Chance Me for Dartmouth ED (I'm stressed) [MD resident, 95.5 GPA, 34 ACT, pre-med]

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Demographics

US domestic

  • Maryland
  • Private School

Intended Major
PreMed Related

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 95.5
  • Weighted HS GPA: 97.9 (+5% for APs/Honors)
  • Class Rank: N/A
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 34 Superscored

HS coursework

  • English: AP Lang, AP Lit, Honors English I/II
  • Math: Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra II, Precalc, AP Calc AB
  • Science: Honors Bio, Honors Chem, AP Bio, AP Chem, Honors physics (required to take honors before AP)
  • History and social studies: Human Geo (no AP version available, required to take), AP World, APUSH, AP Micro, AP Macro
  • Language other than English: Spanish III/IV/V, Honors Latin American Studies (next step after 5)
  • Visual or performing arts: Art (required to take)

Awards

  • App Competition Top 10 Finalst - National
  • AP Scholar - National
  • Community Service Gold (100 hrs) x2 - School
  • High Honor Roll - School
  • Cum Laude - School
  • Lacrosse Champs - Regional

Extracurriculars

  1. Sports Equipment Non-Profit Co-Founder: Hosted multiple drives, collecting 1000+ pieces sports equipment to help with medical issues from inactivity in low-income kids; partnered w/ larger organization.

  2. Medical Blog Founder/Writer/Editor: Aims to educate teens in medicine; self-published 50+ articles on science/public health topics; conducted interviews/research; 3 editors recruited.

  3. Club Co Leader: Helps kids w/ medical issues: Autism, Down Syndrome, etc. play sports/exercie; led weekly meetings for 30+ kids; organized end-year prom w/ 150+ kids.

  4. Global Health Conference Attendee/Speaker: ~8% accept. rate; learned about current public health issues from professionals; chosen to present to 150+ kids about the low-income obesity crisis.

  5. Teen Hopsital Volunteer: Volunteer at stroke & CCU 100+ hrs; assisted w/ patient care: organized charts, shadowed doctors/nurses, answered patient calls, discharged patients.

  6. Head Junior Swim Coach (job): CPR certified; coached 150+ kids ages 5-18; organized/planned daily practices & social events like shaving cream battle; cheered on kids at meets.

  7. Science Tutor: Tutored 25+ students in biology/physics/chemistry; taught basic principles of each subject; communicated w/ teachers; averaged 20% increase in scores.

  8. Club Swim Team: 10 total years of swim; responsible for leading lane in practices; attending daily practices/meets; assisting coach in writing practices.

  9. Varsity Swim Team: Attended daily practices/meets; cheered on teammates; assisted in the recruiting process; helped decide meet themes; provided tips for new swimmers.

  10. Led tours for 50+ prospective students; hosted 1-1 days, introducing students to classes/peers; answered questions; represented school at events.

Essays/LORs/Other
Junior Year Math Teacher, Spanish Teacher

Schools
Dartmouth ED
Brown RD
UVA EA
Emory RD
Tufts RD
PENN RD RD
BC RD
University of Maryland EA
UF EA
Vanderbilt RD
Colgate RD
Michigan EA
University of South Carolina EA
Penn State EA

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It’s way too soon to get stressed about you ED application to any school. You won’t be receiving a decision for another 10 1/2 months. You have a great profile and will undoubtedly admitted to some of the schools on your list. Will it be Dartmouth? No one here can say.

Good luck to you! And try to not get to stressed. Just put together the best application you can, and see where that takes you.

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Clearly, you are not a senior now or you would already have heard from Dartmouth. Their ED decisions come out in Mid December.

Between now and when you send applications, please discuss annual college financing budget with your parents. You will want to run the net price calculators for these colleges to be sure they meet your parent price point…do this late summer.

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One thing that I am not clear about: Are you a high school junior who is planning on applying to Dartmouth ED next year, or are you a high school senior who has already applied, and if so wouldn’t you have already heard back?

If you are a junior, then you still have time to adjust your list of schools to apply to. If this is the case, and given that you are considering being premed, you should find out what your budget is for a full 8 years of university. Four years at some of the schools on your list, plus four more years for an MD program, could for example easily cost $900,000. The large majority of students who start university thinking “premed” end up doing something else and there is a long list of “something else” to choose from. However, you do not want finances to get in the way if you stick with medical school as your path in life.

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Junior or Senior - why stress ? Have a balanced list and you do. Is Dartmouth affordable as ED is binding.

If this is your full profile you’ve done all you can. You cannot control what the schools decide.

You have at least three acceptances. Med school - all will be great. Pre med is not a major so …but you don’t need one now. Any major is pre med.

Just my opinion - Colgate seems an odd inclusion.

Whatever year -best of luck.

But have the opportunity to attend a great school.

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