<p>Hey, I'm a Track and Field Recruit for Dartmouth and I applied ED and im just wondering what my chances are. I go to a private high school in NYC. I've had an interview that went extremely well already with an alum in NYC and i interviewed with the track and field coach up at Dartmouth already. The coach called me up and told me how he was ganna use a recruit spot on me so admissions knows about me and stuff... but im just wondering what you guys think my chances are-- all things included.</p>
<p>Stats:
-SATI: 1420 (700V,720M)
-SATII: Writing 690, Math IC 660, Lit. 580 (these are ouch i know, but i hope they dont count that much)
-Un-weighted GPA: 3.7 (my school doesnt weight)
-Class Rank by %: top 15% (school doesnt rank)
-Course load: most competitive for my school, all Honors/APs that are given (ive taken max APs since my school has a limit)
-Sent in senior year first quarter: all grades above 95 except spanish, grade progression over 3 years is pretty regular except a small dip in junior year</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
-4 Varsity sports in 3 seasons (2 simultaneously: Outdoor Track and Tennis)
Captain of 3 of 4 of the sports i play on
-A bunch of other stuff like tutoring/soup kitchen/volunteer tennis instructor over summers/volunteer at hospital/Missionary work in Ecuador over Junior year summer... so like a lot of hours of volunteer and job work
-A bunch of other good leadership stuff with Freshmen recruiting at my school</p>
<p>Recommendations:
1 from head of History department who thinks i am god's gift to humanity (also the head track coach at our school) and he has also talked to teh Dartmouth coach on the phone, 1 from senior year AP teacher who will def give me a great recommendation thinks im a brilliant writer blah blah blah, and then the dartmouth track coach i think said something about writing a letter for me to admissions..... but im not sure if he just meant put me down as a recruit or an actual letter</p>
<p>Essays:
Well i think they are very good and so did my counselor, siblings (Amherst, Georgetown), and parents so those should be good. 1 about Ecuador, Short answer about Track.</p>
<p>Aight i think that is it, hope a lot of you guys tell me what you think. Thanks for all the help.</p>
<p>oh yea... right.. the peer rec was written by a good friend of mine... hes a very talented writer and we have known eachotehr forever... im sure its wonderful</p>
<p>Well im sorta a multi eventer ... best in jumps but the coach wants me to do like the decath and stuff... 6'4 hj, 41 tj, 8.5s 55mh, 17s 110mh ... only been doin track for like 2 years though so lots of room for improvement in senior yr/college</p>
<p>It is hard to say as I don't know how strong the coach is at Dartmouth. Many times the relationship between the coach and the adcoms will determine a case like yours. Take a peek at Michelle Hernandez's book "A is for Admissions" which gives a pretty good idea how Dartmouth evaluates its students including athletes. You will see that the athletics will have to be the swing factor for you as Dartmouth does heavily count those SAT2s, in fact, the test scores are evaluated on a 4000 scale rather than 1600, something a number of select colleges do.</p>
<p>A quick thought---any chance of taking another SAT2 in January? IF you can come up with a third score more in the range of your other numbers it could help. I know from personal experience that Dartmouth has asked athletic recruits to retake the tests in Jan for extra consideration.</p>
<p>yah ... i dont know wehre u are getting that SATII stuff from cause umm.. i called dart admissions and they say for ED they dont even need SATIIs since they are not used in admissions process but only for placement... so i dont think they weight as heavily at all as SATI</p>
<p>Things may have changed. But particularly for athletes, an academic index was traditionally calculated which heavily used the 3 SAT2 scores as part of the formula. Don't know about not needing SAT2s for ED either. Never heard of that but it may well be the present situation.</p>
<p>No, you don't need SAT IIs for ED at Dartmouth (although you have to take them before Jan). You can find it on their site under Admissions and Early Decision.</p>
<p>I am also being recruited for Dartmouth Track and Field, and I am an early decision applicant as well. You sound qualified enough, if not more qualified than many of the other recruits that I have talked too. I have friends at Dartmouth that run for the cross country and track teams if you would like to talk to them at some point. I am being recruited for the girls team, but I know the boys coach, and maybe I could help answer your questions. If you want to give me your screen name or e-mail address, I'd like to talk to you.</p>
<p>Look at the Recruited Athletes thread on the Dartmouth forum with an 11/13/2004 last access date. Lots of info there on athletes. There is some indication that likely letters for ED athletes go out in October. Ther is an article referred to at http:<a href="http://www.thdartmouth.comarticl...nd%20admissions%5B/url%5D">www.thdartmouth.comarticl...nd%20admissions</a> that Sybbie posted that gives some pretty specific info on athetic recruiting at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I would like to walk to be a walk on at dartmouth if I don't get into Brown ED. I have run AAU track for the past 4 years, and won at the AAU junior olympics and AAU National Club championships 3 in long jump for three out of those four years. I have also won an AAU national club championship in triple jump, the 100-meter dash, and the 200-meter dash. Besides nationally, I have won numerous AAU southern regional championships in the long jump and various other meets across the country. What do you think my chances of being a walk-on are?</p>
<p>KTrack800, can you give me any idea of what boys times in 1600/3200 or cross country Dartmouth looks for in recruiting? Are you an 800 runner? Thanks a lot. (my son is a hs junior and distance runner hoping to run for top school).
Dartmouth takes running seriously, and if the coach wants you, if your stats are not too far below the AI for the student body as a whole, you should be in.
Karen</p>
<p>If you want to get an idea for the times that Dartmouth track athletes run, there is a link to the men's track webpage where results can be found on: athletics.dartmouth.edu</p>
<p>If your son wants to be recruited by a school I would suggest having him make a list of colleges, and then mailing a resume, including events and times, to each of the different coaches. They especially like if you show interest early. The athletic webpages on college websites usually provide a recruiting questionaire which you can fill out. If not, don't be scared to e-mail the coach directly with your times and grades. They will be completely honest with you and let you know if you are what they are looking for. Even if you think your times are boarderline, still contact them; it can't hurt to try. A lot of times, the coaches look for potential in athletes so that they can develop them into exceptional runners. Don't wait for the coach to come to you to be recruited, show interest in them as much as possible, because it gives them an idea of how dedicated you will be to their team and how much you want to run for them.</p>