<p>Well I’d be appyling ED next year because I’m only a junior. So what ‘stat’ do I need to get up??</p>
<p>well you certainly have a shot at Cornell if you are interested, last year our school had a kid get into there with a 3.6 weighted and 1900 so yeah…</p>
<p>For the OP: I think your strengths and weaknesses as an applicant are pretty clear:
- Strengths–very good writing awards, Dartmouth legacy
- Weaknesses–test scores, GPA good but not outstanding.</p>
<p>I think you can look at some very selective schools, but at the most selective, it would help if you could improve your SAT and SAT II scores. I would say applying ED to Dartmouth is worth trying, even if your scores stay the same. It’s not a sure thing at all, though. You need a list of schools with reaches (which can be Ivies), matches, and safeties. With your interest in writing, you might look at some schools with good writing programs–maybe Kenyon. I understand Carnegie Mellon has a good program, too.</p>
<p>I have looked at Kenyon and like it, but I don’t think I like the atmosphere of CMU. And thanks for your overall analysis</p>
<p>My daughter went to the summer writing program at Kenyon–if you’re a junior you might look at that for next summer, since you’ve already done U.Va. That would give you a good look at what Kenyon would be like (and small liberal arts colleges in general). My daughter thought it was a bit too remote, but a lot of people love it.</p>
<p>i’ve heard of that. i did go to the new england young writers conference at Middlebury and loved it there.</p>
<p>Ok, so since i last wrote this thread i have a few updates on whether these help my chances at Brown/Dartmouth/Middlebury/Northwestern or not.
My GPA is actually 3.87.
Also, i was just accepted into two more interships. One is an online magazine that I’d be writing for, and the other is a literary magazine for teens that i would be editing. Both i do around 3 hours a week.</p>
<p>Also, i won an art scholastic award and another writing award</p>
<p>Finally, does submitting an art portfolio only help you get into the studio art major?</p>
<p>hey, i’m really stessing out about colleges and SATs and crap and would really apprecaite more feedback…thanks!</p>