<p>rejected but its ok! congrats to those accepted I'm sure you deserved it!</p>
<p>Waitlisted. But Accepted to Harvard, so I don't care.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED OMG SO ELATED</p>
<p>Stats[ul][<em>] SAT Total: didn't take[</em>] SAT II: Math Lvl2- 760, Chem-750[<em>] ACT:33C, 34E, 34M, 32R, 31S, 9W [</em>] AP/IB: US Govt-5, Chem-4, Eng Lang-4, Calc AB-5 [<em>] GPA weighted: 4.60, unweighted 3.98 [</em>] Rank or % estimate: when I sent it, it was 001/~550
[/ul]Subjective[ul] [<em>] Essays: I thought it was pretty good, on a scale from 1-10, it was an 8. [</em>] Teacher Recs: one good, one great [<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see [</em>] Peer Rec: It said EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO SAY AND MORE [<em>] Important ECs: Fourth place in mock trial regionals twice
Captain of mock trial team
Editor-in-chief of the school newspaper
AP Scholar with Honor
Founder/President of Gay-Straight Alliance
Member of community service group on campus
Completed over 1000+ hours of community service at hospital
Internship at world-acclaimed research center
Chosen for competitive theatre appreciation group sophomore year
Member of National Honor Society
Member of Amnesty International
Secretary for Young Democrats of America[</em>] Hook (if any):I don't really think there was one.
[/ul]Location/Person[ul] [<em>] State or Country: Arizona [</em>] School Type: Public, somewhat competitive[<em>] Ethnicity: Half Caucasian, half East Indian[</em>] Gender: Male [<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No [</em>] Athlete Yes/No: No
[/ul]Other Factors[ul] [<em>] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: I'M DEFINITELY CONSIDERING IT [</em>] If attending, why?: [li] General Comments: Got rejected from Yale, Cornell, and Tufts, yet I got accepted to Dartmouth? I think it's a sign. </p>[/li]
<p>OMG I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO SUCH A GOOD SCHOOL</p>
<p>Hopefully I'll get enough financial aid to keep me there. :P[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Dartmouth
Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
SAT I (by section): CR: 590 M:550 W:520
SAT IIs: Math Level 2: 600 Spanish: 640
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC was 3.9
Rank: NA (But was ELC)
ACT: NA
APs (including this year's):10
IBs (including this year's: 0
Senior Yr Courseload: Heaviest
Number of Apps from Your School:5
Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, School Mascot, Government, a bunch of others
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): Growing up in the middle of nowhere and also preserving with family problems
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Ghetto Rural School
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Pretty much everything that colleges look for
Strengths: IDK
Weaknesses: IDK, My Bff Rose
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:I do not know but I am Happy.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I am so happy and grateful. YES YES YES</p>
<p>Use this template:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740CR, 800M, 740W 10 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Chemistry, 790 U.S. History, 740 Math IIC
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite
[</em>] GPA: 5.19/5.00
[<em>] Rank: 31/491
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: All about how I'm going to be president.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: They love me :D
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He loves me :D
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm pretty sure my peer eval made me sound like a god.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, All-State Choir, Debate President, Teen Court Vice President
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Overall strong app, my low class rank was outweighed by strong SATs and decent ECs
[</em>] Other thoughts: WOOOO I'm really excited that I got in :)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
Stats[ul][<em>] SAT Total: 2320[</em>] SAT II: 770 M Bio, 710 Math I[<em>] ACT: N/A[</em>] AP/IB: 5 AB Calc, 5 Eng Lang, 4 Bio, 4 World History, 3 US Gov[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.62[</em>] Rank or % estimate: school doesn't rank
[/ul]Subjective[ul] [<em>] Essays: I loved them[</em>] Teacher Recs: I know one was great the other not entirely sure[<em>] Counselor Rec: We're very close so i'm assuming good[</em>] Peer Rec: the guy who wrote mine is a great friend and very bright and i'm sure did a wonderful job[<em>] Important ECs: newspaper editor, north american federation of temple youth regional board member, etc.[</em>] Hook (if any): ??
[/ul]Location/Person[ul] [<em>] State or Country: Maryland[</em>] School Type: Public, large, nationally ranked[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian[</em>] Gender: Female[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No[</em>] Athlete Yes/No: No
[/ul]Other Factors[ul] [<em>] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: Assuming we can swing it financially... definitely![</em>] If attending, why?: I loved it when I visited and its the perfect academic/social balance for me and the D-plan is fabulous... and AHHH i'm so excited![*] General Comments: I couldn't be happier![/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats[ul][<em>] SAT Total: 2360[</em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 790 Chinese[<em>] ACT: N/A [</em>] AP/IB: 5-AP English, 4-APUSH[<em>] GPA weighted: 96, 95, 93 [</em>] Rank or % estimate: N/A
[/ul]Subjective[ul] [<em>] Essays: Good? I honestly don't remember them.[</em>] Teacher Recs: Waived Right to See[<em>] Counselor Rec: Waived Right to See[</em>] Peer Rec: Awesome. =][<em>] Important ECs: Model UN, Academic Team, Student Council [</em>] Hook (if any): Not that I know of.
[/ul]Location/Person[ul] [<em>] State or Country: New Jersey[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian[</em>] Gender: Female[<em>] Legacy No: [</em>] Athlete No:
[/ul]Other Factors[ul] [<em>] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: Undecided between Dartmouth's not-so-good financial package, and Northwestern's kickass financial package. >.< [</em>] If attending, why?: [*] General Comments: Rejected from every other Ivy I applied to. lolz. [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1430/2180 (760m, 670cr, 750w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 mathII, 620 chem
[<em>] ACT didn't submit
[</em>] GPA: 3.77
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were amazing...clearly they blew
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, he loves me
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: georgia
[</em>] School Type: independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: president of habitat for humanity, community service leadership board, president and founder of international relations club, vice president of food bank club, editor-in-chief of school newspaper, instructor for outdoors club, freshman trip group leader, NHS executive board, president of earth advocates, writing center tutor
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: very involved/gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: who knows...?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i'm sad.</p>
<p>grrr... waitlist (darn you, Dartmouth! j/k) oh well... :(</p>
<p>waitlisted....blegh</p>
<p>Accepted
Stats
[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2170 (760 CR, 730 M, 680 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 760 Bio, 730 US
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] AP/IB: US
[<em>] GPA weighted: 3.9 ish, 3.4 UW
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: HS does not rank
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 Great, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Peer Rec: Great
[<em>] Important ECs: Volunteering, Varsity soccer, Work, Summer Class at Berkeley [</em>] Hook (if any): Dunno
[/ul]
Location/Person
[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Elite Private School (Top 100) about 7 matriculated to Harvard last year in a class of 85
[<em>] Ethnicity: NA
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Athlete Yes/No: No
[/ul]
Other Factors[ul]
[<em>] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: Undecided
[</em>] If attending, why?:
[*] General Comments: It's between Dartmouth and Berkeley, and I plan to major in engineering where Berkeley shines. However I like and think Dartmouth better overall. However I thought it would come down to this since the likely letter [/ul]</p>
<p>WAITLISTED... UGH shoot me ha</p>
<p>waitlisted ughhhhhhhh</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>YAY!! But going to Princeton instead... :)</p>
<p>Hi! Any Chinese students admitted under RD? If yes, contact me via <a href="mailto:yuxiang_zhou@hotmail.com">yuxiang_zhou@hotmail.com</a></p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats[ul][<em>] SAT Total: 2250 [</em>] SAT II: 2280 [<em>] ACT: [</em>] AP/IB: 5's on Chem, USH, and Eng. Lang.[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.41[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 10%
[/ul]Subjective[ul] [<em>] Essays: amazing[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good I guess[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good probably[</em>] Peer Rec: damn good[<em>] Important ECs: tennis, drumming, lookin' good[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person[ul] [<em>] State or Country: los angeles[</em>] School Type: private catholic [<em>] Ethnicity: whitey[</em>] Gender: M[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: hell nah[</em>] Athlete Yes/No: no
[/ul]Other Factors[ul] [<em>] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: most likely not[</em>] If attending, why?: [*] General Comments: honestly...i'm surprised. I did everything I could to show them how much I wanted to attend, and my interview was nothing less than spectacular. Oh well, I guess I'm off to Northwestern/Georgetown/Notre Dame/Berkeley then...[/ul]</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Male
Asian
No legacy
Private School in the Pacific Northwest
GPA: 3.69 UW, School does not Weight grades
School does not Rank
AP's: US 5, Bio 4
SAT: 670 Math, 720 CR, 730 Writing (12 Essay),
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 780 US History, 740 Math II</p>
<p>Rigorous Schedule with all science honors, and a upward trend ( I sucked Freshman and sophmore year). Our school only offers honors sciences, and AP languages, math and US History.</p>
<p>Freshman GPA: 3.44
Sophmore GPA: 3.59
Junior GPA (Honors bio, APUSH, Pre Calc, Mandarin, Advanced Jazz Band, English 11): 3.92
Senior Year Semester: 3.95</p>
<p>Extra Curricular:
Current Student Body Vice President
Varsity Tennis - 3 Years
MUN-Commite Chair and Delegate 3 years
9th Grade Representative on Student Council
Student "director" of tissue culture (Volunteer Position)
Hospital Volunteer -4 Years (typical)
(only) clarinet in jazz band- 3 years</p>
<p>Possible, maybe hook: My strongest strength lies in my research, where I have participated in regional, state, and international competitions. My breakthrough occurred last year at ISEF where I took first place in category.</p>
<p>Awards:
Freshman Year:
1st Place in Physics at Regional Fair
Most Innovative Engineering Project at State</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
1st Place in Environmental Sciences at Regional Fair
Participant at State</p>
<p>Junior Year:
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Best of Category in Medicine and Health
ISEF 1st Place in Medicine and Health
Best of Fair at State Fair
ISEF Finalist at State Fair
1st Place in Medicine and Health at State Fair
Technical Communications Award ($5000) at State Fair
Outstanding Project presented by Yale University Science and Engineering Association at State Fair
1st Place in Medicine and Health at Reginal Fair
ISEF Finalist Alternate at Regional Fair
United States Army Award for Medicine and Health
American Association of Biology Teachers Outstanding Biology Student of the Year Award.</p>
<p>Senior Year:
Siemens Westinghouse Competition Semi-Finalist
Entrant to Intel STS (Results in January)</p>
<p>Comments: bahhh, after getting rejected by everywhere else this comes as a surprise XD</p>
<p>What are the chances this year with the waitlist? Considering how much the playing field has shifted, and how many dartmouth acceptees are getting courted by HYPS (fin aid!)...god i hope i get in !! congrats to everyone</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>I'm pretty excited about it actually since it was only my fifth choice...waitlist isn't bad :)</p>
<p>SAT I 2210 (Math 670 Reading 770 Writing 770)
SAT II World History 650 Literature 730
unweighted GPA 4.0 (Valedictorian)</p>
<p>Lots of extracurricular stuff like violin, student body pres, community service, etc.
National Merit Finalist, State Brainbrawl team, Speech contestant
GREAT teacher recs
pretty good essay</p>
<p>White female in Florida
NO legacy or athletic stuff going on here</p>
<p>I'll take the waiting list spot, but I'm pretty happy going to Rice right now!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Check past post for stats. Seeing as Princeton flat out rejected me, my choice is pretty clear! (I might have turned down Princeton for Dartmouth anyways. but it would have been nice for Princeton to give me a choice. lol)</p>
<p>D'12!!</p>
<p>hey if any of you are for sure are not going to go to Dartmouth for another school, can you take yourselves off the waitlist! Give us a chance! XD thanks lol</p>