<p>SAT: 2400
ACT: 35
SAT2s: 800, 800, 790
Rank: 1/400
ECS: Excellent
Recs: Very good</p>
<p>SAT I (by section): N/A
SAT IIs: Biology-M 640 Literature: 680
ACT: 32
APs: Psychology (4), USH (4), Stats, Calc (not AP), Biology, Literature, American Government
IBs: N/A
GPA: 4.0UW, School does not weight
Rank: 1/550
Other stats: eh idk
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Speech and Debate Team President: National Qualifier, 6 time district champion, State finalist, many distinctions, etc…, Senior Class Vice-President, Tracka and Field Varsity letter, volunteer at local hospital 2 hr/week, Church youth group leader/ volunteer 5 hr/week, Link Crew Leader
Job/Work Experience: Usher at Century Theater 15 hr/week
Essays (subject and responses): I received many early likely letters, and it was likely because of this. I wrote about growing up with a single mother addicted to meth. For awhile we were homeless, i never really had a childhood, etc. I view it as what separates me from other applicants.
Counselor Rec: Great
Applied on: December
Hook (if any): African American, Past experiences
Location/Person:
State or Country: OR
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Fairly large Public School, pretty good but nothing special
Ethnicity:African-American (Mixed, half white)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math800, Writing800, CR720
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math2c800, Chem750, BioM740, Korean800
[<em>] ACT: 33 did not report
[</em>] APs: 4s&5s on 8, too lazy to list lol…
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 4.something
[<em>] Rank: 1/600ish
[</em>] Other stats: 215 on the PSAT, national merit commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: SciOly, Key Club, Tutor Club, Cross Country, Choir, Track, etc…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): i personally thought it was a bit better than mediocre, but i guess it was good enough for dartmouth
[</em>] Teacher Recs: haven’t read them, but my two favorite teachers wrote them so yeah…
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good
[</em>] Applied on: the day it was due
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (booooooooooo)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[*] Gender: male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I 730 CR 800 M 780 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800s on US Hist, Chem and MathII
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs:5s on Eur His, Am Hist, Chem and Stat
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 99.3
[<em>] Rank: 2 out of 310
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Pres of Chess Club; Actor in numerous HS productions; Marching Band; VP of Nat Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):a chess match and how it relates to life
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[</em>] Applied on:
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White Jewish
[*] Gender: Male [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR 680 M 800 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 World; 720 Chem; 700 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: 5 English Lang, 5 Art History, 5 English Lit, 4 World History
[<em>] IBs: 7 SL Chemistry
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.71 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 500
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Community service at a nonprofit that works with migrant Hispanic families, volunteer lifeguard program that teaches first aid and beach safety to kids, varsity tennis captain, muralist, various writing endeavors, quiz bowl captain and state champion, president of mu alpha theta, varsity swim team.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Violinist in a semi-professional quartet, lifeguard.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about a “club” I had as a little kid where I would go out and explore nature, reminiscent of Thoreau; one about my love for the paintings of Joan Miro.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: The one I read was very well written. The other one was from my Spanish teacher, so probably very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably mediocre, he doesn’t know me that well.
[</em>] Applied on: Late December?
[li] Hook (if any): Not a hook, but my brother goes there. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Florida
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, has sent three kids to Ivys in fifteen years.
Ethnicity: White South African, dual citizen
Gender: Female</p>
<p>so I haven’t gotten the official letter yet, but my Dartmouth account has a link to the class of 2014 website… here goes nothing.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t send
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 800, Chemistry 790
[<em>] ACT: 36 (36 english, 36 math, 34 reading, 36 science, 11 essay)
[</em>] APs: Chemistry, calc AB, psychology, biology - all 5s. Taking both physics c exams, both english exams, calc bc, european history, and environmental science in May
[<em>] IBs: not offered
[</em>] GPA: unweighted 4.0
[<em>] Rank: unofficially 1… school doesn’t rank, though, so i’m not sure what was on my applications.
[</em>] Other stats: nat’l merit finalist, a few assorted awards… nothing huge, though
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: founder/president of a service club at my school (i currently run a project that’s trying to raise $32,000 to build a school in Africa), varsity ice hockey, president/captain of science olympiad & quiz bowl, volunteering at a local hospital, treasurer of literary magazine, secretary of national honor society, etc etc etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: toxicology intern at a local nonprofit one summer, did research another summer, traveled to Africa to help build a school during another
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): extended common app essay was about battling sexism in a foreign country
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I consider the teachers I chose more friends than teachers, and their letters were amazing =]
[<em>] Counselor Rec: a little short… I go to a huge public school… but still very sweet
[</em>] Applied on: early September, I believe
[li] Hook (if any): noooo[/li][/ul]Location/Person:
State or Country: MI
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): huge, semi-decent public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: female</p>
<p>I noticed the website change on Saturday, but decided to wait until the letter arrived today. Copypasta from the MIT EA thread</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2300: 800 CR, 700 M, 800 W
- SAT II: 760 Math II, 670 Chem. Others were 770, 760
- ACT: 30, not submitted
- GPA: 3.83
- Rank: 13/321
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): My AMC score is somewhere in the 70s, I forget it. Three 5’s (but one is an AB subscore), three 4’s
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: About how I <3 books I consider myself to be a pretty good writer.
- Recs: I forget if D’mouth took my teacher recs. I saw 1/2, it was beautiful. My friend rec was very sweet, if a tinge exaggerated.
- Supplementary Material: None
- Summer Activities: Before Junior year, I did a somewhat well-known teaching internship. I did a really short, pay-to-go women in engineering summer camp.
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: Ohio!
- High School Type: Public.
- Ethnicity:Black
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Ballet, Quiz Team, Community Action Team, Math Team, Ski Club, Tutoring, piano, viola, job (tutoring, again)
- Awards: 7th and 8th place on National French Exam, Summa Cum Laude on National Latin, 12th place on Oesper Chemistry Exam (regional), Bryn Mawr Book Award, NMSF, NASF, NMF, NAF, a couple of low level math team things
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Just my overall application.
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Happy. I told my parents, the friend who wrote my rec, one of my sisters, my brother, and most of quiz team. However, since I found out while just randomly checking the site, it was somewhat anticlimactic.
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT I (by section): 790 CR, 760 M, 760 W
SAT IIs: Biology-M 750, Math I 770
ACT: none
APs: BC Calculus (5), AB Calculus (5), Biology (5), English Language (5), US History (4), Physics C: Mechanics, Chemistry, English Literature, US Government, Comparative Government
IBs: none
GPA: 4.3 weighted
Rank: 2/250<br>
Other stats: NMSF
Subjective:</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: Varisty Tennis Captain 2 yrs, Director of Volunteers at Chinese School 2 yrs, VP Asian American Club, VP African Missions Club, National Honor Society, volunteer at hospital, school newspaper, camp conselor</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:</p>
<p>receptionist/assistant tennis coach for 2 yrs</p>
<p>Essays (subject and responses): </p>
<p>Essay about how i’ve learned not to obsess over grades and school and to focus on actually learning…pretty average
Teacher Recs: no idea
Counselor Rec: no idea
Applied on: mid-December
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NH
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private religous school, maybe slightly above the level of public schools
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>I think that my ACT proves that scores aren’t everything for likely letters (although they seem to be a major factor)!</p>
<p>Rank 1
4.35 GPA
32 ACT
780, 750 SAT 2
Very unusual extracurriculars
Very good recommendations</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2380 (800 M, 800 W, 780 CR)
SAT IIs: 740, 800 Math II / 800 Chemistry / 800 Chinese / 720 USH
ACT: none
APs: Calc BC, Chemistry, Chinese, World History, Biology, English Language, Physics B, Statistics, USH (5s on all)
IBs: none
GPA: Total - 4.45 W / 3.96 UW; 10th to 12th - 4.70 W / 3.93 UW
Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 3% at least</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: clarinet (awards, performed solo at Copley Symphony Hall, where San Diego Symphony plays), San Diego Youth Symphony, hospital volunteering, JV volleyball co-cap, summer internship, piano, Science Olympiad (under add. info - school band, electric guitar, etc.)
Job/Work Experience: one short summer job as a TA
Essays (subject and responses): well, the only essay dartmouth got was my commonapp essay, which i thought was worse than my other main one to be honest. it was about my passion for music and for chemistry. the other one talks about how a composer changed me dramatically (without focusing too much on the music part because i already talked about that)
Teacher Recs: probably one of his top students ever for chemistry teacher, USH teacher knows a lot about ECs (and she keeps raving about how i dressed up as jimi hendrix and played purple haze for them for an “influential figures” report)
Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic since my school is huge and not many people know their counselors well…
Applied on: a couple days before the deadline
Hook (if any): nothing really…maybe i’m well-rounded or something, not sure.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school, class size = 600-700, sends ~25 people total to top schools, 30+ each to the major UCs (Berk, LA, SD, Irvine)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M</p>
<p>Reaction:
Just happy for receiving notice from a school that’s NOT a UC. Not the best engineering school, but it’s all good.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800/800/800 (single sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Latin, 750 Physics
[<em>] APs: Stats (5), Physics B (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Latin: Vergil (5), Eng. Lit. (5), CS AB (5), Phys. C: Mech. (5)
[</em>] GPA: No official GPA, derived from transcript: A/A-
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: XC, Wrestling, Track (Manager), Debate, Chorus
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor, Software Tester previous summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App about experience designing a self-scoring spreadsheet for the Track Team
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Hopefully good, didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strong, I think, highlighted the breadth of activities I pursue, and the helpful, devoted attitude I bring to them
[</em>] Applied on: 1/1
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, sends many kids to Ivy’s
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]
I really liked Dartmouth when I visited over the summer, and the letter really took a lot of pressure off. (Any stats I left out above aren’t provided by my school, or didn’t apply to me)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 700 CR/690 M/ 760 W (single sitting)
SAT IIs: 650 Math II, 660 Literature, 640 French
APs: English Lang (5), Euro (3), French Land (3)
GPA: 4.3
Misc.: National Achievement Scholarship Program Winner
ECs listed on app:
Varsity Womens Tennis (#1 Doubles Team, #3 Singles, most singles wins of the 2008-2009 season - Lettered)
Varsity Womens Soccer (Lettered)
Drill Team, Saber Team, Color Guard and Honor Guard
Journalism
Speech & Debate
Independent Vocal Studies
Drama -3rd Lead (Taming of the Shrew)</p>
<p>Leadership:
National French Honor Society President (Junior Year, Senior Year)
Honor Council Vice President (Senior Year)
National Honor Society Parliamentarian (Senior Year)
National English Honor Society Secretary (Junior Year)
Literary Magazine Editor (Senior Year)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: None
Community Service:
Mission Trip to Ghana
Award for Outstanding Service Admissions Department
American Red Cross Blood Donation
Peer Tutoring
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund Walk
Special Olympics Basketball
Letters to Soldiers
Feeding the Homeless</p>
<p>Essays (subject and responses): Common App about experience at military leadership camp
Teacher Recs: Phenomenal
Counselor Rec: Best recommendation she has ever written
Applied on: 10/01
Location/Person:
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Military, this year is the firtst year that my school has gotten multiple people into Ivies
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: F
Intended Major(s): Mathematics and French
I didnt visit Dartmouth until after I got the letter.</p>
<p>**Decision: Likely! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:690 M, 740 CR, 700 W, 10E
[</em>] ACT: 31C 30E 32R 31M 31S 9E
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 US Hist./ 800 Spanish/ 670 Math 2/ 630 Lit 
[</em>] GPA: 4.5 W (Val has like 4.8)
[<em>] Rank: 9/79 (not even top 10%)
[</em>] Other stats: 5- AP US Hist, Spanish Lang 4- World Hist, Euro Hist, Eng. Lang (Will be taking 7 AP tests this year)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Ok not the greatest I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good I hope
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very nice and personalized, got a chance to read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Top 100 by all the big lists
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic - Mexican
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors: EC’s ok but not much leadership, summer activities helped I think, Dual US/Mex citizen?
General Comments: So far I’m into my #1 choice Georgetown but still this is pretty exciting and will make it a lot harder once FA comes in</p>
<p>Stats:
- SAT I (by section): 2120 - M: 690; CR: 690; W: 740 (Essay: 9)
- SAT IIs: Literature - 730; French - 720
- ACT: 32
- APs: APUSH; APLang; APLit; APStat; APGov; APFrench
*]IBs: N/A - GPA: 3.5/3.9
- Rank: Embarrassing.
- Other stats: National Achievement Finalist; National French Exam - Finalist in both state and national level. I think I was 5th in the nation for the 2009 Exam </p>
<p>Subjective:
- ECs listed on app:
World Cause President and member of Board of Directors - a non-profit organization founded by my older sister(Harvard), her friend(Yale) and I whose main emphasis is education and health care. We collect books, shoes, and medicine (baby formula, etc.) for villages in the third-world.
Key Club Vice President - over 300 hours of community service just with Key Club
Model UN Vice President
French Club Co-President
National French Honor Society Co-President
International Club Executive Board
SGA (Student Council) Historian
Youth United/Habitat for Humanity Public Relations Chairman
Horizons - aids the special needs kids at my high school
Beta Club
Environmental Club
Girls Rugby
Play 5 instruments [4 at advanced level; 1 at beginners (the harp)]</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience: Self-employed - design and make clothes (notably evening gowns); private tutor</p></li>
<li><p>Essays (subject and responses): Incredible. Everyone who read it cried. </p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: Glowing :)</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Incredible as well</p></li>
<li><p>Applied on: The day it was due, I believe. Perhaps the day before. </p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): First Generation American (both my parents are Nigerian)
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: TN</p></li>
<li><p>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very good public school </p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Nigerian-American (New York born)</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Female</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I honestly didn’t think I was going to get in, mainly because of my low GPA. But in the Additional Information area, I explained the reason for it. My best friend of ten years died during my sophomore year, and it took me a while to get over it. </p>
<p>I honestly believe I got in because of my essay and the teacher and peer recommendations. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone else!</p>