Do I have a chance?

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<p>Im a junior from Canada. I visited Dartmouth last month and I loved it and really wanna go there! (as childishly flippant as that sounds)</p>

<p>SAT: 2170 (800M, 710CR, 660CW)
SATIIs: Taking tomorrow. MathII and Bio. Taking French in november.</p>

<p>GPA: About 92/100, but has been improving. I'm looking at more towards 95/100 this year. BADD freshman year.</p>

<p>I dont' have my AP Bio mark yet, but I wrote it this year (self-study).</p>

<p>ECs:
President and Founding Member, GIVE Club (human rights + environmental issues)
Assisting Editor and Writer for school newspaper
3 month exchange to France
6 week intensive research camp this summer (I get two high school credits)
Lead role in Odyssey of the Mind, won first in our division at provincials
Top 25% Fermat math contest? lol, sounds lame
MedQUEST, one week medical camp, worked in the hospital and helped out at sleep clinic
Enrichment Committee, planned workshop for younger kids
HOPEFULLY will actually start up a science program to introduce younger kids to more stimulating science. Two hour weekly sessions. Been trying to start this up since december lol.
30 hour science module on morality
Blackbelt in tae kwon do
Fluent in french, in French Immersion? If that means anything to adcoms</p>

<p>Work:
10-15 hrs a week at video story
~5 hours a week at my dads chiropractic clinic as receptionist
Worked ~10 hours a week at a local public library for about 10 months in freshman year</p>

<p>Any thoughts? Do I have a chance? I get nervous seeing how impressive everyone else looks, and people say oh you really don't have a chance...</p>

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<p>To be honest, I wouldn’t say you have a great chance. The SAT’s aren’t bad, but they aren’t your strong point either. Your EC’s are diverse, yet they don’t clearly show your passion/interests. I don’t think you will stand about among the relatively 18000 other applicants.</p>

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<p>You just need to make your case stronger through your essay. Make yourself stand out. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Not being a U.S. citizen or resident really ****s you over.</p>

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<p>Does not being a U.S. citizen really hurt my chances that much? Why?</p>

<p>And I think I’ll rewrite my SATs because as much as I don’t really want to go through writing them again, i realize I didn’t score overly well and I could do alot better on the writing section. </p>

<p>My ECs are very random, I know, but it’s not because of a lack of passion, I just have many passions and there isnt one particular thing that I enjoy more than another. I feel like I could represent my passions very well in an essay. I think I’m going to write my essay this summer so I can devote more time and thought to it. </p>

<p>Thank you for the realism though, I do realize I don’t have a great chance at a top school. Hopefully I have just enough of a chance that I can get into one of the four I apply to:)</p>

<p>Any other thoughts/opinions/advice? Thanks in advance! I’ll chance back if you want.</p>

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<p>im gonna have to bump this I guess</p>