<p>Can anyone just post some of their credentials that got
them into a competitive college they applied to (or even if you didn’t get accepted) Dartmouth, Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern, Ivy League…
Credentials meaning rank, SAT/ACT, especially extracurricular activities, and if
their high school was a very “good” or “respected” school…I would greatly appreciate this becuase I have no idea if i have a chance at some of these colleges, and I don’t want to rely to heavily on getting accpeted to Dartmouth or so on…</p>
<p>Welcome to the CC and the Dartmouth board.</p>
<p>IMHO, I beleive that the numbers get you over a hurdle but it is not the number one factor in the admissions process as if that were the case no one with out a string of 800’s would be admitted into a "selective’ school.</p>
<p>I don’t think that you should rely heavily on getting accepted into Dartmouth or any of the other schools that you have mentioned as they are all becoming a crapshoot especially if you are in the bubble of students where there will be larger applicant pools over the next few years. If you read some of the other posts, you wil see that this was not a predictable year in admissions as there are student with scores in the high 1500 that have no acceptances under the belt.
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<p>You have students that were accepted to HYP and rejected at Dartmouth. So if you are looking for a magic formula- there is none.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=32813[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=32813</a></p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>My stats: </p>
<p>Accepted at Dartmouth, rejected at HY, have yet to hear from Notre Dame…</p>
<p>Rank: 1/460
SAT: 800M, 730V
SATII: 800MathIIC, 740/720 Writing, 670 Physics, 650 Chem
School: non-competitive urban public high school (offers 3 AP classes)
EC’s: Lots of band stuff, regionally one of the best HS French horn players, quiz bowl, president of a few clubs, German exchange
Awards: nothing major, Toledo Blade Student of week, Rensselaer Medal, lots of school awards.</p>
<p>As many others have said, the college admissions process (especially in the top 20 ranked schools) is unbelievably unpredictable. I did not expect to get into Dartmouth, but was overjoyed to be accepted. Sometimes college admissions can be dependent on something as small as what musical instrument you played, or what part of the country you’re from. These days, high or perfect test scores will not guarantee admission, they just get you past the first elimination round.</p>
<p>Best of luck!
-Chris</p>
<p>Accepted: Dartmouth, Wash. U., Holy Cross, Wesleyan, Tufts, and Marquette.
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton
** Rejected**: Yale (after being deferred)</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]SAT I: 800M, 800V
[</em>]SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 780 Writing, 720 U.S. History
[<em>]GPA: 3.94 unweighted
[</em>]Rank: unranked (class size of 81)
[<em>]ACT: 34 (34/34/33 Math/34)
[</em>]APs: 5 Calculus BC, 4 Physics C Mechanics, 4 U.S. History[/ul]</p>
<p>I go to a very competitive, small, private boarding school in Illinois.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: pretty strong but middle-of-the-pack for an Ivy League school like Dartmouth. President of a club, a few varsity sports, captain of one of them, a few clubs, an instrument, a small summer business.</p>
<p>Buckle your seat belt and prepare for one wild ride. It is a draining, harrowing process. Get your ego out of it. Do not expect a validation of all your hard work and be humble enough not to construe a top tier acceptance as prof that life is fair. This is UGLY. And that’s coming from someone w/9 accepts, 4 rejects and 2 w/l’s. (Top tier = 3/4/2)</p>
<p>I think the best advice is to hope for the best, but plan for the worst, which is to say you need to have at least a couple of good safety schools that you really wouldn’t mind attending. Broaden your search parameters to include some excellent Liberal Arts Colleges, too. Many of them have higher admit rates than the Ivies, are very well-regarded, and have excellent student/faculty ratios.</p>