Hellooo. Some questions? (Chances, app qs)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Alright, so I really like Dartmouth, it's environment, everything. It's my number 1 choice, so I was wondering how you think I'll do. Plus I'd like some advice!</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 unweighted, 4.9 weighted (A+ in honors=4.8; A in AP = 5.0)</p>

<p>Rank:
1/350+</p>

<p>SATs:
2290 (800R, 760M, 730W)</p>

<p>SAT 2s:
800 Math 2
790 Bio M
790 US History
(760 Chem--but I won't send. I mean, I can pick and choose what to send, right??)</p>

<p>APs Taken:
English Lang - 5
US History - 5</p>

<p>This Year's Schedule:
AP English Lit (I took honors first term and got an A+)
AP Spanish Lang (A+ first term)
AP Euro History (A+ first term)
AP Chemistry (A+ first term)
AP Biology (A+ first term)
AP Calc AB (A+ first term)
Alright, another question. Will Dartmouth see my semester grades? They come out in late January, so my application will be in before then. I sort of only want them to see my first term grades.</p>

<p>ECs:
Library docent during my study for the last 3 years (5 hours/week)
Gay-Straight Alliance - 3 years; VP junior year; President senior year
Science Olympiad - 3 years; VP junior year
School Climate Club - 3 years; VP junior and senior year
math team - 3 years; VP senior year
nursing home volunteer - 3 years; 2 hours/week
NHS - 2 years
YESS (environmental club) - senior year
Civil Rights Team - freshmen year (it got disbanded)
**Also a volunteer for a daycare for the mentally disabled this summer. It lasted a couple of weeks, because it was the end of summer and school started so I couldn't go anymore due to schedule conflicts. =(</p>

<p>Awards:
math award sophomore year; nominated for foreign language
foreign language award junior year; nominated for history
"Best of the Bunch" award winner thrice
Science olympiad - placed 4th in states for chemistry, numerous regional medals</p>

<p>Recs:
AP Chemistry teacher - 35+ years of teaching, application reader at MIT, great rec.
Either English or history teacher - not sure which I'll choose yet. I need to actually get them, (oops) but probably my AP Lang teacher.
Peer - meh, it'll be okay.</p>

<p>Essay:
No idea! I want to know if this sounds stupid: a metaphor about this bush off of which I had to pick trash. Like, for the environmental clean-up. The bush wrapped around me and scratched the crap out of me, but I kept at it. It was thorny! Anyway, maybe I'll write my essay about perseverance, maybe about being gay or school in general?</p>

<p>Hmm. I'm not sure if there's anything that could really make me "stand out." Damn my inability to feed orphans in Kenya or play sports.</p>

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<p>Oh, also, I'm a white male from Massachusetts. Nothing special there.</p>

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<p>why didn't you do ed? You can't pick and choose subject tests. They will take top 2. They will see your first semester grades. I think you have few worries about getting in most everwhere. You and your kind are the reason I've never done a chances thread..............and in case you're wondering? that was a compliment. Work on that essay!</p>

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<p>The fact that your teacher is a reader for MIT is going to help you so much. He must have read hundreds (if not thousands) of teacher recommendations and he probably gets amazing ideas about what to write, and knows to write exactly what an admissions officer wants to hear. Good luck to you. If I get in ED... .see you next year.... if not.... darn you for taking my spot!</p>

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Alright, another question. Will Dartmouth see my semester grades? They come out in late January, so my application will be in before then. I sort of only want them to see my first term grades.

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<p>If you are applying RD, they will require a midyear report which are the grades from the end of the first semester.</p>