Please assess my chances of getting into Dartmouth.

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<p>I don't want to post the name of my high school, but It's a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence! A private, Catholic school</p>

<p>GPA:
3.8(out of 4.0) unweighted, 4.0(out of 4.0) weighted</p>

<p>SAT:
2070 (680 Math, 720 Writing, 670 Critical Reading)</p>

<p>SAT II:
660 Literature, 560 Math II</p>

<p>Class Ranking:
19/173</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: Semester Grade
Government H/Economics H 89
Latin III H DC 96
Calculus BC AP DC 78
Physics B AP 92
Computer Science CP 99
English IV AP 92
Theology IV CP 95</p>

<p>**My school only offers 4 AP classes for seniors.
I'm awful at calculus, but I wanted to take the most difficult math course offered at my school, so I went for cal BC AP (last year I took pre calculus because calculus AB wasn't offered). I am very concerned about my calculus semester grade. It's not like I didn't try, and it's not like I'm bad at math. I made A's in all of my previous math classes. I guess calculus just isn't my thing :/</p>

<p>Major: Classics
I love Latin and all things Roman! I was on the 1st place team at this year's National Junior Classical League certamen competition (a classics/Latin competition similar to an academic bowl). It was pretty intense... :) Classics is my passion! So I wonder, how many people actually apply as classics majors? Does this make me more interesting than, say, an applicant who wants to major in biology? I have the extracurriculars to back me up (aside from my 1st place certamen medal, I also have many awards from different NJCL competitions ranging from Greek Derivatives to Greek Mythology). With this all being evident, will my bad semester grade in calculus still be my downfall (along with my awful SAT II math II score)? </p>

<p>Leadership:
President of Renaissance club (supports those who make Honor Roll every quarter) (member 1yr, President 3yrs)
Vice President of Med-Team (member 2yrs, VP 2yrs)
Secretary of Latin club (member 2yrs, Secretary 1yr)
Team Captain of school certamen team (member 1 yr, Captain 1yr)
Treasurer of NHS chapter (member 1yr, Treasurer 1yr)
Mu Alpha Theta Member (2yrs)
Student Ambassador (3yrs)
Prom Committee (one time thing)</p>

<p>Athletics:
11 belts from Kenseido and Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate (4yrs)</p>

<p>Volunteerism:
SPCA Humane Society, Hospital Volunteer, various school functions</p>

<p>Dynamite Essay</p>

<p>The kid who wrote my peer evaluation is a blooming William Faulkner.
I have teacher evaluations from my Latin and English teachers.</p>

<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>i feel like it could go either way…</p>

<p>your rank/math grade/sat/satII math could hurt you
but then your unique ECs and your dedication to them could help you.</p>

<p>as for your major, dartmouth says that they don’t even consider that because 98% of students change their major at least once, if not multiple times, in college.</p>

<p>i think you have about a 60% chance, more if you sell your interests on the application.</p>

<p>good luck :slight_smile:
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<p>Your scores are sub par across the board, and being out of the top 10% in class rank is not going to help. (Why didn’t you take the Latin SATII if it’s your #1 subject!?!) Your GPA is okay. Your ECs sound pretty good. (Although what does “supporting” people on the honor roll mean?) Having an intellectual passion that you have actually pursued is a plus. </p>

<p>Assuming that you are unhooked, I don’t think your chances are very good, I’m sorry to say. I know kids with better stats than yours (who were more advanced in Latin) and were waitlisted at schools like Vassar lat year. So although by all means give it a shot if you really like D, make sure your list has solid matches and at least one real safety. I’d look for a couple of less difficult admits where your interest in classics would make a lot of sense. (If you are a female, Bryn Mawr, which has always had a strong classics dept, would be a match, for example.)</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Similar to what I said in your topic in the Yale subforum, your chances are quite slim. Not in top decile, extremely low SAT II scores, low SAT and lacking a hook all will work against you. </p>

<p>I suggest looking outside the Ivy’s, maybe try a few LACs if you like smaller schools.</p>

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<p>@ augusta: I will chance you back! Thank you :)</p>

<p>@ Consolation and Jersey13: I’m not just applying to Ivy’s (that would be suicide in my case). I have a safety that I’ve been accepted to, and I have applied to some “solid matches” already; I’m applying to schools like Dartmouth because there’s always the chance that it will work out!</p>