<p>You guys may be fretting about GPA/EC's/SAT's...
Just writing to tell ya that when I participated on the Dartmouth Bound trip my host told me that he scored a 1080 on his SAT's.
I also know of a girl who scored in the 1200's on hers.</p>
<p>So
Just telling you guys to provide a little comfort... SAT's arent everything (=</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>thanks for the encouragement, it really is appreciated.</p>
<p>generally, have you met people who don't at all fit the 1500+, 4.0+, astronaut-in-training, cancer curing mold? i.e., people who aren't spectacular at anything, but are just reasonably academically gifted and amiable? or does everyone seem to have some incredible hook...was your 1080 friend nationally ranked in something?</p>
<p>On the other hand, don't put off your other essays and apps on a hope and a prayer, either because your stats are in the ballpark, or youve been a good citizen; be prepared, just in case. Last year, I believe, the non-hooked applicants median SAT was 1470. Dont put yourself in a situation where you have to cram all the apps in over the holidays.</p>
<p>Do it now, with the high hopes and adrenaline youve generated in ed...it will ease the anxiety of doing what you know you should do, and will have to do. If, god forbid, you do not get in to Dartmouth ed, you will be ready for the next round at some other very good schools.</p>
<p>You will be locked and loaded, as they say.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>They were urm's =\
As far as what they were involved in... I have no idea
But they were incredibly nice if that means anything</p>
<p>I am a freshman, and I've only met ONE person who was "nationally ranked" in anything (chess). One. No astronauts-in-training. No cures for cancer. Not to say that there aren't any or that these aren't smart kids. But we seem to be more of the run of the mill smart, motivated people. Which is what I was hoping for.</p>
<p>I'm an '09 too, and I agree -- I only know of one truly extraordinary girl who did a ton of medicine-based stuff in HS and turned down Harvard to come here. Everyone else seems pretty normal.</p>
<p>Then again, I think the thing is that people are chill enough to not brag about all their accomplishments. I feel like everyone is hiding some incredible talent or activity.</p>
<p>And then there's my own case, and I fit the "reasonably academically gifted and reasonably involved ECs" mold.</p>
<p>Dylan I couldnt agree with you more!</p>
<p>While I stayed there for the weekend I noticed how everyone was just so cool and never really brought up Grades.. or talked about how smart they were.. most of the kids were just so happy to be there..</p>
<p>I'm a hs senior, but I feel that once I get into college, grades will be taking a huge back seat to things like 1. actually learning without grade grubbing and 2. having fun. I think hs grades are important to get into good college, but college grades arent as important it seems (I know they are for grad school, but grad school isn't truly necessary). That's my thoughts on why everyone is chillin at Darmouth. They already made it there, they can comfortably learn now.</p>
<p>so if im doing a ton of medical based stuff in hs (ie. researching at a cancer research institution), i can get into harvard, and dartmouth, and then turn down harvard for dartmouth?</p>