<p>Wow... congratulations. It's just that, well, there are so many of you!</p>
<p>Hmm..</p>
<p>Edit: Like I said before, I think Dimensions is the same weekend as my prom, so I'm real upset about that. I guess it won't be an issue if I don't get in, though. It's funny-- I decided yesterday and today that I'm almost certainly going to Dartmouth if I'm admitted. The school just has too much going for it from my viewpoint.</p>
<p>Kosuke and Calidan: I'd gladly share a letter if I could. I'm pretty sure I'll attend Yale, but I'm going to go visit Dartmouth this spring sometime.</p>
<p>thats about the nicest letter imaginable...
i wish id gotten one! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
thats amazing..
telling you to relax and enjoy yourselves...
im really happy for you all!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>(ps let me know what you read with your relax time, i could use some suggestions)</p>
<p>I got one too.....feels good to have the monkey off my back. New York, 1600, 2310 SAT II, 1/403 deferred harvard ea</p>
<p>Did anyone from Georgia get a letter yet?</p>
<p>Argggggggggggggggggg, part of me wishes that I had never seen this post. However, too late, its back to the good old EA days.</p>
<p>So, lets talk about geographic diversity of those recieving letters. Are they all East coast, or are any from the Western part of the nation?</p>
<p>Also, what day did you submit (January 1st) or a month before the deadline?</p>
<p>I would love one, but even though I have a high (1560) SAT and a 4.0, my SAT IIs (not a great advanced school, No one ever gets 800s on SAT IIS) are only 760, 750, and 720 (Of course, I'm very happy with them. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but when I'm saying ONLY, I mean in light of those who have recieved acceptance letters.</p>
<p>So, I've just got to vent for the inevitible non-rejection/non-acceptence that was already in place.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading,
Nickleby</p>
<p>Nickleby, to answer your question.</p>
<p>If you're first in your class (out of 300+ kids), I calculated your AI. It's a 232, which is pretty damn good - an academic 9 (at the very worst, an academic 8). If your rank is lower, then that might explain why you didn't get a likely letter ... and you still might! They send them out in waves, and your application may not have been read yet. </p>
<p>Your SAT II's are still very high - it's not from those tests alone. They're not enough to sink your AI from a perfect 9.</p>
<p>Joey</p>
<p>i got my letter today in atlanta, ga... 1570 790 760 740
congrats everyone, dont worry bout it if you didnt get one</p>
<p>In her book, A is For Admission, Michelle Hernandez wrote that Dartmouth sends likely letters out as late as early March. Furthermore, the order of likely letter receipt depends on when they process your application, not on how qualified of a candidate you were, so no one should worry!!! Additionally, more than two thirds of applicants get in without ever receiving a likely letter. Hernandez also wrote that 94 % of academic 9's are admitted to Dartmouth (this was back in 2000), so I'd say things look pretty good for you Nickleby. Do not despair!</p>
<p>Thanks jprencipe. I'm not as worried about the score. However, I do want to stay competative for Princeton and Yale. Even thought the acceptence rate is only 2-3 times higher for Dartmouth, because the line falls on the other side of my stats, my chances are many times lower at the big three.</p>
<p>However, you just do what you can and hope for the best. It is out of our hands now, and I wish all of you the best of luck.</p>
<p>(Of course, with both this new "development" and the National Merit Finalists announced, I will be anxiously awaiting tommorrow's mail.)</p>
<p>luckystar, do you know the acceptance percentages for each AI below a perfect 9? 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1?</p>
<p>For academic 8's, the rate was 92%
Academic 7's-75%
Academic 6's-45% I believe, though I'm not sure on that one</p>
<p>These figures are for the class of 2004, and I've heard the rates have gone down since then, at least for Academic 7's and below, probably for 8's and 9's as well.</p>
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<p>My question is, how do the Dartmouth likely admits fare in terms of Harvard Yale and Princeton admission? I'd really be interested in knowing that.</p>
<p>Joey</p>
<p>RRod323- what part of ny are you from?</p>
<p>Well, I myself got deferred from Princeton, and other likely letter people here got deferred from Harvard, so I would say it's really a mixed bag....The fact that one gets a likely letter means that he/she might have the academic stats necessary for HYP, but for HYP, academic stats are only the beginning-so a likely just means you have a shot. For there are quite a few highly qualified applicants at those schools vying for very few places for unhooked-so it becomes what one might call a crapshoot.....still, I've heard that Princeton accepts 35% of 1600's, Harvard accepts somewhere less than 50%, Stanford 38%, and Yale plus or minus 50%, so I guess it depends how one looks at it......</p>
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Academic 7's-75%
Academic 6's-45% I believe, though I'm not sure on that one</p>
<p>These figures are for the class of 2004, and I've heard the rates have gone down since then, at least for Academic 7's and below, probably for 8's and 9's as well.
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<p>Things have gotten tougher. I'd bet that in terms of unhooked applicants, they're only offering likely letters to academic 8's and 9's this year. These days, academic 6's and 7's are unlikely to make it through the pool without a significant extra pool. Hell, it's tough for an 8 or a 9 to make it without a strong extra pull.</p>
<p>Joey</p>
<p>"These days, academic 6's and 7's are unlikely to make it through the pool without a significant extra pool. "</p>
<p>when you say "make it through the pool," do you mean that they are very unlikely to be even admitted, or just very very unlikely to get likely letters?</p>
<p>It's a good feeling, knowing that you're a "One Reader A."</p>
<p>Those who have read Hernandez's book will know what I'm talking about. ;)</p>
<p>stanmaster - i'm from long island</p>
<p>oh ok so am I. Now im worried im not getting one. Well you shouldnt expect them anyway but one would be nice. What school do you go to? I go to Lawrence hs</p>