<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what Dartmouth is looking for at all for music/creative writing majors:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.19 weighted (going to rise)
3.88 unweighted (same)
Rank: 32/317 (getting better..it's in the 20's now)
SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
ACT: June 10th, not taken yet.
9th grade i took almost all honors (I have 3 B's on my transcript), 10th grade i took 2 honors, this year (11) i took 1 ap and 4 honors and have all A's (one b+). From 10th grade on, I have all A's on the transcript. Next year, I am taking 4 AP's (2 AP and 2 ap weighted honors) and 1 actual honors honors.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: People to people student ambassador program, national youth leadership conference (possibly--next summer), glsen (helps teach others about diversity), junior mendelssohn choir, voice lessons, piano lessons, cantoring for my rabbi, jazz choir, chamber choir (most elite), and many others that I can't think of. </p>
<p>I am a two time reject, and even my score is higher than yours, that's not good, I think Dartmouth wants at least 680ish in V, and 700+ in M and probably 700ish in W. and your rank barely put you in top 10%, unless you come from a great school, that might not cut it. IMO Dartmouth is a far reach, although this just might be my bitterness talking after getting rejected :(</p>
<p>a 2200!?!?!?! how is it humanly possible to do that well. i can see getting in between a 2000 and 2100, but above 2200? how? you'd have to miss like 5 on the whole thing, i just don't understand how these people do it!</p>
<p>Dartmouth loves HIGH HIGH SAT scores and class rank. I had killer extracurriculars, but with my 1410 old SAT and 5% class rank, I knew it was a waste of $70 app fee from the beginning.</p>
<p>Actually green 09, you might have gottne in with top 5%, killer ECs, and that SAT! I'd say you need 2.5/3 areas. Top 5% (check), killer ECs (check). 1410 (.5 check). You are in the game.</p>
<p>This kid has a top 10% (.5 check), below AVG SAt (zero), and good ECs (check). 1.5/3 = no go.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree. I had 1460 old SAT, Top 1% and decent ECs (I thought) and could do no better than the W/L. I guess my advice would be if you even have the faintest hint that Dartmouth is your first choice is to apply ED. At least, if you don't get in at that point, you know there is nothing better you could've done (except maybe write better essays, I still have no feel how deterministic they are).</p>
<p>Umm...just to tell you, it is humanely possible to get a 2200. I did (old SAT is 1520). My friend got a score in the 2300s. It's possible and with some dedication and good will, you can do it!</p>
<p>The trick to breaking 2200 is to play to your strengths, in my opinion. I never even tried to break 700 in math, because that's always been my weakness (I did luck out and hit 690, though.) But I've always been good at writing and verbal, so I made sure to pay extra attention and do well there to compensate for my weaker math scores, and that was how I got to 2240 (even though I only had a 1450 on the old scale).</p>