<p>Alright, supposed to be using today to finish up those apps. But I'm basically done. I've done everything I can and now it's in the hands of fate. What I am typing right now, really won't change by the time I send my application. Scary ... Best of luck to everyone else and thanks for reading! =D</p>
<p>Grade: 12
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
School: Small public school, graduating class of 200. Highly ranked and super competitive
Location: Suburban NY
Grades: School doesn't report rank or deciles, but my average is a 96%</p>
<p>PSAT: 212 (commended, not NMSF)
ACT: 35
SAT: 1430/1600 2240/2400
SAT II: Bio- 720 Math I- 710 U.S History- 750 Literature- 740</p>
<p>APs: European History- 4 U.S History- 5 English Language- 5 Human Geography- 5 Currently: AP U.S Government, AP English Lit, AP Macroeconomics, AP Latin Vergil, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B
Course load: 6 honors classes, 10 APs</p>
<p>Extra-curricular
Music:
Perform in all the school musicals and dramas. 8 shows over 4 years, lead roles in each.
Drama Club
Briarcliff Singers Select Choir (President)
Cliffnotes Male Choir (Co-President)
Tri-M Music Honors Society (President)
Lubin Singers volunteer singing group (President)</p>
<p>Other:
Briars & Ivy school literary magazine (one of the two Co-Editors-in-Chief), Varsity Tennis, NHS, New York Math Honors Society</p>
<p>Not-really-clubs-but-kinda:
Latin Club, Asian Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club</p>
<p>Honors:
New York State- Selected for All-State Mixed Chorus
(applying to MENC All-Eastern Chorus, and ACDA National Chorus)
National Merit Commended Student
TASP semi-finalist (prestigious summer program I didn't get selected for =P)
Varsity Boys Tennis- League Champions, BHS Scholar Athlete Team '08
Won a county writing contest (10th grade)
National Latin Exam- Bronze '06, Silver '07, Gold '08
School Awards: Future Geographer, Outstanding Musicianship, and NYSTEA Theater Award</p>
<p>~~~~~Colleges~~~~~
Darmouth ED (really really really want to go. Well, who doesn't feel that way about a first choice...)</p>
<p>U. Chicago EA</p>
<p>Harvard(?)- crapshoot. I would love to go. My best friend is there now. Who knows?
Brown
Amherst
Bowdoin
Johns Hopkins
Hamilton
Wesleyan
U. Mich
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<p>Recs-
History Teacher (gave me the future geographer award. Has already written me other recs)
Latin Teacher (I'm the top of the latin class, but I'm not sure how convincing a writer he is...)
Peer Rec- That best friend at Harvard mentioned before. He's there for English too</p>
<p>Other factors with Dartmouth- My grandfather is an alumnus. They told me second generation doesn't matter, but who knows...He will try and get in contact. I'm meeting with a Dartmouth Alum who is a friend of a friend. He is now a conductor, and I'm going to see if he would be willing to write to the music department</p>
<p>Worries? About two other people from my school are applying ED to Dartmouth. They have better grades, but my scores and ECs are better...It's a really competitive area (suburbs of NYC). Also, we've had every other Ivy in the last four years....but not Dartmouth. Someone applied ED last year and was deferred.</p>