec, the 2 teacher recs, and the counselor rec. I also have very unusual extracurriculars that I’m very dedicated to, very strong community service experience, a lot of awards and recognition, and AWESOME essays. Also, my SAT Subject Test score for Biology and my AP scores.
Weaknesses: ACT testing, class rank, and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a very strong candidate when you don’t count GPA and ACT scores, which is a really dumb comment, but it’s true. Everything else in my app was really strong.
General Comments: Dartmouth is still my top choice!</p>
<p>Sorry for the slight grammatical errors…</p>
<p>Here’s the official facebook page with admins who are adcoms. 
<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/244640672268211/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/244640672268211/</a></p>
<p>I got Denied.</p>
<p>Yesterday, I was in my pjs, and an alumna from Dartmouth came to my house and gave me a Dartmouth t-shirt. I was pretty horrified by my appearance, but I thought it was really sweet of her to come by.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
•SAT: Math 740 Critical Reading 720 Writing 650
•SAT II: Math: 700, Math II: 750, Lit: 690
•GPA: 3.47, 3.88 – freshmen year brings it down far, without it would be more around 3.66 and a 3.98
•Rank: n/a.
•AP Scores: Environmental Science (5), English Language (4)
•Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s and highest level chinese
•Major Awards: n/a</p>
<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars:
varsity captain, president of several clubs, competitive equestrian, published artist, recorded musician
•Job/Work Experience: international work experience, restaurant work
•Volunteer/Community service: weekly commitment
•Summer Activities: work and study abroad
•Essays: strong – about my work abroad
•Teacher Recommendation: assume very strong
•Counselor Rec: very strong - i have a very good relationship with my college counselor
•Peer Review-: good, highlighted a very different side of me
•Interview: fantastic interview, 1h1/2, very thorough, interviewer praised me a lot</p>
<p>Submitted two additional essays, one highlighting all my EC’s (4 pages long) and one Why Dartmouth letter</p>
<p>Other
•State: CA
•Country: USA
•School Type: top private boarding school
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: Upper Class
•Hooks: VIP connection</p>
<p>Reflection
•Strengths: fantastic recommendations by important people at D and very strong EC’s and very interesting work experience
•Weaknesses: GPA and Writing score
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: extremely strong EC’s - though I didn’t go into extreme detail, really strong unsolicited recommendation from my school’s headmaster, other recommendation by VIP at dartmouth, and great interview and good essays
General Comments: so excited!</p>