<p>I'm an Indian female and I was hoping someone could chance me for regular decision at Dartmouth:</p>
<p>SAT: 760 M, 660 CR, 800 W (planning on retaking in january)
SAT II: 800 chem, 770 math IIC, 710 physics, 790 math I
AP's: BC calc (5), bio (5), chem (4), eng lit. (4), latin vergil (3), euro (3)(3's explained by counselor), currently taking: physics C, gov., eng lang., latin lit.
GPA: 3.79 uw, 4.7 w
-I switched schools from 10th to 11th grade
EC's: President of Model UN (4 yrs), Vice President of Indian Club (2yrs), Secretary of NHS, Secretary of Latin Honor Society, Captain for Varsity tennis (4yrs), Mock Trial, Debate (placed 5th for Congress at States and 4th at districts), Choir, piano
Summer: Harvard SSP 2008, raised money and tutored to open three schools in India and am starting a chapter of the agency to open more such schools for Nevada, taught myself precalculus and AP AB calculus so that I could skip from Algebra II to AP BC calc in my junior year.
-I have published a poem and an essay, am in the process of writing a novel, and have submitted a case study with a reseacher in NV to the Residents & Staff journal for publication
Supplemental rec: from my research mentor at Harvard
Essays: great
Teacher recs: one excellent, the other good
Community service: +400, volunteering at hospitals, working/tutoring to raise money for schools in India, setting up fund raisers, etc.
Hook: Research, submitting a paper I wrote for research I conducted with a Harvard assistant professor this past summer along with her recommendation. I earned a research grant from the Academy of Science for a project I'm working on this year.
State: Nevada</p>
<p>how do you have a 4.7 wieghted and a 3.7 unweighted, did you take honors and AP's all four years of HS. Also, i know an admissions person at dartmouth and he said that dartmouth has a sort of cutoff for academic placements at around 2200 SAT, 33 ACT, and 3.8 or so unweighted GPA, then you are decided upon by leadership experience and extracurriculars. they like to see depth not breadth</p>
<p>ya, i did take all honors and AP. i also go to a private school where it is much harder to get an A than say an A-, etc, and I switched schools between 10th and 11th grade which is when my gpa fell a bit (just for the first semester). but do you think with this situation, i have any chance at Dartmouth?</p>
<p>oh and i'm also in the Science bowl and math laegue which are my main concentrations along with research. Debate and model un come second, and everything else is basically just a hobby. so that's how i've been trying to show depth in my application.</p>
<p>your posts are so annoying. they are in like every ivy league school, seriously have some manners and go work on other stuff and not chance threads. for someone with such high sats i dont know how you can be so dumb.</p>
<p>honestly, your counselor should not have "explained" the 3's. 3's are not the end of the world... I think it would have been wiser just to let it be. The research and opening schools bits are interesting... make sure to show the passion you have for your projects if you can. Leave out ECs that you have done for 2 or less years to focus your app more. You definitely have a shot, but the post makes me feel that you're trying too hard to market yourself.</p>
<p>well, i'm also applying to boston university, franklin and marshall, and usc if that makes any of you feel better. i was just listing my reaches before</p>