Official 2005 - 2011 Decision Thread

sillyaardvark · April 22, 2010, 5:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690CR/720M/740W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 680 Math I/730 US History/750 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/549
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp. Gov (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish A2 SL (6), Geography SL (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, IB English II HL, IB History II HL, IB Biology II HL, IB TOK, AP US Gov’t, IB Math II SL
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Spanish Club (Secretary), Int’l Club (Event Organizer), MUN, Key Club, World Agora Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: Odd jobs here and there
[] Volunteer/Community service: IB CAS Hours
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s School, Humanitarian Work
[] Essays: Not perfect, but a fun read
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good, one amazing, the other great
[] Counselor Rec: A rehash of my ECs
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: I thought I bombed it…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended major?: Political Science(?) - I don’t remember what I put…
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~ 50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I have no idea
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs and SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honsetly don’t know.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted - Pomona, Claremont McKenna, UVa (Echols - UAA Scholarship), W&M (W&M Scholar), JMU
Rejected - Columbia (ED), Yale
[/ul]General Comments: Dartmouth wasn’t my first choice, and I’m not really sure if I want to go there.

BKDC14 · April 29, 2010, 7:59pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2210 - 770 math, 700 reading, 740 writing</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>SAT II: 630 on French, 720 on American History, 760 on Math II</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My original application said 4th in class, but by the mid-year report I had moved up to 2nd</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), American History (4), World History (4), English Lang (3)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, French IV, Leadership III</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, 3rd in state for SkillsUSA Extemporaneous Speaking</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Class (President), SkillsUSA (National Officer), Varsity Volleyball (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta, Academic Team, National Honor Society</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: a few hours a week at a local baseball field</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Coached middle school volleyball for two years</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Summer school for acceleration, volleyball practice</li>
<li>Essays: Wrote about my experiences learning how to camp and catch snakes as a child</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc teacher and AP English Lang teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I made sure I got to know my counselor throughout high school, so I imagine it was fairly personalized. Not just a cookie-cutter letter</li>
<li>Additional Rec: I never read my peer recommendation letter, but I think I made a good choice in who wrote it. I picked my best friend, who’s been battling me for the salutatorian spot for most of high school and who was named the English department’s top student for my graduating class.</li>
<li>Interview: Went decently. My interviewer and I had a lot in common. I found out recently that I’m his first interviewee to get accepted.</li>
</ul>

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended major?: Biology & Government
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, 2500 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~ 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Reflection

Strengths: High school course load (I’m graduating with an extra year’s worth of credits), leadership positions, well-roundedness perhaps?
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My strengths. I also think writing my essay about nature may have helped, since Dartmouth is, after all, the Big Green.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UF, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins
Rejected - Harvard, Brown, Stanford (EA)
General Comments: Dartmouth was my fourth choice, after the three that rejected me. After visiting though, I absolutely love it. I couldn’t imagine myself going anywhere else.

koreavancouver · June 20, 2010, 1:26am

quick question, why does not a single person who posted their stats have APs? i dont get it

thuglife1 · June 20, 2010, 1:49pm

sorry…really late post
**Decision: Accepted! **

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): CR 730; M 730; W 790 (2250)</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>SAT II (if submitted): Math I 740, chem 760, bio-m 780</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4-6/ 680ish (<1%)</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): bio-5, us-5, chem-3 =/…span lang…eng lit…calc ab… physics b…us gov and politics to come!</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): zipppo</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous without a doubt lol</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist , National Honor Society,
NYS Science Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, George Washington University Engineering Medal, Principals List every quarter (lol), Hispanic National Exam Silver Medalist, National Spanish Honor Society ,AP Scholar, NYCSEF Finalist, nycsef first award</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science research program and internship, math team (captain), science olympics, chem olympiad, science bowl, a hell of a lot of tutoring, eucharistic minister, a lot more (peep chance threads)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: panera bread sales associate, tutor for pay;]</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: about 600hrs ish…some major some not…</li>
<li>Essays: sounded like a textbook. definitely the worst part of my application lol.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: amazinggggggggggggggggggg</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: great[=</li>
<li>Additional Rec: neg</li>
<li>Interview: nonee!</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: yesss</li>
<li>Intended Major: biomed engineering/biochem</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): ny</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: huge catholic high school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): urm</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: great transcript and course rigor, beautiful recommendations</li>
<li>Weaknesses: test scores and essays</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i dont know…im just so excited wooo![=</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: BC Honors, notre dame, Fordham, Cornell, wustl, MIT, johns hopkins, yale, harvard
waitlisted: princeton (dream school :[ felt like a big joke )
rejected: none</li>
</ul>

ivan09193 · June 25, 2010, 12:08pm

I’m later. Ha.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 superscore (2370 single sitting: 800 CR, 800 M, 770 WR)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio-E, 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus BC (5), Computer Science AB (5), U.S. History (5), Environmental Science (5), Physics C Mech (5), Physics C E&M (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Lots of science and APs.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist, USABO Semifinalist (3x), National Merit Scholar, other stuff.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School publication (Editor-in-chief), Eagle Scout, MUN, Science Bowl team
[] Job/Work Experience: Coxswain for rowing club
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Obama Inauguration, hospital auxiliary
[] Summer Activities: Internship at a research lab, Summer@Brown
[] Essays: Not my best, but not my worst.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good.
[] Counselor Rec: Good.
[] Additional Rec: From summer mentor.
[li] Interview: Went well.[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Undecided (put biology)
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Highly competitive
[] Ethnicity: Mixed race
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle income bracket
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, test scores
[] Weaknesses: Harder to quantify.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No particular reason. Luck?[/li]
[/ul]Other results:
Accepted - UVA (Echols), Brown, Johns Hopkins
Waitlisted - Princeton, WashU
Rejected - Harvard, Yale (deferred EA), Stanford

General Comments: Remember that you can only go to one place in the end. It’s just that you can’t count on any one place.

daiviko · November 30, 2010, 10:55pm

cms, you scared me half to death; your reply put this thread at the top of the page, so when I saw “Official decisions thread” and several people had posted, I basically had a heart attack. No worries though.

aleesha101 · December 8, 2010, 9:15pm

hey everyone
I love Dartmouth… but I probably have around a 3.7 unweighted GPA…
Would you say that SAT/ACT+ application essay would trump grades/GPA, or vice versa?

And how do you know? Pretty much, what do they think is more important?

aleesha101 · December 8, 2010, 9:17pm

because… EVERYONE here has a 4.0

AHHH

pfips123 · December 9, 2010, 9:22am

gpa is more important i think. what you do over four years means more than what you do in one morning.

iPacman · December 9, 2010, 11:03am

If I get into Dartmouth with my GPA, I’ll set a world record.

aleesha101 · December 10, 2010, 12:51am

What do you think of a 3.7 UW GPA?

iPacman · December 10, 2010, 7:33am

That’s a lot higher than mine. Ugh, I’m not getting in…I’m so nervous…couldn’t do anything today.

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mauicougar · February 1, 2011, 4:29pm

Has anyone every heard of a “pre-decision” letter where the school basically tells the student “We haven’t sent out acceptances, but we love you so much we will offer you admission so you can relax now and not stress about it anymore”?

UT84321 · February 1, 2011, 4:44pm

Yes, those are called “likely letters,” and are very good news.

pfips123 · March 16, 2011, 9:39pm

so two weeks to go. It’s so close but seems so far at the same time. I’ll be on a bus to florida with my school orchestra when they come out. hopefully there’s 3G where I’m going to be at 5.

ijustwannaknow · March 20, 2011, 8:20pm

ten days. anyone else freaking out?

pfips123 · March 20, 2011, 8:41pm

almost. not there yet. but about a week before I started freaking out for ED, so it’ll come soon.

dts1dlm · March 23, 2011, 12:57pm

Except for those with likely letters, is anyone else able to access the Class Directory? I was just wondering since it’s so close, if some already have access, and if not, could it be a bad sign. I’m not able and still just get the “we have all your materials” message when I check status…

ShinyK · March 24, 2011, 12:46pm

I love that we inherited a decisions post from years ago. anyway I’m freaking a bit. less than a week until decisions… but at the same time I’m feeling very zen about it. I was freaking out much worse over ED.

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