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

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 32 (35e, 29m, 34r, 28s, 8 on the essay)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 when app was submitted, 3.93 after 1st semester
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/312 (12% ish)
[</em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma, took 5 each year, tested SL in Spanish B (6) and Psychology (4) in May 2010.
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL (Calculus), IB English HL, Teachers Assistant - [</em>]English (1st sem.)/Government (2nd sem.), IB Biology 3-4 HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, Adv. Journalism, International Studies Center, Economics (online)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing national, but some nice local stuff (e.g. rotary student of the month)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (Editor-in-Chief), Theatre (13 plays by end of high school including acting, teching, writing, and directing), Drama Club (VP), Outdoor School (Student Leader/counselor 3x), Teen Council at library (since 4th grade)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Counselor at Operation Purple Camp for two summers, server at a food cart for a little bit during sophomore year
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Music in the Schools - nonprofit that raises money for public school music programs (President 2yrs), PDX Pop Now! - supports local music
[</em>]Essays: Common app was about Music in the Schools and working on being a leader; UChic extended essay was two types of people - those who belong in Portland and those who don’t (you can read it on the Post Your Essay thread); Why UChic was pretty standard, but with good reasons; I wrote about Harry Potter being a major piece of my childhood for the one about favorite books (my mom thinks it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written)
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: The one I saw was really nice and the other said really nice things to my mom at conferences, so I’m sure she wrote a great one.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it but my principal did and told me it was great.
[li]Interview: It went really well.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>]School Type: Public, urban, 1400+ students
[<em>]Ethnicity: did not report
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing besides extracurriculars.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Extracurriculars, difficulty of courses taken, essays
[</em>]Weaknesses: Test scores, two Bs during 2nd semester junior year (one was from a .25 credit course taken outside of school hours) in addition to two from frosh year
[<em>]Why you think you were waitlisted: Because of the huge increase in applications, which featured many students interested in the humanities
[</em>]What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to Willamette EA; waitlisted at WashU, UChicago, and Vassar; rejected at Brown
[/ul]</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted (LL) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800-M, 750-W, 750-CR)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 (USH), 770 (Spanish)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/226
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH, AP Language, AP Stats (5,5,5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just some local stuff
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout, 46 merit badges, five Eagle Scout palms, Interpreter Strips, World Conservation Award, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Order of the Arrow Vice Chief, etc.
Service Club: (President) Four years
Shakespeare CLub (President, Co-founder) Three Years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor (Math, Physics, Spanish, French)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: American Red Cross, Public Library, Lots through Boy Scouts, Eagle Project, Service Club, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: 250 mile backpacking trip, some tutoring
[<em>] Essays: Started really early, and I liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Phone - so okay. Not the best.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: <20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, applied with Questbridge[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, scores, Questbridge
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs maybe a little scattered? Though I love everything that I do…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown. Rejected: Stanford
General Comments: Congrats to the acceptees!!! :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2380 800-780-800
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800-800-780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP: School does not offer but all 5s
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very Challenging
[</em>] Major Awards: NMF, AIME That is it
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: One of the best
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[</em>] Hooks: Not even close
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: None
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything
[/ul]General Comments: Rejected from HYP and Waitlisted from Dartmouth, Penn in 10 Minutes. Wow!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[</em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: No[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended major: Undecided engineering
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW! :smiley:
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-180k
[</em>] Hooks: Underrepresented nationality…?![/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[<em>] Why do you think you were rejected: Insufficient degree of awesomeness (obviously!)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted by Columbia, Penn, Wesleyan, Tufts, Carleton, F&M, Boston U, Carnegie Tech and Bard. Waitlisted by Colby. Rejected by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley, Northwestern. Waiting for Amherst.[/ul]</p>

<p>General comments: Split between Columbia and Penn, and Wesleyan a little bit. Amherst still around the corner…</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M 690 W 710 CR
[</em>] ACT: 32 (34 in errthing, 28 in science)
[li] SAT II: 710 us 690 lit 720 math 2</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s psych world us, 4s lang & apes
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: film, cooking, econ, ap lit, ap spanish, anatomy, ap calc
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): film club (president), tutoring autistic & deaf students, varsity tennis, club tennis, piano, research with college professors, nhs, some other service clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: food bank, nursing homes
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: On Shakespeare. Clever and funny.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: prolly good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: top
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: solid
[</em>] Weaknesses: everything could be better.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough luck
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at university college london, university of edinburgh, nyu, rice, berkeley, wake forest, king’s college london, ga tech (scholarship), uga. waitlisted at: duke, william & mary. rejected: yale, unc chapel</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Really bummed. :frowning: Knew it’d be tough but thought I’d have a shot.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 740 US History, 790 Literature, 760 Math II</p>

<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank, but I am ~3/54
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 5s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP World History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (head), Literary Magazine, Math Club, Peer Tutor, Writing Center, Varsity Crew (captain, various local and national medals, Junior National Team ID Camp)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: mostly just babysitting, some computer work
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: nothing very notable
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY, rowing camp, biomedical sciences program
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them. Both should have been quite good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good.
[</em>] Interview: Great! We got along very well.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: small, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My test scores and essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My extracurriculars are not very interesting or unique, and I had no appreciable community service.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good luck?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Penn (likely letter), Wellesley (likely letter), Smith (early write), Williams (early write), UChicago, Georgetown, Cornell, Columbia. Waitlisted at Harvard, Brown, and Swarthmore. Rejected from Yale and Princeton.</p>

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

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<p>as expected, my ds got rejected.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 770, 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 UW
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): President of three clubs, on the board of two others, member of many more.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, have a job starting in April
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I don’t have exact numbers, but I’d estimate 600+ hours.
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): very good
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): one was amazing, didn’t see other
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): amazing
[ *] Interview: went very well</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): suburb of NYC
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public, sends many grads to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): lolz no…</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[ *] Strengths: Rank. Decent test scores. Good high school. Foreign exchange.
[ *] Weaknesses: WASP from the northeast…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Idk</p>

<p>General Comments:
Accepted: Penn (ATTENDING!!!), Tulane (25k/yr merit), UCONN (half merit scholarship), USC (half ride), UVA (Echols honor program)
Rejected: Stanford REA, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt</p>

<p>I’m out here to prove that a Stanford REA reject can be successful RD at other schools. And I was. PENN 2015!!! Couldn’t be happier!!</p>

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<p>what do colleges want…I see that a lot of students with high scores are rejected…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670CR, 800M, 790W), first and only take
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level
Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion, 4th in Pakistan in Kangaroo Math Competition
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain), Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem
Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor
Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage
Summer Activities: See above
Essays: I really liked them.
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, amazing. English teacher, OK.
Counselor Rec: Made me cry.
Additional Rec: From bank in which I interned.
Interview: Didn’t get one.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$10000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: Passion for math, grades, essays
Weaknesses: CR score, lack of non-science EC’s, lack of interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Tulane, Texas A&M, WPI, Furman, Lafayette, Miami. Rejected: MIT, Caltech, Rice, Colgate, Swarthmore, Stanford (deferred REA), Princeton, Cornell, Penn. Waitlisted: Columbia, Harvard.
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Recommendations, leadership positions, interview, peer review
[<em>] Weaknesses: Awards, though numerous, were okay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Happier than ever!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 800R 690M 760W (Single-sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math2, 610 French (■■■)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will sit in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Economics HL, IB Maths HL, IB History (Asia) HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB French A2 Sl, IB English A1 SL and TOK.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rugby 12 years, 4 years at school, national this year (not mentioned), (captain at school, MVP at club)
Club tennis (4 years)
Club golf (4 years)
Model at several fashion shows (charity)
MUN
Student council (interaction with French G’ment) (3 years)
Varsity X-country (1 year)
JV Basketball (1 year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Approx. 250 hours (including CAS)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session (Economics 252 and English 212)
[</em>] Essays: Commonapp = 8 pretty risky interior monologue
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but will have been honest and quite good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but will have ben very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From an English Professor at Yale, didn’t see but I did well in his class (Seminar), where I was the only non-Yale student, and he seemed to like me quite a lot.
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Private, small, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT1 (bar maths), experiences abroad, potentially essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Aspects of transcript, SAT2, maybe in the international pool
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT2 and transcript
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: NYU (Stern BPE), UConn (Honours), UCL (UK) and St. Andrews (UK)
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Penn CAS (ED), Cornell and Yale</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Loved Dartmouth but hey, who doesn’t! Congratulations to all who made it in though, it has been a brutal year!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (R: 750, M: 740, W: 760)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (E: 35, M: 35, R: 36, S: 34)
[li] SAT II: US History (770), Math II (750)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Eng. Lit. and Comp. (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Humorist magazine (Editor), Sketch comedy TV show (Writer, Editor, Director), Senior Advisor, Mock Trial (Captain), Yearbook (EIC), NHS (VP), President’s Ambassador (Officer), Latin Club (Officer), Latin Certamen (Captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at a headhunting firm
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours tutoring at inner city grade schools
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor at a reading camp for ESL kids, camp counselor at a sports camp for the developmentally delayed, summer internship at a headhunting firm for the past two years, Faulkner book club
[<em>] Essays: Fantastic (words of all five of my English teachers)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably not too good. My school’s counseling isn’t too good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Fantastic
[li] Interview: Fantastic</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private, Catholic, Jesuit (30.1 ACT average)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, ACT score, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT score, AP scores, lack of awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I honestly don’t know, but I’m happy to be a member of Dartmouth class of 2015!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Boston College, Northwestern, Cornell Waitlisted: UChicago, Brown Rejected: UPenn, HYP, Columbia</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[<em>] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Had my sister write the peer rec, and it brought my mom to tears so I guess it was really good.
[li] Interview: Went really well, the interviewer and I went a half hour over the time limit and she really liked me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know why I was waitlisted. Guess someone else filled the spot better than I did.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.</p>

<p>Dartmouth is my first choice out of the schools I haven’t been rejected from, so I am definitely staying on the waitlist.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR: 790, M: 750, W: 780
[</em>] ACT: 31… Did not submit
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 Spanish Reading
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 126
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang & Comp (5), World History (5), US History (4), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit and Comp, Student Aide :p, AP Physics B
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing “Major,” but I did place 3rd in Essay and 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking in the State Literary Competition
[<em>] Minor Awards: Bausch & Lomb Honarary Science Award, DAR Good Citizen Award, STAR Student, National Merit Commended, and numerous scholar athlete awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:
Football (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) JV (9th, 10th) Varsity (11th, 12th)
Varsity Track & Field (10th, 11th) 8th in Region Discuss (11th)
Philanthropy Club (11th, 12th) Founder and President – 30+ members; Raised $1100 for Haiti Earthquake Relief and various food supplies for the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
National Beta Club (10th, 11th, 12th) President (12th)
Math Team (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (12th) Individually placed in the top 10 of about 100 competitors all 4 years of competing.
National Honor Society (10th, 11th, 12th) Treasurer (12th)
Key Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Vice President (12th)
Academic Quiz Bowl (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) Team Captain (10th, 11th, 12th)
Savannah Engineering Academy (11th)
Science Seminar (11th) Met bimonthly at various sites across the city for lectures and science oriented activities (constructing underwater robots, rockets, web sites, etc.)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer lifeguarding, neighborhood lawn service, private math tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs total, 32 of which were at a local hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Football, lifeguarding, ENJOYING LIFE :slight_smile:
[</em>] Essays: Well written. About my mother’s influence on my life.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, it was very complimentary.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Interview: It went smoothly. My interviewer contacted me after hearing I got waitlisted and told me he was shocked that I didn’t get accepted.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA, baby!
[<em>] School Type: Christian Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Well rounded in all areas but…
[<em>] Weaknesses: not STAND OUT in any.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of a unique flair. Lots of talented, deserving applicants.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke
Rejected: Princeton, Yale
[/ul]General Comments: I gave the application process my best effort, and I am content with my results. If you were accepted, please don’t go! :slight_smile:</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200:800 math/720 Writing/680 CR
[</em>] ACT: 34
[li] SAT II: 800 math 2, 760 phys</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): na
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): na
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Just the normal high school classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAJMO</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Pres), Math Circle (assistant), Elementary Math Team (coach), News (Copy Editor), Comp Sci Team (Coach), StuCo (Parliamentarian), Class Office (President), Table Tennis Team Varsity
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Founder of a Web Based NPO that’s education oriented
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: KeyClub/StuCo
[</em>] Summer Activities: Math Camp 2 years, 6 weeks each
[<em>] Essays: didn’t submit supplement, 7/10?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 11/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec:11/10
[</em>] Additional Rec:na
[li] Interview:na</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small, under performing
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math, Social, Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT CR ugh
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I was quite unique. I’m also a junior in high school, dropping out.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
MIT, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech accepted
Harvard waitlist
[/ul]General Comments:
I shouldn’t have gotten in. To be honest, I didn’t even know that my application was processed, considering that I didn’t submit the supplement or send my test scores. I didn’t interview. I didn’t pay my application fee. It is just all really strange.</p>

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32 composite, 33 super
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable: 1st or 2nd (out of 25) 
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP NSL, Micro, Spanish, Lang (all 4) and AP Macro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Competitive Freeskier 
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, Congressional Citation, Physics award from the Winter Sports School, Athlete at Icelantic Skis, lots of other smaller stuff

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scout (various positions), Bike team, Freestyle Ski team
Job/Work Experience: 
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours or so, lots from Scout project and other bike park projects 
Summer Activities: Skiing, Mountain biking
Essays: My teachers thought they were creative and interesting. 
Teacher Recommendation: I heard they were great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Amazing
Interview: Really good

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Utah
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Winter Sports School (flipped school calendar, so we can ski and compete all winter)
Ethnicity: White 
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I'm a skier, what do you think? (upper)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Interesting profile, good essays, unique backstory. There are only 25 other kids in the US who share a similar high school story. 
Weaknesses: AP scores and other objective stuff 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn't do any summer programs with Dartmouth or anything, my AP scores were not strong enough. 
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to U of U business scholars with scholarships, also accepted to UVM Honors College with a large scholarship.