<p>I am a rising high school senior from Massachusetts who is completing my last two years of high school by taking a full college course load at Harvard Universitys Extension School. I am a ballet dancer and dance professionally with a company in Boston. I am also a competitive figure skater and compete at fairly advanced levels in individual free-style and ice dancing. </p>
<p>My first year of high school was completed at a very competitive public high school where I took the maximum number of honor courses and received all As. In my second year I attended a well-respected arts conservatory (for ballet) with a very good college preparatory program and again received all As.</p>
<p>This last year at Harvard I completed a program that included Calculus A and B; a 300-level World History class; Expository Writing; a 300-level Conversational Spanish course; Bio-chemistry and Earth Science courses and a course in the English novel. My unweighted GPA is 3.75. </p>
<p>In addition to my ballet and skating, I have participated actively in a Model UN program for home-schooled students. In August I will travel to lecture at several Model UN programs in Puebla, Mexico. I also tutor 4 high school students in Spanish and participate regularly in 3 volunteer community groups.</p>
<p>This summer I have a paid internship as a research assistant in a highly respected molecular biology laboratory at Tufts NE Medical School, a position I held last summer as well. </p>
<p>My SAT score (first time) was 2100+ (700s across the board). I took the biology SAT II freshman year and received a 710. Recently I received at 760 on Spanish Sat II and a 690 in Math2. </p>
<p>I am beginning to look at colleges for the fall of 2008. I intend to enter as a freshman. There are few things important to me in a college The school should have solid biology and language programs. It should also present me the opportunity to partcipate in either dance (ballet) or figure skating. A cohesive school spirit would be great. The only school I've visited to date has been Dartmouth, which has a great skating program (NCAA Champions four years running) and an interesing and flexible curriculum (the D-Plan). I am interested in both LACs and universities in the northeast and on the west coast.</p>
<p>I would like your feedback on the attractiveness (or not) of my application at Dartmouth with suggestions as to whether or not this a fit for me academically and extra-curricularly. Please also highlights the benefits, if any, of applying ED at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>