[ size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/size]
SAT Scores (and # of sittings):
2100 (700/700/700) 1 sitting
ACT Scores (and # of sittings):
Didn’t Take
SAT II Scores (and # of sittings):
lol 740 on lit and 690 on Math
School Profile (Brief):
Charter high school in an upper middle class neighborhood. About 1,600 students total
GPA (Unweighted/Weighted):
3.8/5.4
Rank:
4/416
Course Rigour:
Taking hardest courses and dual enrolling at a local college
AP/IB Scores:
AP World:4
AP Geo:4
AP US:4
AP Psych:4
AICE Global: A
AICE General Papers: A
AICE Marine: E
Notable Honours/Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
National Merit Commended
NHD 1st Place County and 3rd Place State
Girl Scout Silver Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award
Summa Cum Laude
Notable Extra-Curricular Activities:
Girl Scout 8 years
Lead Volunteer at a local museum in which I helped to run an over 500 volunteer program since the summer before 9th grade
MUN co-founder and president since 10th grade
NHS Vice President
Class Officer since 10th grade
Manager for local elementary school drama program
Started program that focused on teaching elementary student about healthy alternatives and habits
Delivered leftover food set to expire from job to homeless shelter on a weekly basis
Over 800+ Service Hours
Work Experience:
Trader Joe’s Crew Member since the start of junior year
Server at local restaurant from freshman year to sophomore year
Non-Consistent Extra-Curricular Activities (Volunteering, Summer Activities, etc.):
Dartmouth Bound
Various volunteer activities
Traveling
A couple of summer programs throughout the years
Passions:
service, Helping youth and disadvantaged people, international relations
Recommendations:
Amazing teacher that I had in 8th grade and then transferred to my high school and I had her again in 11th. Also class sponsor so I worked alongside her for class officer related things. 9/10
Debate coach and teacher that I have had every year since freshman year. 10/10
Peer Rec was written by one of my best friends in which she discussed my flaws and the things that made her love me. It had me in tears when I read it and 10/10
Counselor Rec: My counselor had us write our own recs and then she reviewed them and put them on letter head. For a counselor rec it was pretty good but that’s only because I had to write it myself so 9/10
Essays (and content, if you like):
Common App: Chose transition to adulthood essay in which I discussed the relationship between me and my mother. 8/10
Supplement: Chose the topic on things you would like to tell people but generally don’t. Very me and was funny/serious/quirky/ and overall great tbh. Did it in the style of an open letter and talked about the things that made me me and I discussed my aspirations and flaws 11/10
Interview:
Went awesome! Interviewed for a little over an hour and we talked about everything from socks to piercings and tattoos to noodles!
Your Prospective Major:
International Studies with a correlation in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies (hopefully)
State/Country:
Florida
Ethnicity/Gender:
Black/Female
Hooks: URM, overcame hella difficulties
Strengths/Weaknesses:
My essays and recs were the stars of my application. I definitely worried about my test scores, but my grades were where they needed to be and my ranking and everything was fine.
Your Assessment:
I think my passion for Dartmouth really shone through and that my love for the school is ultimately what got me in. I’m not the greatest test taker and I dont have extraordinary EC’s. I’m just really passionate about the things that I do and I made an effort to show them that too.
Other Acceptances/Rejections/Waitlists/Whither you plan(ned) to apply:
Accepted: UCF, FIU, Hofstra, Fordham, Washington College
Rejections: None
Wait lists: None:
Other Schools I applied to or planned on applying to: Howard (EA), Cornell (RD), American (RD), Vassar (RD), WUSTL (RD), Wellesley (EE)