<p>^Dartmouth’s slightly tougher than Penn CAS</p>
<p>The concern here is gpa/class rank. A 3.85 UW is not a very strong gpa applying to such top schools and top 20% is, without any context, appears to be a little weak in light of the fact that many top colleges suggest that top 10% is the threshold you want to hit at the very least. Now your school has a pretty high SAT average so I’m assuming that it’s quite competitive. Could you provide more information as to what institutions your school normally sends kids to in the top decile or 2nd decile?</p>
<p>Otherwise, ECs are fair though not outstanding; I see that you are a member of GSA and homosexuality is actually a bit of a hook at these top institutions as they’re trying to increase diversity so if that applies, it might be something to note. (Honestly, if there was any difficulty you have had to overcome, it’s something to elaborate on in essays).</p>
<p>I would still need more info on the context of your school to better assess your gpa/class rank because as I said, in most public schools, top 20% is weak. So I’d feel uncomfortable chancing.</p>