<p>yes, unfortunately :(</p>
<p>Was I the only person to receive a likely letter today?</p>
<p>…crickets …</p>
<p>No my friend received one as well</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, are those of you who are receiving likely letters nationally recognized in something, recruited athletes, and/or minority students?</p>
<p>Well, what came in the mail for me today is a testament that it’s not just about your test scores, but your story, too.</p>
<p>Appalachian White Male
Poor
31 ACT
Wrote a good essay
No huge list of EC’s</p>
<p>Likely letter! Will attend if HYP does not accept!</p>
<p>I got my likely letter yesterday, dated March 9th. My file was completed around 2 weeks after the deadline, because even though I submitted my common apps and supplements on December 31st, I didn’t know about the peer recommendation aspect of the application. My friend then sent it to Dartmouth around the 3rd week of Jan. Yet, here I am, an unhooked, Asian female asking for financial aid with a likely letter! ^^</p>
<p>My advice is, don’t freak about decisions fellow peers! Try your best to make sure you fulfill all requirements and when you do, leave it up to God. He will have an even better plan for you than the one that you can dream up for yourself =]</p>
<p>Swimstar, I am not an athlete or minority however I am a Questbridge finalist which might very well have something to do with my receiving a likely letter. I also had good stats though but I suspect Questbridge had something to do with it.</p>
<p>@ kkamll</p>
<p>I would reason that QB played a part because I’m a QB finalist and I got a likely letter too!</p>
<p>No hooks or anything, but pretty good stats.</p>
<p>Congrats you guys!</p>
<p>I’m going to sound super dumb but…</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, did yo guys turn in yoru applications early or late? I am trying to figure out if I still have hope of getting in…or maybe even a likely letter, but I turned in my application in November (which may or may not be early? I’m not sure) and if they do it by first come first served, I would think that those who did turn in their applications before December would get their letters in the first wave. Curious! and really really nervous.</p>
<p>I turned mine in on December 31st/January 1. Pretty much right on the dot. And my test scores came in pretty late.</p>
<p>Got my likely todayyy 
SO EXCITED!</p>
<p>I turned mine in in the middle of December. However I think the likely letters in most, but not all cases, seem to be going to URMs, athletes, or Questbridge students, with obviously some exceptions. A lot of kids will still get in without a likely letter though.</p>
<p>I did not apply to Dartmouth but I’m just curious. Those who got likely letters -could you post your stats?</p>
<p>Rank: Valedictorian, have been first all four years of high school
AP Classes: Our school offers 7, I have taken 5 of them (didn’t take art or physics as I am not an artist and we don’t really have a physics teacher). </p>
<p>I took APUSH as a junior (only AP offered that year) and received a 5. I am currently taking AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Music Theory, AP Gov and Politics, Honors French, and Band.</p>
<p>GPA: My rank is weighted but my gpa isn’t. It is a 97.19 out of 100. </p>
<p>ACT: 35 (35 English, 35 Reading, 35 Math, 33 Science, 11 Writing)
SAT II: 710 US History, 700 Math I, 690 Math II</p>
<p>Awards:
I am a Questbridge Finalist and applied as such to all of the schools listed above except Harvard which isn’t a partner school.
-Harvard Book Award
-National Merit Commended Student
-Questbridge College Prep scholarship
-Black belt in Tae Kwon Do </p>
<p>ECs:
-Debate Team (4 years, VP for 2): 1.5 hrs/week, 30 wks/yr
I have also attended American International College’s Model Congress 3 times as a delegate.
-Band (Marching and concert, 4 years): 5 hrs/week (average), 37 wks/year
I have played trumpet and euphonium in my school’s band and this year I’m the band president. Even though I put down 5 hrs/week average it ranges between 5 and 24+ a week during marching season
-Jazz Band (4 years): 1 hr/week, 24 weeks/year
-Math Team (3 years, Co-Captain this year): 3 hrs/week, 5 weeks/year (we attend 5 meets a year)
-Student Council (3 years): 1 hr/week, 20 weeks/year
-NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, 2 years): 10 hrs/week, 4 weeks/year
Twice now I have successfully attempted to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch in November</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
-Local Library, shelving books (6 years, since 7th grade): ~30 mins to 1 hr/week, 45 weeks/year
I have volunteered between 25 and 45 hrs/year at my local library since 7th grade
-I have various other hours with different clubs I forgot to mention but I think my guidance counselor probably mentioned it in my recommendation</p>
<p>Paid Work:
-Tutoring (4 years): I have tutored a 7th grade girl one year and then a boy from 3rd grade through 5th grade the past 3 years. I help him with homework approximately 3 hrs/week, 36 weeks/year
-Anti-Tobacco Blogger (1 year): I blogged every week junior year for a teen anti-tobacco site, the84.org
-Breaking down tables/cleaning up after local bingo (3 years): For three years I spent approximately 2 hrs/week on Saturday mornings helping my parents clean after a local bingo</p>
<p>Rank: Top 4%
ACT: 32 (33 superscore)
Awards: National Merit/Achievement
ECs: 3yrs of one sport, science research, volunteer work, most rigorous courseload
What I think drew me in: Common App essay. I don’t know how I wrote it, but it captures me and was on a subject truly close to my heart. Best of luck && congrats to the rest of the likelies!</p>
<p>I copied this from a decisions thread.</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR 800 M 740 W (2290 superscored)</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Chem; 800 Math II; 750 Math I</li>
<li>GPA: 106.44 weighted (I don’t know the unweighted) </li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/232</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World; 5 US; 5 Chem; 5 Biology; 5 English Language</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit; Eagle Scout</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader, JASM); Mock Trial (Captain); Science Club (President); Varsity Tennis; NHS (VP); Math Honor Society (Treasurer); and a bunch of others</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Tennis Instructor; NYLT Course Instructor (Boy Scout thing)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Scouting; “Be a Nicer Neighbor Club”</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Harvard SSP (Grade=A in both classes); Scout camp</li>
<li>Essays: Pretty good; I doubt it stood out too much, though</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great (as most people’s are…)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Real good
*Additional Rec: Letter from the NIH where I did a short student internship (is probably part of what made my application stand out a little)</li>
<li>Peer Rec: Fantastic!</li>
<li>Interview: Not my worst, not my best</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Long Island, NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: pretty small public high school (232 students in my class); not that great</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I can think of</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: Transcript; NIH internship; Eagle Scout</li>
<li>Weaknesses: I don’t think anything stands out as particularly weak</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my strengths?</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments: </p>
<p>Dartmouth was my number 1 school, probably should have applied ED to avoid the stress of applying everywhere else (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, UVA, BC).</p>
<p>Wow I got one today!!! I didn’t think I would as it is so late, but it’s dated March 7 and showed up in my mailbox!! In shock, but a good kind of shock. It’s a bit more direct than the other likelies I received, but I’m still going to remain cautiously hopeful and not get overconfident and whatnot. Is anyone here planning on attending Dimensions?</p>
<p>Ranked 2nd in class, 2310 SAT. Extracurriculars were decent, but far from outstanding/extraordinary. Wrote a good essay (I’m a wordsmith :D). Mexican.</p>
<p>Received likely letter today.</p>
<p>wow there are so many people receiving likely letters. this is crazy.</p>