Chanceme for rice, pomona, uc berkeley

IvyScholars
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:21:17 +0000

You look like you have a good list of colleges for your candidacy, and a strong candidacy overall. Applying for a neuroscience major (especially if you’re planning on doing pre-med) is very competitive, as there are a lot of students who want to take that track. Your extracurriculars do support your choice of major however.

Dartmouth does care about legacies, less so than other Ivies perhaps, but enough to give them a leg up. Their acceptance rate for deferred students is the same as for RD, that is to say, low. I don’t think a letter of continued interests or activity updates are worth it unless you’ve accomplished something so impressive you think it should be brought to their attention.

I would say focus on your supplemental essays most of all, as the rest of your app seems quite strong. Schools want to know who you are as a person, and how you’ll contribute to their community as a whole.