Hispanic! Dartmouth '12!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>APPLIED EARLY DECISION
Gender: Female
School type: Independent
Ethnicity: Half-Hispanic (Half-Peruvian)
SAT I: 740 V 660 M 800 W= 2200
GPA: 3.8 UW
Didn't take ACT
SAT II: 700 Literature, 680 U.S. History, 670 Biology (M)
APs: Biology= 5, US History= 4
Senior Class Schedule: AP BC Calculus, AP European History, AP Spanish V, Classical English Literature (no honors English is offered), and Physics
I have taken most of the APs offered at my school, except for Chemistry, French, Latin, and Statistics.
Intended major: Environmental Science with a minor in Spanish
My Interviewer's kids go to my school (does that help??)
Hook: URM. half- hispanic
Awards:
Middlebury College Book Award
Kodak Young Leader Award
AP Scholar
2 Outstanding Delegation Awards (Model UN)
SCUBA certification (advanced open water)</p>

<p>Clubs/Activities:
Model UN President
Gay Straight Alliance President
Ballet grades 1-12
Conduct Board
Work as Hostess at local restaurant (10 hrs./week)</p>

<p>Essay: "Your essay is the reason that colleges ask students to write essays." - my college counselor
Probably an overstatement, but it's pretty legitimate.</p>

<p>Recs: One glowing, the other I don't know (probably in semi-broken English as it was written by my foreign-born Spanish teacher)
How do i look?</p>

<p>Please chance me and/or tell me about decisions for applicants with similar stats if possible</p>

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<p>Does half-peruvian count as half hispanic?</p>

<p>I think you have a great chance. Your EC's seem solid, and the grades are great.</p>

<p>Can't wait till tomorrow at 3:30 eh?</p>

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<p>no, i am positively terrified! so anxious. i haven't been able to eat all day. And yes, half-peruvian is half-hispanic. My mother is from Peru and moved to the US in her 20s.</p>

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<p>I totally know how you feel. I'll actually be receiving the decision while at school, so I'm going to find out before I get home.</p>

<p>Well good luck! Hopefully things work out for both of us :P</p>

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<p>bummmmmmppp</p>

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<p>Hey Hopeful, did you get in?</p>