Do I have a chance at Dartmouth?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Rank: Somewhere in the top 5 to 10 out of a 600 student class (top 2% for sure), very competitive public west coast school.</p>

<p>9-11 GPA UW: 3.72
9-11 GPA W: 4.17</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
College Calculus
AP Art History
College Political Science
AP Physics C
AP English Literature</p>

<p>SAT I:
CR - 750
M - 710
W - 790
Total - 2250</p>

<p>SAT II:
Biology (Molecular) - 730
Math II - 700
French - 700 (retook it, 610 originally)
U.S. History - 680</p>

<p>APs:
Biology - 5
English Lang. & Comp. - 5
U.S. History - 4
French Language - 4
Computer Science AB - 3</p>

<p>EC:
3 years of football, kicker on varsity two years
4 years of French Honor Society
1 year of varsity Golf
7 years of club soccer
2 years on varsity Academic League (we made the playoffs at nationals last year)
1 year of Science Olympiad (we made state)
3 years being Democrats club secretary
3 years as a developer and tester for the FreeBSD project (open source operating system)
managing editor for an online newspaper
I taught myself Mandarin Chinese (does this count?)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
building homes in Mexico for impoverished families
food drive work for a local shelter (20 hours)
wrote and maintain the boosters website for my school (at least 40 hours with updating it and everything)</p>

<p>Misc:
AP Distinguished Scholar
CSF
recs will be really good
essays will be pretty good, I think</p>

<p>Looking to go into Comp. Sci., should I apply ED? My GPA is pretty low for this school I think... Are any Ivys attainable?</p>

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<p>Your ECs lack focus, but you still have a chance due to your high scores and rank. Definitely apply and see what happens.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is fine for this school. I think you've got a good shot. Your ECs do NOT lack focus -- you've got athletics, and academics, and French. And Yes, teaching yourself Mandarin Chinese certainly "counts" for something.</p>

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<p>I've taken 5 years of french, so I'm hoping it will help me out. Thanks for the replies. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>you have a shot. RETAKE THOSE SAT IIS</p>