What do you guys think for Dartmouth?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Right now, Dartmouth is definitely my top choice. If that doesn't change, I'd like to apply ED.
How much do you think that could help my application? 6 kids got in this year from my school, though that was a bit more than usual. It's a good public school. </p>

<p>white male from new york.</p>

<p>sat1: not taking
ACT: 35 (e:35, m:35, r:35, sci:36)
-will my 8 essay and 31 resulting combined eng/writing hurt a lot?
sat ii: 800 math 2, 740 us
APs: 5 on eng, 4 on us
signed up for 4 aps senior year
GPA: 97/100
it rose each year, junior year above 100,
rank: school doesnt rank, but probably within top 10/360 to give you an idea</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Bowling - 4 years (definitely my most emphasized ec)
All League honors junior year - top 10 in league
received Sportsmanship award 3 years in a row</p>

<p>JSA (debate type club) - 4 years
Director of Expansion and Publicity junior year
Director of Fundraising senior year</p>

<p>Bridges to Community - 3 years
traveled to Nicaragua twice
I got a St Michael's Book Award for academic achievement w/ civic conscience due to
community service</p>

<p>Youth Basketball Coach - 3 years (also counts for comm. service)</p>

<p>Sports Camp Counselor - 4 years
My boss wrote me a good rec about leadership for NHS, should i ask him for a rec, or
would that be overkill?</p>

<p>is it worth mentioning Freshman/JV Baseball that i played first 2 years of high school, or not because i quit? and Ultimate Frisbee Club i was on junior/senior year, even bother including?</p>

<p>Awards:
ones i already mentioned, and some other minor ones earned in individual classes like
math, spanish, etc.
NHS and spanish NHS</p>

<p>other schools I'm considering are Wash U, and then more reaches like Columbia, brown, penn? </p>

<p>I don't expect a percentage or anything, but what range of competitiveness do you think I fall in?</p>

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<p>Your GPA is great, but you should have really done the SAT 1. If you had a good score, would have increased your chance.</p>

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<p>from what i’ve read on school’s sites, and what guidance has told me, i thought they wouldn’t favor the sats? i just found act easier, and highly doubt i could’ve gotten in that range.</p>

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<p>^disregard that. Your 35 ACT is great, SATI is not necessary.</p>

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<p>ACT’s are easier then the SAT’s. Colleges would like to see SAT’s more because it is harder, and shows you are ready for there work. </p>

<p>But your ACT is very good though.</p>

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<p>Ignore the person above me; colleges hold and ACT and SAT in equal regard.</p>

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<p>yeah, why make it an option if they’re going to favor one.</p>

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<p>Your excellent GPA and test scores, plus your decent extracurriculars, make you an very good candidate for Dartmouth and the other schools you’ve listed.</p>

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<p>bump;;;;;;</p>

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<p>bump;;;;;;;</p>

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<p>Pretty good application. If you’re worried about whether to put on that you played baseball, quit, then played ultimate frisbee, you could mention that and then write an essay on like how you wanted to try different things and elaborate on that (if thats the case)</p>

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<p>thanks;;;;</p>

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<p>I think Dartmouth will be tough. If you take a close look at their stats, the vast majority of the unhooked applicants accepted are val or sal of their high school class. Add in that you’re white and from NY, a state from which they get a lot of highly qualified applicants and must accomodate many legacies and find many URMs.</p>

<p>That leaves the competition for an unhooked NYer brutal. A chink like an 8 in writing and no stand out EC with your stats might yield an admit from Missouri, but from NY it would be unususl.</p>

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<p>You have a fair shot at Dartmouth and the other schools listed. I would say a mid-reach for the Ivys you listed and a match for Wash U. Your ACT is fine - no need to take the SAT. GPA looks fine and the upward trend will help. SAT II US Hist and the 4 in AP US Hist are probably a little lower than most applicants for the Ivys, but just by a little - so I wouldn’t worry too much about it.</p>

<p>I think the main weakness of your application is that, beyond sports, your ECs aren’t stellar. Looks like just the debate thing and a couple of trips to Nicaragua. You might want to expand on your community service because, unless you’re a recruited athlete, the sports ECs won’t be a big plus. </p>

<p>Don’t get me wrong - I personally think your ECs are fine - but if you look at the school decision threads the ECs for the accepted applicants at the Ivy schools are usually somewhat better.</p>

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<p>my high school only picks a valedictorian and salut, after that they don’t give colleges any rankings. I don’t really know how i could help my ec’s at this point, if I’m only adding them senior year.</p>

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<p>how heavily would these top schools weigh freshman year grades?</p>

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<p>Well the only problem I see is that your ECs aren’t really academic. On top of that, there isn’t much leadership, which could hurt you when applying for an Ivy. I’d still say about a 50% chance at Dartmouth ED. Good luck</p>

<p>chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/957028-chance-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/957028-chance-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>"I don’t really know how i could help my ec’s at this point, if I’m only adding them senior year. "</p>

<p>I agree that it would be difficult to add something completely new at this point. But, I think you’ve done some community service and that it would be helpful to burnish this. I would recommend doing more community service and, if possible, a leadership position.</p>

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<p>thanks;;;;</p>

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<p>You could consider SCEA at Stanford or ED at Princeton: they don’t consider freshman grades.</p>