Deferred ED Dartmouth-anyone ever admitted?

peach3s
Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:40:20 +0000

Ai.

I haven’t been back on this board ever since I was deferred from Dartmouth during the early decision round. At that time, I found it extremely hurtful, but now that I look at it, I was pretty lucky not to be flat out rejected myself. My parents aren’t alum, I’m not super rich, I transferred schools three times so my grades nor my in school extra curriculars were amazing either.

I’ve done… a good deal to try and get into Dartmouth again. I still regret applying early to Dartmouth. I did so to get the process out of the way, but my early junior grades weren’t stellar (I had just moved and the new school was WAY more competitive). The grades evened out by the end of junior year, but since final grades were averaged, my gpa ended up being not so normal for me. Anyway, my senior grades are A LOT better, I’m a lot more stable now concerning my academics. I wish I had waited out for the regular round, since my grades are fantastic compared to my junior mediocre grades.

I also asked my favorite senior teacher to write a rec for me. We’re both a little fanatical (more like insane) when it comes to politics, so we’ll see how that rec turns out.

Ugh. I don’t know. I’ve done all I can, I’ll just have to wait until April until decision time rolls around.

Good luck to Yankeeboy and anyone else who got deferred. Don’t think you’re alone, we’re all in the boat together.