Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT (Not submitted)
ACT: 35 (36 in english, 35, 35, 35)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Physics
GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.17 weighted (my school does it weird so even an A- counts as a 4.0)
Rank: Top Decile (School only does decile
AP’s: 4’s in Calc AB and World, 3’s in Literature and US
IB: Math SL 7
Senior year course load: IB literature, IB Physics, IB History of the americas, IB Spanish, IB Biology, Theory of knowledge
Major awards: Ap scholar with honors, Advanced regents honors diploma with endorsements in science and math
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Gifted Math Program, program outside of school 5 hours a week teaching advanced mathematics, Junior and senior year in this had me take College calculus 1, 2, 3, and linear algebra
Started the Squash team and was first seed every year
Youth Leadership buffalo
Piano
Tennis
Hockey
Job/Work experience: was a staff at an all boys canoe tripping camp, a camp I have attended since I was 7
Internship in the nephrology department at a local hospital
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer activities: I spend 8 weeks in algonquin park on canoe trips, I was a camper for 9 years and last year I was a staff
Essays:
Common app: Solid 6 maybe I wrote about my experience at my all boys canoe tripping camp and how it taught me to appreciate nature and the strong community within the camp
First supplement: 8/10 I wrote about the BME program and how amazing it was along with the beautiful natural surrounding of Dartmouth and how it really appealed to me
Second Supplement: 8/10 I wrote about growing up in an Irish, german, jewish, catholic house being the youngest of 6 kids
Recommendations: First was probably a 10/10 super nice history teacher who has known me since I was ten and taught me US history
8/10 another history teacher because my other teacher bailed I had to beg for it last minute, but he’s a super nice guy who loved my sister and appreciated the effort I put in in his class
Peer recommendation: 9/10 one of my best friends who I have known for 7 years wrote it and she’s really good at writing
Other recommendation: 10/10 my boss at my summer camp wrote me a 2 page recommendation because he has known me since I was seven and loved the work I did at camp and my abilities with campers
Interview: 5/10 nothing special, lady was super nice and just graduated Dartmouth and seemed impressed with my work but it wasn’t really special
Other:
Applied for financial aid?: no
Intended major: Biomedical engineering with pre-med
State: NY
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income-bracket: Upper class (I dont know specifically my parents won’t tell me)
Hooks: Legacy, really good at math, strong appreciation for nature and community which Dartmouth loves
Reflection:
Strengths: Really strong test scores, grades, nature loving guy, appreciation for community
Weaknesses: No volunteer service, I dont think my common app essay was very outstanding and I wish I wrote something else but it seems like it worked
Why do I think I was accepted?: Legacy, strong appreciation for nature and community (again)
Accepted where else: no where else
General Comments: Study hard and work hard, if you ever get too stressed applying to college, take a step back, breathe, and just realize that even if you dont go to dartmouth, college will be the best experience of your life.