<p>In your opinion, the best asset for applying to Dartmouth is:
(choose the top one or rank them or whatever).</p>
<p>A: Strong Essays
B: Good Recommendations
C: Excellent Grades
D: High Test Scores (AP/SAT/ETC)
E: Dedicated EC's
F: Other (list)</p>
<p>I'm just curious so dont say "Stupid Post" etc. </p>
<p>Thanks! I think this is (kinda) helpful!</p>
<p><em>Everything</em> I've read about Dartmouth suggests that, despite the high volume of applications the school gets, it approaches admissions very holistically, perhaps the most holistically of all of the elite schools. I'd say that a strong essay will be to your extreme advantage with Dartmouth.</p>
<p>1.) Essays
2.) Interviews
3.) Transcript
4.) Scores
5.) Recommendations</p>
<p>Many current students who I have met and spoken to, state that the essays and interviews are the most important component of the application. These are the things that allow the candidate to stand out from the rest of the elite pack.</p>
<p>JUST MY OPINION:</p>
<p>1) Test scores
2) Grades
3) Interview/being a legacy or minority if applicable
4) Essays
5) Recommendations
6) ECs</p>
<p>While there will be some subjective measures to the application process, lets deal with the facts. </p>
<p>criteria used in selecting a class.</p>
<p>According to Dartmouth's Office of Institutional Research:</p>
<p>For Academic Year 2003-04 (the class of 07 Class of 08 information has not yet been released)</p>
<p>1216 ED applicants
397 Admitted</p>
<p>Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.</p>
<p>Very Important- Academic (in the order they list them)</p>
<p>School Record
Class Rank
Recommendations
Test scores
Essays</p>
<p>Non Academic</p>
<p>Interview - Considered
EC's - Ver Important
Talent / Ability- Important
Character personality traits- Very Important
Volunteer Work- Important</p>
<p>Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2003 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above. </p>
<p>25th Percentile 1330 27 ACT
75th Percentile 1540 33 ACT</p>
<p>Percent submitting SAT scores 90.4 Number submitting SAT scores 974 </p>
<p>Percent submitting ACT scores 9.6 Number submitting ACT scores 103 </p>
<p>Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
SAT I Verbal Math
700-800 61.5 63.4 (so, 61% scored between 1400-1600)</p>
<p>600-699 29.9 28.9 </p>
<p>500-599 8.1 7.2 </p>
<p>400-499 0.5 0.4</p>
<p>ONLY 53.1% OF THE SCHOOLS SUBMITTED RANK</p>
<p>Average GPA 3.66</p>
<p>Percent of students who submitted GPA 43.1</p>
<p>The net-net is this :</p>
<p>Some of the 1600 uberstudnets will get rejected</p>
<p>Some of the people who feel that they come off as just being regular folk will be accepted </p>
<p>in the end it is all about BUILDING A DIVERSE CLASS.</p>
<p>Who are those people with scores of less than 600 on each section of SAT? I know some should be athletes and minorities, but is that it? </p>
<p>I am just curious, because I just learned English in the past year(it is my third language). How would they approach my SATI V and SATII writing scores in the 500-600 range? How much can I muscle them out by writing a good and grammatically perfect essay?
BTW, I am an Iranian immigrant.</p>
<ol>
<li> Test scores- high test scores a must</li>
<li> Grades- top 10% is important to have</li>
<li> Intangibles- a.k.a. applying early decision/legacy/minority/what not</li>
<li> EC's</li>
<li> Interview</li>
<li> Work Experience</li>
</ol>
<p>When I went to a Dartmouth information session, the rep said that the first thing the admissions committee/your regional rep looks at is the essay--so I think it's really important to have a good essay to set you off on the right foot and give a lasting first impression of yourself.</p>
<p>Who are those people with scores of less than 600 on each section of SAT? I know some should be athletes and minorities, but is that it? </p>
<p>Not necessarily true. A lot of the low verbal scores are a result of there are students who take the test where english is not their first language. I know that there are athletes and minorities who have SAT scores that are right in the thick of the pool</p>
<p>I have lived in Iran, where language of instruction has always been Persian. I could not speak a word of English before the last July that I moved to the U.S. Do you think that they won't look upon my low verbal scores negatively?</p>
<p>"in the end it is all about BUILDING A DIVERSE CLASS."
If I convince them in my appication that I bring some new prospects to Dartmouth, then would they be kind to me?!</p>
<p>What part of Iran are you from?</p>
<p>I was born and raised in Tehran, but my parents are from a small southern town.</p>