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04-20-2008, 04:11 PM
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#16 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 6
| unfortunately, it doesn't matter what school you come from. Some schools are harder than others, but being the top definately helps. If i wasn't val i wouldn't be going to college because i bombed the SATs | 
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04-20-2008, 05:44 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: CT
Posts: 1,516
| Everything's relative. Numbers, please. | |
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04-24-2008, 01:00 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dartmouth '12
Posts: 76
| A top 3-4% rank is absolutely no reason to aim lower in your college choices. I'm pretty sure the other 50% of admits were all not athletes, legacies or those with hooks.
I'm one of those 2190 admits and by my estimation im barely in the top 10% of my hs. As lots of people have already said, high SAT's definitely help.
Also, make sure you pick a friend/family member who knows you really well to write your peer recommendation. And DONT ASK THEM TO READ IT. The adcoms know your friend's not going to write a sonnet about how much they love you so don't fret about what they've written as long as they've been honest. | |
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04-28-2008, 09:28 PM
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#19 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sunny Miami where my school is on the beach =)
Posts: 341
| I'm not a val/sal (although i did get 2400... so i don;t know if i count) | |
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04-29-2008, 05:56 AM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: soon to be Pton, NJ
Posts: 88
| I'm a completely nonspectacular student (academic-wise) who got in. top 10%. Seriously, you do not have to be superhuman! And to top it off, my peer recommender forgot to write a rec, so I didn't even have one. Good luck! (......I won't be attending Dartmouth.) | |
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04-30-2008, 11:28 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arizona ---> HANOVER, NH
Posts: 1,709
| My situation is kind of weird.... I was #1 when I first submitted my app, but then I dropped to 7 by the time the midyear was sent.
I got in, so I guess "yes." Above average ACT and SAT scores, by the way. 33 ACT, 750 Chem, 760 Math II. | |
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05-01-2008, 05:02 PM
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#22 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hanover, NH
Posts: 149
| I am barely in the top 10% of my class, and I got in. (non-athlete, white, no legacy, public school, hardest area in northeast to get in).
I did get a 2250 on my SATs. I know that's good in general, but that's only 50 points above average.
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06-26-2008, 04:42 PM
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#23 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 15
| What if you're aren't in a scout group, like Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts but you have awesome volunteer hours and have even gotten an award for it from the city and you're good at debate. Is there anyway you can show leadership without having to start scouts training so late? | |
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06-26-2008, 05:58 PM
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#24 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dartmouth!!
Posts: 271
| 2140 SAT/ Only top 20% at best in small school (double digits). Its possible, but know that I got in (barely) off the waitlist | |
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06-26-2008, 08:18 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 36
| @diligentbunny: I am neither a Boy Scout nor a valuable contributor to my community in any way. I'm the president of my local youth's ACS chapter, and I do events like RFL and Making Strides, but I am far from an active service-person. AND: I was about 30th out of 420...not exactly val/sal. AND I'm white, wealthy, and from Fairfield County, CT, aka, the hellzone of New England for any college applicants. AND my interview was awful. Actually, it's a miracle I got in! If I can do it, so can you. Just make sure they like you! | |
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06-30-2008, 04:55 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dartmouth '11 (originally Washington, D.C.)
Posts: 1,776
| My high school didn't rank, but I wouldn't have made the top 10% if it had (of course, 10% of my graduating class was five students). I had acceptable-but-not-stratospheric grades, high test scores, a reasonably impressive art portfolio, decent extracurriculars, and a quirky, well-written essay (though not, in retrospect, as stunning as I thought at the time). | |
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