<p>to Dartmouth if we both apply ED..(we go to the same school)</p>
<p>Person A
-Plays 2 varsity sports
-involved in one other club, not very active in it
-higher SAT scores than person B
-valedictorian
-4.0 UW</p>
<p>Person B
-Plays 1 varsity sport
-involved in several clubs with leadership positions
-lower SAT score than person A
-number 4 in the class
-4.0 UW</p>
<p>bumppp. any opinions?</p>
<p>The first person. Higher GPA and SAT. Unless person 2 has truly extraordinary EC's and/or essays, then A has a better chance</p>
<p>I would say that if Person B's SATs are not really low (below 25% acceptance rate for the school), then your guess would be as good as mine! The essay may be important here to see who is more interesting or passionate about something and who would add to the school community. Just because one is valedictorian and has high SAT scores does not guarantee admission.</p>
<p>How much lower are the SAT scores?</p>
<p>about 300 points.</p>
<p>EDIT: You put up the SATs after I wrote this. I'd definitely guess it would be the Valedictorian, because that is a LARGE differenace in SAT scores. Has person B tried the ACT?</p>
<p>However, it’s still not a cut and dry case. Here are some other things that might make a difference: </p>
<p>Essays might make a difference, as might recs. So might academic interests: if person A wants to be pre-med, but person B has shown a definite interest in Medieval studies, which is a department always look for majors, they might take person B.* Similarly, if the campus is sorely lacking in literary magazines, and B’s activities involved being head of their school’s lit mag, they might take B in hope that they will continue to pursue that in college.**</p>
<p>It will also depend on how impressive the clubs/leadership roles were for person B. For example, if they were head of a community service club who had a few small bake sales and went to the soup kitchen sometimes, that will not stand out as much as if they had organized an ongoing city-wide fundraising project, or something, in which case they might bump out A.</p>
<p>Also, there is no rule saying you might not both get in.</p>
<p>*Note: I don’t even know if Dartmouth has medieval studies major, this is just an example. Also, the showing of the interest is important. Jut saying one’s interested won’t hold as much weight a say, being in a clubs is on it, or having written a huge paper about it, since people’s majors change all the time.</p>
<p>**Again, not suggesting that lit mags aren’t strong at Dartmouth, just an example.</p>
<p>Person B's leadership positions are pretty impressive, Person A has none.</p>
<p>Person A is interested in pre-med, person B is undecided possibly psychology or marketing.</p>