<p>I recently went to Dartmouth and I really loved it. Amazing campus, great people, and the location was beautiful (I’m from a small town). I’m just wondering if I will be a competitive applicant with these stats and a true love of the school:</p>
<p>Male
Caucasian
Attend a medium size and quality school in Wisconsin, class size around 350
GPA- 4.0 unweighted, 1st in class
SAT- not taken
SAT II- will take in October
ACT- 35 (E35/M35/R36/S34)
Class Rank- first</p>
<p>AP Tests:
Calculus BC-5
Psychology-5
Biology (self-studied)-5</p>
<p>Most rigorous class load possible (9 honors courses, 6 AP courses), will be going to another high school next year to take AP German (not offered at my school). Advanced 2 years ahead in math, 1 year in science, 1 year in German by self-studying.</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
AP English
AP Statistics
AP German
AP US History
Economics
Physics</p>
<p>Extra curriculars-
-DECA Chapter President
-FBLA Chapter President, VP for 2 years
-3 years on swim team
-President of Political club, involved with state senate office, recruit speakers and have frequent contact with important politicians in the area
-President of German Honor Society, won scholarship
-Newspaper Staff/ Copy Editor, political columnist
-Member of Key Club- 9-12
-Forensics 9-12
-National Honors Society member
-participated in German exchange program for all four years (hosted a student and went to Germany)
-Track Team, Grades 9, 10, 12
-Marching Band, 9-10
-Swim Team 10-12
-about a dozen other assorted clubs, etc</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors:
-State champ in business services marketing for DECA, 2nd in state for International Business Plan, competed at nationals, huge passion for economics/ business
-state grand winner for reflections writing contest, finalist last 2 years
-5th place at state in global business for FBLA
-German Scholarship Winner
-National Merit Semi-Finalist
-Semi-finalist in Rand Institue contest, Discover scholarship, and Joe Foss Scholarship</p>
<p>Summer (since beginning of HS):
-Boys State, selected to represent WI at Boys Nation
-Junior Statesman Summer School at Yale, won Best Speaker, elected graduation speaker and chapter president
-German exchange program in Munich (two weeks)
-Waldsee German immersion summer camp (two weeks)
-Various band camps to scotland etc.
-NYLC in Washington DC
-Summer Jobs (lots of hours- some 40 hour weeks)
-Volunteer at local hospital for one summer</p>
<p>Job Experience:
-Worked for a year and a half as a lifeguard and swim instructor, promoted to front-line manager position, very deeply involved with the department as a lifeguard and in an administrative role
-Currently an intern at a state senator’s office, working on constituent research and communication</p>
<p>Hooks/Extras:
-First generation college student
-Underrepresented state (WI) and high school (we almost never have Ivy applicants from our school)
-Possibly will have a paper published this fall about theology</p>