Hispanic Dartmouth Chances

NSX750
Tue, 30 May 2006 00:10:27 +0000

Cuban-American
First-generation American
low-income school (not many APs offered)

GPA: 3.4 U 4.5 W
College GPA: 3.8 U (at Miami Dade College)
SAT I: V-680, M-580, W-720 (first time)
AP: Bio-4, Lit-4, US History-5
SAT II: US: ? , SPANISH: ?, BIO-M: ?, LIT: ?

Dual-Enrollment: college courses at MDC
Inorganic Chem I and II + Labs (labs taken at night: 5-9pm on TR)
Physics I and II w/o Calc. + Labs
Organic I Chem + Lab
Anatomy and Physiology I and II (taken online during the summer)
Music Theory
Microcomputers
Human Growth and Development
Intro to Psychology

Current AP:
AP U.S. Government
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB

E.Cs:

200 hours math tutoring for math college entrance exam

400 hours tutoring sciences (bio and chem)

100 hours German tutoring (level I and II)

50 hours school beautification project

taught PSAT course for Writing (150 hours)

Created a program that helped enlist students in an accelerated mathematics summer program for Pre-Calc. and Calculus I in college (Miami Dade College)

Expanded German program (won several awards in competitions)

Clubs:
Model UN - President
Debate Club - President
Science Club - President
German Club - Vice President
Student Government
Mu Alpha Theta
National Honor Society

Work Experience:

My father runs a family-owned welding shop, and I work for him without pay. Most of the times, I either weld or write proposals for jobs. I don’t work Saturdays and Sundays, but I do work summers too.

I understand my SAT scores are low, unfortunately. I took the SAT for the first time at the beginning of my junior year. I plan to retake it in October, and practice tests have shown me the following:

V~750, M~660, W~780

Taking my minority status into account, do I have a fair chance at Dartmouth? I’m just curious to know what other people have and how we can help each other exchange ideas for what we can do to help strengthen our applications. I plan to major in Biology and minor in Government/Political Science and German.

Thanks a million!