AsianSensasian

About a dozen AP classes total, two (maybe more as a senior) self-studied.

ACT 34
GPA 4.7 or 3.9
Rank 3/542
PSAT 223
SAT II US: 790 MATH II:780 WH: 770


Awards
National Merit Semi
National AP Scholar (Jr. year)
Various conference, regional awards for Forensics

EC:
-volunteering about 200 hours at a hospital
-volunteering ~20 hours at a camp for kids
-Tennis,(JV/V) 4 years
-Forensics (competitive) 4
-Knowledge Bowl (competitive) 4
-History Club (co-founder) 4
-Running Club 3
-Debate Team (founder) 2
-FBLA 2
-French Honor Society 2
-NHS 2
-Tennis Summer Camp 2
-Key Club(not that into it) 1

Leadership:
-Founded /co-founded two clubs
-Leadership roles in those two (Pres./V.P)
-NHS V.P
-Forensics Chairperson (leader of an event)

Forensics is speech team by the way (Calling it Forensics makes it seem 4000% more BA)

History/PolSci/Business/Pre-law Major (not all of those, just between those)
Asian male, 100k
Schools---------------------------------------------------------------------
Safety: Loyola Chicago, Purdue?

Match(ish): UChicago, *NU*, Cornell?

Reach: *Dartmouth*, ***Columbia***, Wharton

AboutTheSame

What sort of forensics/speech/debate do you do? What level do you compete at? Your numbers look good, but that's the one thing I see that might make you stand out from the crowd. Don;t suppose you've been to DDI or DDW?

bsmd3454

Going to Nationals, doing well at State, and maximizing your NFL points are the most important factors in applying to college when your main EC is S&D. Going to Dartmouth Debate Institute is much less (if at all) important.

AboutTheSame

^ True. This was just another way of trying to ascertain if this is a policy debater. That said, having Ken on your side can't hurt. (I'm not implying he has a conflict of interest or anything like that; just that I would think he gets a better sense of the quality and potential of debaters he sees at Dartmouth than he can from tournaments throughout the year when he would have to spread himself kind of thin. That's my take. You don't have to agree, obviously.)

xcalculatin

Would you mind giving us your state/region of the country? That could actually make a difference.

Mike01071994

You're pretty much in, but unfortunately you're a male asian, which means that you will be reviewed more heavily. Make an extraordinary essay and you'll be in