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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
SAT Scores (and # of sittings): 2240 (800W, 750CR, 690M) 1 sitting
ACT Scores (and # of sittings): nope
SAT II Scores (and # of sittings): 730 on English Lit and Spanish 1 sitting
School Profile (Brief): Private College Prep
GPA (Unweighted/Weighted): 3.97 UW, 4.89 W
Rank: 1 or 2 out of 89
Course Rigor: Most challenging possible 7/8 courses this year are AP, other is Honors
AP Scores: 5 on Human Geo, English Lang, 4 on World History, Calculus AB, 3 on Chemistry, Physics 1 and APUSH
Notable Honors/Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Harvard Book Award, Silver Knight Award, several athletic awards
Notable Extra-Curricular Activities: Swimmer, over 2000+ hours of community service (founded my own project in Haiti, plus innumerable hours of church service)
Work Experience: Lifeguard at Summer Camp
Non-Consistent Extra-Curricular Activities (Volunteering, Summer Activities, etc.): volunteering was very consistent, see ECs.
Passions: Volunteering! I believe this was the reason I was admitted. Beyond my academic strength, I demonstrated a consistent passion for community service. Also, swimming, got in contact with the coach before I applied so that may have helped.
Recommendations: Fantastic! 5 total (2 teachers, 1 peer, 1 College Counselor, 1 Clergy) all of which were amazing and very well written.
Essays (and content, if you like): common app essay was about how I walk the line between the antiquated religious beliefs of my parents and my own more liberal beliefs 10/10, supplement was lighthearted story about my nickname and how it shows a lot about who I have become 9/10
Interview: she didn’t ask me many questions, but we got along well and she liked the book she saw me reading when I walked in, so I would say it went well.
Your Prospective Major: double major in Neuroscience and Women’s Studies
State/Country: FL
Ethnicity/Gender: F, Hispanic
Hooks: URM, female in the sciences
Strengths/Weaknesses: weaknesses were probably math score and science AP scores. Strengths were essays, writing scores, recs, GPA and transcripts, community service involvement and athletics. Perhaps the fact that I showed intellectual curiosity across the entire spectrum of academics.
Your Assessment: I am beyond thrilled!! I was super nervous, but all my hard work payed of in the end and I couldn’t be more proud or humbled to be a Dartmouth20!
Other Acceptances/Rejections/Waitlists/Whither you plan(ned) to apply: Accepted to Tulane as a Presidential Scholar in the Honors College (only other school I applied to)