<p>Here are my stats. Considering submitting an arts supplement. </p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230/800 Writing, 12 Essay, 710 Critical Reading, 720 Math
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 33
[<em>] SAT II: 680 US History, 660 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%, school doesn't rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP United States History (5), AP Chemistry
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP French, AP English, Physics, French and Philosophy Independent Study
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, 16th Best Score in Nation on National French Contest, 4th in the State in Science Olympiad Forensics, Best Delegate two years in a Row at Tennessee State Youth in Government conference (same at Model UN)</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Girl Scouts (Board Member of the Girl Scouts Board of Middle Tennessee, Gold Award, Honored for Leadership by the CEO of Girl Scouts at 2013 Girl Scout Luncheon, Featured in Girl Scouts' Quarterly Magazine, Co-Chair of Girl's Committee of the Girl Scouts Board of Middle Tennessee), 4 Year Letterman on Varsity Golf Team (Co-Captain my Junior and Senior year, on state and region runner-up team Freshman year, on state and region championship team my sophomore year, qualified individually for state my Junior year, Hole-In-One in Region Tournament, qualified individually for state my Senior year, placed 4th in Region, placed 8th in state, MVP Junior Year, Coach's Award for Leadership Senior Year), Model United Nations (Vice President of the General Assembly, Best Delegate 2x, Best Resolution, Served on the Security Council my senior year), Youth in Government (Speaker of the Blue House, Speaker of the Red House, Best Delegate 2x, Best Bill in House), 4 Varsity Basketball Team (2 year letterman, "For the Love of the Game" award, Team spirit Award), 4 Year Varsity Softball Team Member (District Team Runner-Up, Sportsmanship Award), Community Service (club member 4 years, Co-Chaired Second Harvest Food Drive, Volunteer at Room at the Inn), Clarinet (1st chair clarinetist in Concert Band, Pep Band and Jazz Band, pre-college lessons at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music), Art (Art work featured at Frist Center for Visual Arts, Christmas Card contest at Vanderbilt University winner 12 years in a row), Student Council (representative for four years, Chair of Prom committee).</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting all summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above under community service.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Spent all past summers studying at Vanderbilt. Took a novel writing class my freshman year, a class called "politics, persuasion and poetry" my sophomore year, studied Constitutional Law my Junior year and studied Epidemiology my Senior year. I've also traveled and hiked a lot: with that I have written a lot.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really good. My common app essay was really unique and my supplement was super down to earth.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really good. I chose two teachers that love me and that are pretty much my best friends. We text a lot and have breakfast together.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: It was so great. I cried when I read it.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Peer Recommendation was evidently excellent according to my counselor. I asked my best friend and she's super eloquent so it probably was very nice! She wrote about how outgoing and funny I am haha. I also had the CEO of Girl Scouts write me one that was submitted, and it was fab as well. Oh and two of my alumni family friends sent in letters on my behalf.
[</em>] Interview: The guy told me that I was a "Renaissance women that would solve all the issues of the world before I turned twenty." So it went pretty well.
[li] Supplementary Material: I submitted a resumé but nothing else. Thinking about doing an arts supplement so I'm not rejected regular.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other**
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TENNESSEE
Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, Best School in Tennessee
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None... I wish.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**
[<em>] Strengths: I really thought I was a solid applicant. I loved Dartmouth more than anything when I went to visit. Still trying to get through the fact I was deferred.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Probably subject tests.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know. If anyone has any advice for what to add to my application for regular, please let me know. Or weaknesses I need to improve.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Georgia's Honors College, Accepted to CU-Boulder with full ride and admissions to Honors College, Deferred at Georgetown. Waiting to hear from UChicago, UMass, UVA, and Michigan.</p>
<p>[/list][ b]General Comments: **
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I CAN IMPROVE! Should I submit an arts supplement? I don't have anything really that I can submit but I could work on some stuff. Dartmouth is the school for me and I would die to go there. Please help a sista out.
Thanks!</p>