Chance a Canadian for RD?

mathematicism
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:54:04 +0000

Hi everyone. As the title suggests, I’m a Canadian student applying to Dartmouth RF and I would like to hear your opinions.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 730 M 800 W 800 Composite 2330
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93, or 93.6/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Micro-economics 4
Macro-economics 4
Calculus AB 4
Psychology 4
English Composition and Language 3 (I know, they’re bad)
Currently Taking: Biology, Chemistry, Physics B
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible, 3 AP’s plus 1 post-AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not really that significant but:
AIME x 2
CMO (Canadian Mathematics Olympiad） x 1
Fermat Contest National Winner
AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)
Varsity Table Tennis (Captain 9,10,11,12, won a lot of medals and awards)
Recreational Table Tennis Club(President 9,10,11,12)
School tutoring club (Co-founder and President, 12)
Math Club (President, 9,10,11,12)
JV Basketball (9,10)
Student Council (11,12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Basketball Columnist/ Freelance Translator (11,12)
Math/Physics Tutor (9,10,11,12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Camp counselor (10,11,12)
School Teaching Assistant (10,11,12)
Basketball scorekeeper (10,11,12)
[] Summer Activities: SIMUW (Summer Institute of Mathematics at University of Washington) - 2009
AwesomeMath - 2010
[] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: One should be really good and the other generic
[] Counselor Rec: Decent, she knows me fairly well out of the 400 students she’s responsible for
[] Additional Rec: Not submitting one
[] Peer Evaluation: Getting one from best friend (a Harvard freshman)
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-Canadian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: very low, 15k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): more like tip factors: low-income, new immigrant (3 years in Canada) [/li]
Thank you guys in advance =)