Official Dartmouth College 2016 RD Results

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<p>Copy, paste, and good luck!</p>

<p>
[quote]
[noparse]
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]

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<p>Please, results only on this thread so that it can serve as a valuable resource for future applicants.</p>

<p>Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>waitlisted…</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (1550)
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 800 CR, 750 M, 800 W (77, 11)
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 34
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): (34 R, 34 E, 32 M, 34 S, 9 essay)
SAT II: 780 Chem, 790 US, 800 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.39 through junior year
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/44
AP (place score in parentheses): World (5), US (5), Human Geo (5), Psych (5), Chem (5), Lang (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): NO RULES
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest in school, 5 APs and one regular class
Number of other applicants in your school: 5-8
Major Awards: Top 40 PF Team at Nationals, President’s Service Award, State PF Champion, National-Circuit Debate Winner - Nothing extraordinary</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Theater (4 Leads), Debate (Co-Captain, most NFL points in school history, etc), Guitarist, Student Body Treasurer, Freshman Mentor
Job/Work Experience: One part-time summer “internship” in a warehouse
Volunteer/Community service: 150ish hours </p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects): 7/8 Both were fairly standard, but well-written
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: College Counselor said it was amazing - 10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Teacher knows me very well - 8
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec: Best friend and English major wrote it, I can only believe it to be wonderful
Interview: Went very well, my interviewers seemed to really enjoy it!
Art Supplement: NO RULES</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,00ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Strikingly good looks</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Scores, GPA, Interview
Weaknesses: Weakness is for those who quit
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I am a good fit for Dartmouth
What would you have done differently?: Nothing, any change could only be neutral or negative.[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I received a likely letter this February. Now, unless Harvard accepts me Dartmouth is in my final two schools!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

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<p>Accepted. In too much shock right now. Cried when I found out. I’ll post full stats later. Right now I’m just so out of it.</p>

<p>Quick stats: SAT 2330, WGPA 4.8, UW GPA 3.99</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 780 M: 760 W: 700 E: 10)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (R: 36 M: 35 W: 32 S: 34)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP / Most Rigorous (AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics, Band VI
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None other than National AP Scholar / School awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Drum Major, 2 years), Clarinet, Piano, Composition (submitted Arts Supplement), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (Leadership Board past two years), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President), Odyssey of the Mind (8 years, world finals three times).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours, hospital, church, etc. small things
[<em>] Summer Activities: FSU Summer Band Camp, volunteering, stuff for school Band
[</em>] Essays: Common App 9/10, my peer rec was also very good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One of them I read and it was stellar quote: “The best thing I’ve ever written about a student in 26 years of teaching,” the other one I didn’t read but the teacher really likes me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good (large public school), counselor barely knows me
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: I thought I botched it but it could have been a lot worse.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k-140k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Sat I Scores, No Hook… etc
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No hook
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Dartmouth, Penn, Duke (Likely Letter), Emory
Rejected: Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Brown
Waiting on: Stanford (not waitlisted… yet)
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>33 ACT
3.9 UW / 4.6 W
11/452</p>

<p>Sent from my SCH-I500 using CC</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): did not send
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Lit, 750 French, 720 US History
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.07
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 5, Comparative 5, French 4, English Lang 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys, AP Macro, AP Eng, AP Calc AB, Religion III, H Creative Writing, H Political Theory, Intro to Photo
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot (ironically I am too lazy to write them all) most dealing with writing/international relations
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work as a Model, barista at local coffee shop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Docent at local museum, volunteer at local homeless cafe
[<em>] Summer Activities: Studied Avant-Garde art in Paris, took summer classes at Loyola University Chicago
[</em>] Essays: I love my common app essay…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good…we are very good friends
[</em>] Counselor Rec: a delight, i hope?
[<em>] Additional Rec: My best friend wrote my peer rec and I read it/was so happy after reading it.
[</em>] Interview: My interviewer was awesome. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic; Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: activities, writing, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Standardized testing
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Uchicago, Michigan, Pitzer Waitlisted: Columbia, WashU, Wesleyan Rejected: Pomona, Swarthmore, Princeton, UPenn</p>

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

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Not even worth mentioning <2000
[</em>] ACT: 31 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 (690), Spanish (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/197
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Language (5), Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will take French HL this year.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English, IB History of the Americas, IB Environmental Systems and Societies, IB Mathematics (Calc AB), IB French VI, Studio Photography, Journalism, IB TOK
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rotary Youth Leadership Award[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Interact Club (Vice President, District Governor)
NHS
French HS
Student Senate
Play(ed) Varsity Football
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a Restaurant, then Retail
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Counselor at a Nature Camp for Elem. school
Coach Intramural Middle School Basketball
Counselor at Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Total, about 1000 hours in the past two years
[<em>] Other Activities:
Spent Junior Year abroad in Italy as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student
[</em>] Essays: About my experience in Italy, and discovering an interest in Philosophy. I’d say it was pretty good.</p>

<p>[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: From French teacher, really genuine, though almost childish (she used Comic Sans font).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: From English teacher, not bad.
[</em>] Interview: </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium-sized Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, but White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:$40k-$50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, parents did not graduate college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:High involvement, year abroad, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT, SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows … Princeton seemed to like me …
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Colorado College, Bowdoin, Colby, Princeton; rejected at Dartmouth
[/ul]General Comments:
Bleh</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (710R, 760M, 750W)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 730 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.84
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NHRP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MU (Co-Pres); Mock Trial (Attorney); SADD, HOSA, NHS, SHS.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor @ Learning Center; Busboy
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at hospital; VBS; Foodbankl Big Brothers Big Sisters
[<em>] Summer Activities: Classes at local community college, total 4 for 12 credits, 4.0 GPA. Volunteering
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good i’d say
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I thought they would be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Yes, Ehhhh</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Top 100 according to U.S. News
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Enough
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, College Classes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: College coursework, URM, Initiative
[</em>] Weaknesses: Freshman year GPA, didn’t participate in clubs till junior year
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Peer eval helped, urm helped. I can only speculate past that.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Cornell (Likely), URich (Likely), UVA, Northwestern. Rejected: Brown, Harvard, Princeton. Waiting for Columbia, Yale.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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

<p>[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: chem: 800, US: 740, Spanish: 700
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chem 5, spaniv 4, us 5, euro 4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all aps: Spanish 5, art, bio, calc bc, English 4
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing big
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): art, tutoring, satirical cartooning, poetry
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: random events
[</em>] Summer Activities: smith summer science program
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: meh.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private k-12
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: I’m a lady
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>

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<p>Rejected…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): First sitting–CR|800; M|710; W|750 (Essay|11); Second sitting – CR|790; M|790; W|730 (Essay|10) Superscored: 2340
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math II|800; Chemistry|760; U.S. History|760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/500 or so
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on all 10 APs: Human Geography, World History, Chemistry, Art History, Drawing Portfolio, English Lang & Comp, U.S. History, Calc AB, Stats, Psychology (self-studied)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit & Comp, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Gov/AP Microecon, AP Spanish V, PAP Physics, AP 2D Art Portfolio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2X winner at Art UIL-sort-of-thing only in TX (V.A.S.E) with $200 and $600 scholarships in 10th and 11th grade respectively; $2500 Young Masters Grant (only in TX) to study art each summer for three years; won 2 national gold medals in Scholastics in 12th grade but did not put that on my app. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP in National Art Honor Society and Art Club; VP of Spanish Honor Society, NHS, Student Council, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: started tutoring refugee children in 12th grade, helped with autistic children for a while, various church jobs/volunteer hours. Not too much community service in my opinion.
[</em>] Summer Activities: attended MICA pre-college 2010, took sophomore painting classes in 2011
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were terrible.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have no clue, but they should be good-ish.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know her. No reason to be bad
[</em>] Additional Rec: My peer evaluation kind of sucked too.
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): S. Korea, I’m still considered international.
[<em>] School Type: Public High School, SUBURBIAAAAA, about 500~600 ppl in each grade
[</em>] Ethnicity: Azn
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000~100,000??
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook for being Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: art. grades. score.
[</em>] Weaknesses: sucky essay. not much leadership or community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no fcking clue.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted at Princeton, waiting for YALE’S SERVER TO QUIT CRASHING OMG, waiting on Columbia, Brown, Amherst. Accepted into MICA/SAIC(art schools), and UT Austin as Plan II Honors program and art major.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m hardly happy… it sounds really bad but I just want to get into Yale and I will only be able to rest in peace after I find out. I’m gonna be so crushed in a few moments… I’m so scared. I mean I guess I am relieved, but another crazy superstitious part of me thinks an acceptance to Dartmouth is ominous for Yale decisions.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 36 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E, 770 US History, 770 Literature, 750 French, 740 Latin
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Latin (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (5), French (5), Environmental Science (5), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5), US Gov (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP French Literature, AP Comp Gov, Linear Algebra, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Art History, Post-AP Latin
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various Olympiad/AMC/AIME awards, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, various scholarships, leadership awards, volunteer awards, etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (1st Singles 4 years, team captain 3 years), Varsity Boys Lacrosse (4 years, captain 2 years), Varsity Boys Soccer (4 years, co-captain 2 years), US Senate Page Program, Varsity Debate (4 years, qualified to Tournament of Champions twice, NFL Nationals three times, CFL Nationals 4 times), Mock Trial captain, Literary Magazine contributor and assistant editor, Violinist (local youth orchestra)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at state governor’s office for 2 summers, Interned at an attorney’s office, Worked at local ice cream store for four years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local nursing home since I was 9, reading to them, bringing my pet dog, taking care of them, playing music for them, talking to them, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camp, volunteering, interning, reading, working, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Best in career.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From state governor, wonderful comments.
[li] Interview: Good[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, awards, testing, rank, extracurriculars, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays were a bit specific so they could have been a hit or miss.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m surprised and so happy.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Accepted to[ul]
[<em>] MIT
[</em>] Northwestern HPME
[<em>] UChicago
[</em>] WashU
[<em>] Rice
[</em>] Yale (likely)
[<em>] Princeton
[</em>] Harvard
[<em>] Tufts
[</em>] Penn (Wharton)
[li] JHU BME[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Waitlisted by [ul]
[li]Columbia[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>**Waiting on ** [ul]
[*] Stanford[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360: CR (760), Math (800), Writing (800)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (didn’t report)
[<em>] SAT II: MathII (800), US History (790), Bio E (770), Spanish (770), Lit (730)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Human Geography (5), Biology (5), Statistics (5), Psychology (5), English Language (5), European History (5), US History (4), and two others not reported.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Discrete Math, AP English Lit, AP Comparative GoPo, AP Art History, AP Spanish, AP US GoPo, AP Enviro, Spanish Conversation, 2 Portuguese classes at my local university.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Three national awards in Spanish (two of them were pretty major), National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, a couple of state awards in Envirothon.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SHH (officer), Envirothon, Young Democrats (Secretary), Newspaper (managing editor), Math Team, Beta Club, Portuguese Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting for my flight instructor neighbor to bribe her into giving me free lessons… but I don’t think I mentioned that!
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: mentoring Hispanic elementary school student, Spanish tutoring for high school students.
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing substantial, mostly just took the time to explore things that I didn’t get a chance to during the school year such as gardening, crew, and flying.
[<em>] Essays: I didn’t really like it… but whatever, I got in!!! :smiley:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I guess they were good (one of them was from a sophomore year teacher though).
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read either, but my school has 2000 students and three VERY stressed counselors (I’ve talked to her about 3 times in 4 years…), so I don’t know detailed it was. I’m assuming that she just rewrote our resumes into letter format.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I got one (supposedly really good) from my Portuguese professor but only ended up submitting it to UChicago (I thought that it was too late for Dartmouth). I was really kicking myself afterwards for not submitting it though.
[li] Interview: Really well! By far my favorite interview. My interviewer actually didn’t show up the first time (she had the flu and completely forgot about our appointment!) but she was super nice and even offered to drive me home afterwards (I was totally reading too much into it :slight_smile: ).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): KY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 110,000 (37K in aid… whee!!!)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.) Nothing </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: I guess maybe my course load, SAT, and awards were a strong point, but there were so many amazing candidates that nothing really stands out.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My GPA is horrible for a Dartmouth applicant. I received 8 Bs and 1 C (the C being in my junior year as well!) and my essay wasn’t great enough to make up for it. Also, some of you may remember my borderline hysterical post about my peer review being sent 2 months late… overall I would call myself a pretty shaky applicant.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue! I’m still in shock. I guess my admissions officer was feeling generous that day.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UChicago, University of Virginia, American, and 2 in-state schools. Rejected at Cornell. </p>

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

<p>I definitely wasn’t expecting this! My GPA was low, my essay was mediocre, and my peer rec was 2 months late (plus I’m an Asian female). For future applicants: you never know what will happen, so why not apply? You have nothing to lose–except for a hugely expensive application fee --and absolutely everything to gain. Good luck to all! </p>

<p>I am incredibly, incredibly lucky to be able to choose between so many amazing schools. Dartmotuh vs. UChicago vs. UVa will really tug at my heart.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800W, 760M, 760CR)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Biology E; 790 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (school ranks by decile)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (4), Stats (5) Took about 7 community college courses as well.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calculus AB, Senior Writing Seminar, Eng. 1A at community college, physics honors, Chinese 3
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and field, Wrestling (co-captain), football 9th-10th grade
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+hours for both organizations I’m in
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Common App and supplements were pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: ? probably good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic. Counselor does too many to be personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: Wrestling coach wrote a good one. Friend wrote an excellent peer review.
[</em>] Interview: Not invited.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US (although technically applied as Canadian/international because I have yet to get permanent residency)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian…
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 100,000$
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: No real awards besides team athletic ones.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: over represented minority and no outstanding achievements.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis (w/regents), Michigan<br>
Rejected: Chicago, Brown, Cornell</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Sucks that i couldn’t get into an Ivy league school. Congrats to everyone else that got in.</p>

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<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 710w, 720cr, 770m</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 34</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 680 chem, 680 ush, 750 math</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (1 LOL) US History (4) Chemistry (4) English Lang (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: -AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, independently studying AP French w/ my French teacher, and Guitar[/li]-French at a Community college, and a theater arts class </p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, DAR Good Citizen, Outstanding Attorney, Outstanding Opener, Best Orator, Above and Beyond, Principal’s List, Dance awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-President of Junior Statesmen of America (10, 11, 12)
-President of my school’s dance team (10, 11, 12) (we perform at all school fundraisers, rallys, games, etc because we don’t have cheerleaders haha)

  • Junior and Senior Class President (11, 12)
  • Helped found Model United Nations (11, 12)
  • Competitive Dancer (since age 8, rehearse >25 hrs/week
  • Mock Trial - Prosecution attorney
  • Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
  • National Honors Society (10, 11, 12)
  • Photo editor of yearbook (11) - it’s a class not a club, that’s why there’s only one year
  • Link Crew leader (10, 11, 12)
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience:
  • Counseling at summer camp (11, 12)
  • Dance teacher (9, 10, 11, 12)
  • Private tutor (outside of school) (12)
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
  • Asked by my school to tutor after school twice a week (11, 12)
  • As a member of Key Club and NHS we do additional service hours for Second harvest, adopt a family, beach clean ups, etc (9, 10, 11, 12)
  • Work twice a week at animal services clinic (i socialize the animals and introduce them to potential adoptees) (11, 12)
    [</em>] Summer Activities:
  • After attending first nationally accredited summer camp in US for 7 years, I have participated in the Leadership Training Program for the past 3 summers
  • Junior Statesmen of America summer school where I studied Honors Int’l Relations and Congressional debate @ Georgetown
  • Junior Lifeguards (Captain)
  • Regularly compete at Dance nationals in Vegas, and attend weeklong dance intensives in LA
    [<em>] Essays: I liked them
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been good
    [<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been good
    [</em>] Additional Rec:
    [li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
    <p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Intended Major(s): International Relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Uncompetitive Public High School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable): Well off
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): haha none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: grades, extra curriculars, dance
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat II, AP exams
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because it’s Dartmouth
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Confirmed spot on waitlist hopefully something opens up!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 Math, 780 Verbal, 760 Writing (9 Essay)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 World History, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 appx (Weighted appx 4.6)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 0-10th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (4), World (5), Euro (5), Macro (5), Micro (5), Calc AB (5), English Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Comparative, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Lang
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitor on It’s Academic (longest running quiz show in America!) as well as a local TV show, QuizMaster Challenge; Team Captain for QuizBowl competitions. Volunteer historian for Europa Barbarorum II; team leader for EB: Novus Ordo Mundi.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Around 300 hours; I volunteered at the local elementary school chess club for many years, have gotten 150 hours on volunteer trips.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Various community service trips overseas, which I enjoyed immensely. Plan to take classes at GW this summer.
[<em>] Essays: At least I liked the essay I wrote; it was about something I care deeply about and have devoted a lot of my time to (probably ended up costing my several GPA points along the line).
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea. I’m hoping they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See teacher recs. It’s all meaningless now, though.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Went well, I think.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Essay (at least I like to think so), Interview, Legacy status
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Freshman/Sophomore year GPA, somewhat lack of initiative
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a legacy and met and spoke with Dean Laskaris personally. I also have strong standardized testing scores, and have kept a 4.0 GPA through 2nd semester junior year (5 APs) and 1st semester Senior Year (all APs).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UNC; Waitlisted: UChicago, Johns Hopkins; Rejected: Northwestern, Penn, Duke, Yale, Princeton. Waiting for places I expect rejections from, and for Berkeley and Michigan, where I think I have a shot.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: I wish I had tried harder in my past, but at least I’m in and I’m both incredibly happy and insanely relieved. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted, it seems I’m going to have some amazing classmates. I look forward to meeting you at Dimensions.</p>