***Official Dartmouth College 2015 Decisions Thread***

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<p>Just Copy & Paste<br>
Good luck everyone!</p>

<p>
[quote]
[noparse]Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

[/quote]
</p>

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<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2 800 Bio e 760 Math 1</p>

<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Five Aps and Research Class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts, Marching Band, Drumline, NHS, Academic Team, Athlete 2 Athlete, Latin Club
[</em>] Essays: Common app was good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec: Peer Review was supposedly awesome (didn’t see)
[</em>] Interview: Really good</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Numbers, Interview, Peer Rec, maybe essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, maybe essay
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know but its awesome!!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UVA echols, JHU bloomberg, Dartmouth; Waitlisted Yale and Penn; rejected Columbia, Princeton, and Stanford; waiting on Duke and Harvard</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Will most likely be seeing you all there this fall!!! GO BIG GREEN</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 – 730 critical reading, 710 math, 780 writing (superscore)
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: 680 U.S. History, 770 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.806 --3.806 UW, I think.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, probably 6/7th out of 100.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (My school offers virtually no AP classes prior to senior year)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP English Literature, AP Spanish, AP US History, Religion.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar Finalist, National Merit Scholar Commended.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: –
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours at a local animal shelter, 50+ hours as an usher at a local theater.
[<em>] Summer Activities: History class at a local college.
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I thought! Not a masterpiece by any means, but writing is my strong suit.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got to read one of them, and it was very sweet and telling of me as a person. Didn’t get to read the other.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She likes me quite a bit, so I’ll assume it was good!
[<em>] Additional Rec: –
[</em>] Interview: Never got one!
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): –
[<em>] School Type: Private; catholic all-girl’s school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100-120k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college student[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My writing is the only real thing I have going for me, skill-wise. But it’s pretty darn good.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars generally lack focus and commitment. SAT score could always be better, but I’m glad I didn’t kill myself trying to clear 2300.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess, at times, I felt like I was a really good fit for Dartmouth? But…this stuff is so random. I was just amazingly lucky. <3
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Pennsylvania (reach), University of Chicago (reach), Carleton College (match), Northeastern University (safety), Franklin College Switzerland (safety), The College of New Jersey (safety)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haha, who knows!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]General Comments: N-No words. Just joy.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730/700/740
[</em>] ACT: did not submit
[li] SAT II: Math 2: 720, Math 1: 700</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chemistry (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: heaviest possible (4 APs)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ice hockey, varsity soccer and lax, peer tutor, judiciary committee, vice president of class, tour guide, head of homeless project club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons… received comm. service award sophomore year
[</em>] Summer Activities: not much…
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good I assume
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >250,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really know
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Middlebury, Wesleyan, Colgate, Brandeis, Bates, Hamilton <– accepted. Bowdoin, Brown <– waitlisted. Yale <– rejected.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: SOOO HAPPY!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Math II 730 Bio M
[</em>]GPA : 4.0, 4.7 (W)
[<em>] Rank: N/A (top 5%)
[</em>] AP: Gov (4) Human Geo (5) Bio (5) Calc BC (5) Lang (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3/ Dif EQ hon, AP Spanish Lang, AP Chem, AP Lit, Anatomy Hon, Art
[</em>] Major Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction…</p>

<p>[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: varsity soccer (9-12, captain x2),varsity swimming (9-11), varsity cross country (12), NHS (10-12), SHS (11-12), LINK (freshman mentoring, 11-12), StuCo Treasurer (12), club soccer (9-11)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard and swim instructor (summer 9-12)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutoring, elementary carnival, canned food drive, random school activities (200+ hr total)
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer@brown-intro to med (11), lifeguarding, sports
[<em>] Essays: unique but could’ve been better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but from spanish teacher (had for 3 yr) and math (had for 2), so should’ve been strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: knew well from LINK, should’ve been great!
[</em>] Peer Rec: From one of my best friends, great writer
[li] Interview: alum, went pretty well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CO
[</em>] School Type: charter, college prep
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>]Income Bracket: applied for aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa, course load, act score,
[</em>] Weaknesses: community service, leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not enough leadership, essay maybe
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted- Brown, Cornell COE, Lehigh, Colgate, Bowdoin, Syracuse, CU Boulder, CO Mines, Univ. of Denver, NAU, Waitlisted: Wash U, Bucknell
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: What I was expecting, I’ll live.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 800/780/800

  • ACT: None
  • SAT II: 800 US History, 780 Literature
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/178
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: Photography I, Gym, Playwriting, AP Lit and Comp, AP Stats, AP Gov and Pol, Honors Physics, Honors Pre-Calc
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Magazine (Chief Editor), Global Awareness Club (Awareness Director), National Honors Society, Model UN,

  • Job/Work Experience: 6 years as paper carrier, Carrier of the Year 2010
  • Volunteer/Community service: Missions trips to Kenya, Mexico, NYC homeless shelter (2); nursing home volunteer; helped run annual road race; Not For Sale activist (anti-human trafficking organization)
  • Summer Activities: Counselor-in-Training at summer camp for students with Asperger’s Syndrome; performer in comedy troupe, “Asperger’s Are Us”
  • Essays: Very strong, definitely an asset
  • Teacher Recommendation: Great, I don’t know they were better than average, though
  • Counselor Rec: Probably excellent
  • Additional Rec: None
  • Interview: I think it may have helped.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MA

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: ~75k family income per year
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asperger’s Syndrome
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:

  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Excellent SAT scores, only decent grades and satisfactory extracurrriculars
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Gordon and Messiah, waitlisted at Colby
    </code></pre>
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<p>Don’t want to post stats beyond 34 ACT, 2nd in class, decent SAT II, really good essay/recs/probably letter, NHS president/member of 6 other clubs, NMS Commended, lots of AP classes (only 2 B’s so far in school) and 5’s on everything but Physics B last year, but I got:</p>

<p>U of Illinois: Accepted
Madison: Accepted
Northwestern: Waitlisted
Dartmouth: Waitlisted
Brown: Waitlisted
Yale: Waitlisted
Princeton: Waitlisted
Cornell: Accepted
Columbia: Accepted</p>

<p>I am kind of shocked that I didn’t get into Dartmouth and Brown but I did get into Cornell and Columbia, but I’m not complaining here.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800m 770cr 760w)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[li] SAT II: 800 math II, 800 physics</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 250
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Calc AB, Calc BC, Music Theory, English Language; 4 in World History; 3 in USH (didn’t report)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, band, and a math course at Johns Hopkins
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really. NMF</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of music, mock trial, theater, kung fu, model UN, NHS (treasurer), etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: kung fu instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at hospital over summer
[</em>] Summer Activities: neuroscience research, volunteering^
[<em>] Essays: main essay about a “flash mob” style musical I organized for my school cafeteria. activity essay about teaching kung fu
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably fine
[</em>] Additional Rec: peer rec from sister – incredible. also, the professor with whom I did research over the summer wrote a letter (didn’t see it)
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, main essay, peer rec
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of major awards, no one from my school goes there
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: pure luck
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Brown, WashU, Vanderbilt, Hopkins, Tufts, and Case Western; Waitlisted at Harvard, Penn; Rejected at Stanford (REA), Yale, Northwestern.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: SO EXCITED!!! See you all at Dimensions! :DD</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR, 770 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[li] SAT II: 800 Bio, 800 Math II</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, some community service ones</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Advocacy (leader), club (president), music (section leader), etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, gardens, homeless
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer school… lol
[<em>] Essays: Personal
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Read one–great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[li] Interview: Best interview for me!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Opposite :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, ECs maybe
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays if they didn’t like them
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t talk about my interest in cancer advocacy/future career, and there wasn’t a supplement, so yeah
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Brown (dream school)!!! among others, blah blah</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats/condolences to all!</p>

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<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):n/a
[</em>] ACT:33
[li] SAT II: 750 M2, 650 Phy</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.5/4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):80/440
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (6), Spanish SL (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB (only 1 SL), AP Calc BC, AP Phy C
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Created Tutoring Program at school (4 years)
Academic Team
Environmental Club (4 years)
National Beta Club (3 years)
Mu Alpha Theta (2 years)
Knowledge Masters
Future Problem Solvers and Community Problem Solving (Helped start a business and our project made it to Internationals)
Track and Field (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: IB CAS Hours and Tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research done at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Purdue STEP program
[<em>] Essays: Well-written
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Really well, two alumnus at once; both loved me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:AA
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:< 20k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): all of the above.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, commitment to EC
[</em>] Weaknesses: Statistically low GPA.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck, still in shock. Hard work and commitment.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: RHIT, Purdue, UF, Dartmouth
Deffered: UMich (Ridiculous Wait)
Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Stan, Prince.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Hello New Hampshire and fellow Class of '15 classmates. Also, good luck to those who were not accepted. It is not the end of the road, just an obstacle.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did Not Submit
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 730, 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/463
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP European History (4), AP English Literature (4)
[<em>] AP Pending: AB Calculus, AP Physics B, AP English Language, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Eagle Scout, AP Scholar, Boys State representative</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Section Leader), Wind Symphony (Section Principle), Full Orchestra (Section Principle), Pit Orchestra, Boy Scouts (Troop Guide), National Honor Society (Officer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job since freshman year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons of stuff through Boy Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Boys State (11th grade); work
[<em>] Essays: Pretty decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was amazing; the other pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: amazing
[li] Interview: I felt pretty good about it. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k range
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, I’m really excited!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Rice, USC, UTAustin; Waitlisted: None; Rejected: None </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Engineering. Check other posts for stats.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 lit, 800 US history, 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05 weighted, don’t know otherwise
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%, don’t know rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Physics B, BC Calculus, English Lit, US History, Comp government (self-studied
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 classes & 3 APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A couple really obscure/strange things like rock climbing, unicycling, flying planes and drama, creative writing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: one summer coaching, one summer at an iPhone app company,
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: just what is required to graduate my school
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer writing programs, jobs, travel
[<em>] Essays: common app was about writing a novel, supplement was about one of my really close friends.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both should have been lovely
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also one of my teachers–he said it was wonderful.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: The lady loved me! I told her about writing novels and flying and stuff and she got really excited. We had a great time chatting. I almost wish I was going to Dartmouth so I could talk with alumni like her…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: no idea
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: mixed, no URM
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: > 200 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Perhaps the weird extracurriculars?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: unusual application & essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: I don’t really do the average things in an attempt to get into college…lots of clubs, lots of community service, etc.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m guessing the essays and probably test scores/transcript.
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? accepted at UChicago, wesleyan, tufts, brown, duke, princeton. WL at harvard and rejected by yale.
[/ul]
General Comments: I’m debating between Brown and Princeton at the moment, but might think about Chicago as well. I love Dartmouth but too rural/greek for me I think. Waitlisted people rejoice!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:800 M:750 W:800 TOTAL: 2340
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): LIT: 750 MATH2:750 USHIST:780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.26
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46/209
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 AP’s: 5’s in Art History, APUSH, & LangComp || 4’s in LangLit, MacroEcon, Physics B, Latin Vergil
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: seemingly difficult!
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Maureen O’Donnell Oxford Dictionary Award for 4yrs Summa Cum Laude National Latin Exam,
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
President of Texas Latin Club of the Year 5 years in a row, many awards at regional and state level for academic tests,
Texas Quiz Bowl All-Star
Boy Scouts senior Patrol Leader, Eagle Scout
Youth and Government 2nd in Texas trial competition.
liberal arts blog, 10,000+ hits in a year
some other junk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked in the University of Texas Library, taught Wilderness Survival at Boy Scout Camp, Paid Clinical Internship at prestigious law firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: boy scouts stuff, nothing else
[</em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About working as a janitor at boy scout camp while studying quiz bowl subjects. Pretty dramatic but I suppose provocative.
[<em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): none
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t read, probably good
[li] Interview: kinda dull[/li][/ul]Other

[ul] </p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive, high-ranked Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: WHITE
[<em>] Gender: MALE
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m legit.
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades / class rank, never took calculus, white male
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea honestly. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
I now regret applying to Amherst because i am absolutely sick of this meaningless process. I was accepted at Swarthmore, Duke, Dartmouth, UChicago w/merit Aid. Waitlisted at WUSTL, Carleton???, and Bowdoin. Rejected at Harvard, Princeton and Brown, no surprises there.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (with likely)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 CR, 700M, 790W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[li] SAT II: 800 World Hist, 790 Chem, 730 French (no listening)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/390-ish (we have too many dropouts)
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), French (5), Chem (5), Comp Gov. & Politics (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chem SL (6), French SL (6)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB Bio Lab, IB History of the Americas HL, AP Gov/Constitution & Bill of Rights/We the People, IB Math HL
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, We the People Nationals, NFL Nationals, a bunch of state speech & debate awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech & Debate (Co-Captain 12th), XC Skiing (Varsity, Captain 12), We the People (Unit Leader), Youth Court (Asst. Chief Judge 11, Chief Judge 12), NHS (VP 11), League of Women Voters (Moderated gubernatorial debate)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See Youth Court, some NHS, some other random stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: Cross training for skiing, studying French & Italian, history research
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: I only saw one, and it was very strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but I don’t think added all that much
[</em>] Peer Rec: Fantastic
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, ghetto, 12 students accepted at ivy+Chicago+MIT+WUSTL+Stanford this cycle
[</em>] Ethnicity: White & Jewish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, subject tests, maybe CR score, perhaps essays, geographic diversity
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Debate
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Yale
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: None</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Debaters have done ridiculously well this cycle. Another Dartmouth LL at my school went to a debater, and three of the eight quarterfinalists in State Lincoln-Douglas debate are in at Yale. The co-captain of the debate team was accepted at MIT, Chicago and Brown. Things are good.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 770R 730W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II 720 U.S. History 660 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/268
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 U.S.H., 5 Calculus AB, 5 English Language, 5 Euro, 3 Spanish Language
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Physics B, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Statistics, English Literature
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A.P. Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club, Red Cross Club, Varsity Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Founder/President of Academic Booster Club Plus (raised over $200,000), etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: About 10 hours per week at two different jobs.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours in conjunction with the Homeless Education Liaison Program and the local Kiwanis Club
[<em>] Summer Activities: Boys’ State, West Point Summer Leaders’ Seminar, etc.
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Bad
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[<em>] School Type: Small Public (Never sends kids to Ivies)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ,$60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: G.P.A./Rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: A lot
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not extraordinary enough.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, and UPenn (Wharton), Waitlisted at UChicago, Accepted at Georgetown EA, Swarthmore (Early Write).[/li][/ul]General Comments: This sucks. My friend is going on a likely and he got a 1910 on the SAT and has sub-par grades, but he can run. Worst day of my life.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

18

<p>Decision: Rejected but got into Brown</p>

19

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 superscore <a href=“720%20CR,%20770%20M,%20800%20W”>i</a>*
[li] ACT: 35 C <a href=“35%20E,%2036%20M,%2036%20R,%2033%20S,%209%20Essay”>i</a>[/li][li] SAT II: 800 MathII, 780 Chem, 770 USH, 740 Bio-M[/li][</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/335 (Lowered to 9 after mid-year)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 <a href=“Bio,%20Chem,%20Calc%20BC,%20AB%20subscore,%20USH”>i</a>
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t have IB program
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, Hon Span 5 (no AP available), hardest possible
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF —> NMF?, none really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [list]
[li] Math Club (Captain)[/li][</em>] Recycling Club (Secretary)
[<em>] Computer Club (Treasurer)
[</em>] Varsity Track & Field
[<em>] Chess Club
[</em>] Amnesty International
[<em>] Research at university[/ul]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Internship[/li][</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and Religious – 530 total hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research Internship
[</em>] Essays:[ul]
[<em>] CommonApp - Decent, it was about how/why I love science.<br>
[</em>] Supplements – [/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never read, but should’ve been good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never read, but had to be general…new counselor this year
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: </p>

<p>[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium sized, sends a few to Ivy’s and top colleges
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: EFC was $5000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[list]
[<em>] Accepted – Johns Hopkins
[</em>] Waitlisted – WUSTL, Rice, Duke, Dartmouth
[<em>] Rejected – Stanford (REA), Yale, Princeton
[</em>] Still waiting on Harvard, but probably rejected[/ul]</p>

<p>[/list]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1820
SAT II: Italian 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/180
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: A&P, Physics, Calc, College English, French, Sociology</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Council (President), WLC (President), History Club (Secretary), Varsity Golf (team captain), Science Club, NHS, FBLA, FTA, math club, and other random things
Essays: Common app was good
Work Experience: Waitress for 3 years. Worked at a frozen custard chain and currently am an intern for a radio station
Community Service: Over 80 hours a year through Relay for life, AFS Intercultural Program, South Haven Youth Outreach, and other associations
Teacher Recommendation: amazing
Counselor Rec: great!
Additional Rec: Peer Review was great! It was from my friend who goes to Princeton
Interview: excellent, the interviewer was a football fan like me so it was like a convo</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): studied abroad in HS</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:Interview, Peer Rec, EC, Experiences
Weaknesses: definitely test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea but I think a lot of my volunteering and abnormal experiences helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted:SLU, AUR Waitlisted:WASHU Rejected:Princeton</p>