Read me.

<p>Wow. Community College for me.</p>

<p>I'm applying ED. Most of you have probably seen my stats (1500 SAT, 800/730/780, Commended, etc.). I'm hoping to eat, breathe, and live The Dartmouth. I'd die without a publication to work on, but the big J schools didn't do it for me. BU was too sprawling, USC and NYU in too big an urban area, too many peers at Chapel Hill, absolutely hated Northwestern when I visited, etc. Also played the violin for nine years, did the $36,000 American Cancer society philanthropy, publicity queen for NHS, Academic Decathlon, etc. I'm kind of a "behind the scenes" person at my school. Almost everything that happens comes back in some way to me, but no one knows it. Had someone I've known for a decade do my peer evaluation. My AP Government teacher said that I was one of the best students of her career, right down the chart. European History AP teacher called me a "brilliant historian." It's almost embarrassing. Anyway, they had to give me Common App copies because the period between when I find out about Dartmouth and the RD deadline is over winter break, when I won't have access to them. My guidance counselor compared me to this absolutely evil genius who graduated a year before I was a freshman who went to Harvard. I just hope I get in. It's almost painful having to suffer like this.</p>

<p>After listing a rack-up like that, I'm surprised you lack the confidence to see you'll most likely be accepted! I do hope you are... coming to Dartmouth is a humbling experience, as I see my stellar achievements often pale in comparison to certain of those among my peers.</p>

<p>I'm an 06</p>

<p>I forget my GPA, but it was something like a 3.4 No idea what my rank was, but it was the top 25 %, mediocre public school in New York.</p>

<p>800 V, 690 M
SAT IIs: 740Writing, 780 US History, 780 Lit</p>

<p>My ECs were ok... no real leadership positions. Good essays, VERY good recommendations. My interviews went incredibly well, especially my alumni interview.</p>

<p>First generation to college.</p>

<p>I marketed myself as an exact fit for Dartmouth, and they were willing to forgive my so-so GPA. The trick is in to demonstrate your enthusiasm while still sounding sincere.</p>

<p>In the end no one can really predict your chances because of the subjective </p>

<p>criteria used in selecting a class.</p>

<p>According to Dartmouth's Office of Institutional Research:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eoir/pdfs/cds_2003-04.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/pdfs/cds_2003-04.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/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>