Dartmouth, Tufts, Conn, Williams, U Chicago

Jman21 · 06-29-2008, 02:09 PM

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al_tassadar · 06-29-2008, 02:09 PM

Asian Male
MN
Competetive Public

Dartmouth, Tufts, Colgate, Williams, Haverford, Yale

I know my GPA isn't that great, but it shows an upward trend after I began taking AP classes.

This is what my portfolio will look like as of next fall:

GPA: UW: 3.6 W: 3.67
ACT: 31
SAT: 2060 (720 CR/690 M/610 W) will retake, hoping for 2100+
SAT IIs: Literature:700 Biology:710

APs taken w/ projected scores:

Biology: 4/5
Literature: 5
Language: 4/5

Next Year will be taking:

AP Chinese (I am not a native speaker, nor am I very good)
AP Macro
AP Micro
AP Calc AB

ECs:
4 years varsity swimming, section qualifier 3 yrs.
Year round swimming during offseason, 2 hours a day
Attending Prestigious Summer Science Program, working on hematopoetic stem cells in relation with the heart.
Volunteering: 300+ hrs at hospital and helping underprivileged kids w/ homework
Piano: 5 yrs

Essays should be verygood, recs should be good too, with probably one outstanding

Schools:

Dartmouth
Tufts
Colgate
Williams
Haverford

Jman21 · 06-29-2008, 02:12 PM

Dartmouth= very big reach
Tufts= reach
Colgate= high match
Williams= reach
Haverford= high match

I would really add in some more realistic options, the GPA is pretty low for the schools you mentioned.

al_tassadar · 06-29-2008, 07:40 PM

bump .

Stringtheory · 06-29-2008, 08:08 PM

I think all of them except maybe colgate are reaches, especially Dartmouth and Williams. You should probably consider schools like Bucknell, BC, Villonova, Lafeyette, BU, etc as matches.

al_tassadar · 06-30-2008, 10:39 AM

thanks anyone else?

al_tassadar · 06-30-2008, 05:59 PM

bump .

sak09 · 06-30-2008, 06:01 PM

I agree with Jman21, Dartmouth is a big reach, and the others you have a decent chance at but nothing strong. If you get over a 2100, your chances may go up, but I think you should add in some safeties.

al_tassadar · 07-11-2008, 11:26 PM

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al_tassadar · 07-14-2008, 10:03 PM

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oldfort · 07-14-2008, 10:14 PM

If you were my kid, I would tell you to look at different schools. I wouldn't apply to any of them except maybe Colgate, even that is not very likely unless you write some great essays.

al_tassadar · 07-19-2008, 01:43 PM

er...thanks.

i got my ap scores back:

Literature: 5
Language: 4
Bio: 3

al_tassadar · 07-23-2008, 10:01 AM

bump .

simpson98 · 07-23-2008, 12:58 PM

Yeah, I don't think I'd apply to Dartmouth or Yale, even if you got a 2200. As of right now, Tufts and Williams are very long shots, but you stand a reasonable shot at Haverford and Colgate, invest some time looking for some more safeties/matches if you haven't already

al_tassadar · 07-23-2008, 04:38 PM

Thanks! I thought Haverford was harder to get into than Tufts? I do have legacy at Tufts.

Also, I forgot to mention that I do research during the school year, and I am also doing research this summer on hematopoetic stem cells. I also got word last week that a paper I co-authored will be published in a UK journal. I don't know if this will make a difference.