Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1570 (770 ERW, 800 Math)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None provided by school (school does not rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Caluclus AB(5), AP Calculus BC(5), APUSH(4), AP Chem(5), AP Comp Sci A(5), and couple other ones to be taken at the end of the senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stats, AP Physics 1&2, AP Micro econ, AP Macro econ, AP Biology, Honors English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CyberPatriot Platinum, CyberPatriot Gold first place, 3* regional Computer Science related awards, 2* State level Computer science related awards, Scholar Athlete Award, couple school level academic related awards. 1* Magazine publication.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Co-founder of computer club), Co-president of computer club, organizer of a hackathon (200+ people attended), NHS, Key Club and other school service clubs. Tennis Varsity Team
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: local hospital 70+ hours, NHS, Key Club and other school service clubs.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 (I revised it so many times that it was almost perfect. Also got tips from my relatives who worked at Dartmouth before)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:9/10 comp sci teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 chem teacher (both teachers were very close with me, I was perhaps the brightest student in the class)
Counselor Rec:7/10 (eh? Idk, she kinda allowed us to make an outline for her to write. So I am not so sure but she is pretty nice tho)
Additional Rec: Friend peer rec, 10/10 (one of my best friend who is in college at this time)
Interview: 9/10. (alumni) She is coincidentally my mother’s coworker. Very pleasant interview and she seems to be very impressed.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: High ranking public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Around 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection
Strengths:Very Strong leadership and very good essays
Weaknesses: EC has no international or national award. Also, I stepped down from presidency in junior year (could be viewed as incompetent but in reality there was a rule that prevented us from reelecting too many terms)
Why you think you were rejected:
Okay after reading my stats you are probably thinking: how did you NOT get in? I found out that only 3 people ED Dartmouth at our school and the only one who got in was a girl who is a LGBT activist. She got 1400+, just couple APs total and nowhere near as many awards or activities as I have done. It seems that Dartmouth only gave our school 1 spot, and the spot was hers. In my opinion, all my stats are superior. It is clearly biased but that is just the way it is. That being said, she is pretty bright and definitely more competent than average students . Although this whole thing is not really fair, I am not going to completely blame this on the system. I could have done better to secure this spot and I shall prove myself in the upcoming regular decisions.
Where else were you rejected: None at this point.
General Comments:
See above