<p>Honestly, I think my stats were ok, I just think my essays are what really did me in. I was accepted ED too (likely letter). That’s why I’m saying you’re essay matters way more than your stats ever will :)</p>
<p>Same position as you 
Even with low stats, I can’t help but wonder…</p>
<p>@jallidalli well the essay bit is really good to know! I am really proud of it…I am not sure what college admissions officers will think, but I am pretty confident that they will not get another essay like it. Pretty unique I think. </p>
<p>@neuroscience1234 I hear ya, it is so tempting to dream the whole situation out, but I am keeping my expectations low. If I could do it again, I would apply ED but hindsight will do me no good at this point.</p>
<p>Just saw this thread pop up and decided to read it. Gheffty93, this is a stressful time, but a person’s character shows the most when the going gets tough … in time you will develop more skills to handle stress more graciously, but like others your age, this is the first time you are feeling stress this high about your future paths.</p>
<p>Just a comment on the stats andre posted … besides being an ED candidate, having a 34 ACT, he/she is also Hispanic, which would be a hook that you don’t have and president of his/her class. The low part of andre’s GPA was due to a ‘lazy’ freshman and sophomore year, but the trend was likely pretty strongly moving upwards.</p>
<p>This doesn’t mean you won’t get in, but it means your chances are lower than andres on average. </p>
<p>I did like the comment, you getting in being a true upset. It would be like University of Vermont beating North Carolina in Basketball this month. UVM is a great school, and they did upset Syracuse about 7-8 years ago, but it is a rare possibility with today’s team. </p>
<p>I’m hoping there’s something else about you that we don’t know, as I’d love to hear you won the collage admissions jackpot. Good luck.</p>
<p>gheffty, In the end, you are still in the game. You should have no regrets. You have put together a summary of what you have accomplished in school, extra and co-curricular acts., community involvement, and you want to have no regrets. What can happen? Anything can happen. Admissions is far from being a transparent process, and is flawed. If you want a barometer, look at your admissibility. You have been admitted to GW, wait listed at BC and Hamilton. So all of those schools liked something about you, GW more than perhaps the other two. And denied at Colgate (I have been hearing that alot this year, and that lower achieving students from past years got in as compared to the quality of this year’s applicants.) As you look ahead to Dartmouth, were you able to present anything different and better for your Dart. app. than with those other schools? You mentioned your interview, that it went well. How was your peer essay? That’s something only Dartmouth asks for and perhaps could add a new dimension. Did anyone send in a supplemental letter of rec. in support of you? Perhaps a local Dart. alumni that knows you, or your family? There are some applicants to different schools right now who are just getting rejects and/or all waitlists. You have one acceptance under your belt, and you are still in the game. Do you have any regrets about what you submitted to Dartmouth, or any of the other schools that you are waiting to hear from? If you don’t, stay positive. Admissions committees are human, you have admissible qualities. Perhaps with the correct presentation, your Dartmouth app. will fare better than you think. Dartmouth is still going to need to accept a lot of students because their yield, once you factor out the 470 ED admits, is under 40%. Perhaps the right committee person advocated for you, saw something that you could bring to the process, or one of your best characteristics came out in the interview, or peer essay. Be thankful that you have stepped up to the plate, the count is no worse than even, and you could still hit it out of the park. Hopefully the right pitch is coming to you! Good Luck, Mr. VC</p>
<p>^ Baseball analogies make everything sound just as good as a freshly-oiled wooden bat hitting that sweet spot between the stitches</p>
<p>Well thanks eveyone. I am keeping expectaions low since it is dartmouth. But I feel I gave it the best I could. It’s so easy to get stressed over this stuff, I am just taking a step back from the whole thing and putting it in perspective. </p>
<p>And I guess that’s why I was mad the other day. Just built up stress that culminated in what I thought was an insult. </p>
<p>But thanks for the kind wors and everything, I excited for Thursday night!</p>
<p>Ghetty, I am rooting for you. It’s been a tough year for you kids. I am really shocked at some of the denials and waitlists I ‘ve been seeing on this board and what I’ve been hearing from families I know. Part of it is that more kids are applying to more of the selective schools these days which means more denials as the number of seats has stayed pretty much the same. That statistically leads to more WLs and rejections. In my day, it was rare to apply to more than one or two reach schools. Now kids’ lists are reach heavy, which statistically makes sense, but it also means those schools have to reject more kids.</p>
<p>Honestly, I have no idea. I couldn’t say in good faith that your chances are good. But this whole process has disillusioned me thus far, as I’ve seen the smartest and most qualified people get turned down from places they definitely belong at. I really don’t know. All I have to say is that you’re up against an 8.4% acceptance rate for RD, and good luck.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse Thanks! I am figuring out that honestly wherever I go I will end up being happy, and even if I am not, I can always transfer. </p>
<p>@gamegeek2 I agreem I know a girl in my grade who is really well rounded, ranked #4 in our class, go waitlisted at BC just like me. And on the flip side our #56 got in, and he really doesn’t even have any hooks (besides a sibling at the school, which I am starting to think is a big part of his acceptance), but bottom line some of this stuff makes no sense at all. And 8.6%?! Oh god it keeps going down! I thought it was 10%, but I guess it’s just going to keep going down. </p>
<p>My worry with these schools is that if the acceptance rates keep going down like they are, we are going to get to a day where 1% of the applicants are accepted. That will be a scary day.</p>
<p>Andre: Don’t underestimate your URM and first gen status–very powerful hooks especially with your overall good stats,etc.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse “You don’t know who is reading your stuff on this board. I am not a child. Look at my past posts.” ?! Really ? </p>
<p>Firstly its close to impossible to extrapolate the identity of a CC user based on their posts, so your point about not knowing who stalks these threads is somewhat redundant.</p>
<p>Secondly, I really don’t think its your place to practically blackmail this kid. You say that you’e not a child, but you certainly act like one and you definitely write like one. </p>
<p>Go learn English before you impose your good-for-nothing judgement on college applicants, your phrasing is truly awful.</p>
<p>Also I didn’t get that stupid sports analogy either :P</p>
<p>Framed, before you attempt to cow people with your withering adolescent scorn you might want to consult a dictionary. You don’t seem to understand the meaning of “redundant” or “blackmail,” and your use of “extrapolate” is far from ideal.</p>
<p>I’m all for the OP. I was just giving him a reminder. Yes, I was sharp with him, but I think we are good, are we not, Gheffty? And both of you learned a what a commonly used expression means.</p>
<p>reading internet fights where people try to outsmart one another with witty phrases and big words makes me chuckle lol yes my grammar suks 
i thought id say that this bickering is funny… and consolation I’d bet that you took 30 minutes posting that to sound cool haha</p>
<p>Yes we are all good now, I understand it was not meant as a malicious insult as I initially read it. Not sure you will catch me using it, but I understand completely. I never intended to start such a large scale argument! Well anyways, tomorrow I will know and so will everyone else who applied, so good luck to all!</p>
<p>I live in Hanover NH and a ton of kids from my school apply every year. Most people who get in from my school have a 2000+ SAT, and if you’re going for sports you’re basically in. One thing is though, a couple of years ago, our valedictorian got into both Harvard and Yale, but he didn’t get into Dartmouth or Tufts - so you never know. But good luck to you! I didn’t want to go to Dartmouth because I live basically on campus, but I can definitely see why people love it so much.</p>
<p>2000 is below the 25th percentile for Dartmouth. I wouldn’t be overly optimistic.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>No, after 50+ years it takes a lot less than 30 minutes.</p>
<p>@Consolation, would you care to elaborate. I’m pretty sure I used all those words in the correct context, with the exception of blackmail. Cpt was pretty much threatening the OP :P</p>