<p>My daughter was rejected by Dartmouth. In the last few days she has received 4 rejections and 3 waitlists. She (we) had such high hopes - she is valedictorian with a weighted GPA of 4.41 (3.97 unweighted). Feels like a punch in the somach. Luckily she also has 4 acceptances, although wasn’t considering any of them seriously until now. But when I asked her which one she was leaning towards, she said, “I don’t know, I like them all.” She is awesome! Everything will be alright. (Thanks for listening - just needed to get that off my chest.)</p>
<p>Waitlisted (I was expecting rejection so I’m fine with that- almost committed to McGill anyway)</p>
<p>3.65 GPA
31 ACT</p>
<p>I think what pushed me from rejection to waitlist was a really, really good recommendation letter from a professor at Dartmouth; I took his class in the fall.</p>
<p>this makes me feel so hopeless for next year…</p>
<p>Your daughter defines success. Having this kind of positive attitude about life in general says far more about her and the kind of life she will lead than any college acceptance ever could.</p>
<p>rejected. whatever.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>SAT: 790 CR, 750 M, 780 W
Valedictorian 4.0 unweighted
Lots of leadership, sports, awards, etc.
White male</p>
<p>I’ve sent them an update.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (M:800, CR: 720, W: 730)
[</em>] SAT II: Math L2: 800, Korean: 800, Literature: 780, US History: 750, Bio E: 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):8/694
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Cal AB: 5, BC: 5, US: 5, Bio: 4, Physics B: 4, Microecon: 4 (self-study), Physics C - Mech: 3 (self-study)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Philosophy/Social Institutions, Film/Visual Epistemology, AP Spanish Lang, AP Lit, Chemistry, AP Econ
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, This one debate award I got from the mayor of LA, also a recog of excellecence as debate captain of my school from the LAUSD board of education</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech/Debate (Debate Captain & Treasurer), Amnesty Club (founder/pres), Youth Orcheestra (bass clarinetist), Student Council (Treasurer - freshmen and sophomore yr)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed Math Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: local senior care center (organie events, play piano & clarinet, serve as companions)
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY, NFTE BizCamp, Yale Ivy Scholars Proram, Stats course at comm college, read, eat, sleep, live.
[<em>] Essays: “Find x” - took a rather postmodern approach. wrote about rebuilding my perspective of my purpose and being through reading a poem by federico lorca, and basically said “the way i look at the question isn’t to find x but to creat your own x”
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty sure they were good. Had both teachers for two years, so I knew them fairly well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also pretty good, I am guessing. But she has around 400 other kids, so I am not really sure.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Really good! She was really funny and down to earth. The interview was about like an hr and 30 minutes, and half the time we talked about Tiger Mom and the issue of cultural misunderstanding, etc. It was one of the better interview that I had. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics or Int. Relations or some social science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Socal
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lower-Mid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant…? (came here when I was in 4th grade) </p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, Intview
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades and Test Scores (considering that other Asians who’ve applied tend to score just as well if not higher than me)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays and Teacher Recs
[</em>] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? - Swarthmore, UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley, UChicago, Pomona, Northwestern, Williams, Notre Dame, Haverford
[/ul]
General Comments: I think essays really do play a crucial role in this process. There are people ranked above me who’ve applied to the same schools as I did, and they were unfortunately rejected. Anyhow, I feel incredibly grateful for the results, and best of luck to all ya’ll.</p>
<p>:( I am applying this year and these stats are daunting to me.</p>
<p>@gheffty93: same here. i am applying ED and i just submitted my application last week. i mean, i have decent grades, but none of this “3.93 unweighted” stuff. not even close. but, who knows. best of luck!!</p>
<p>italia – how did you apply to both SCEA Princeton and ED Dartmouth?</p>
<p>oops, sorry, i just saw how old that post was, lol.</p>
<p>Hi, do you study in China or US?</p>
<p>Deferred!!
SAT: M790, V550, W520
SAT II: M1-770, M2-750, Phy-790
Rank: 1=/165
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Asian Male</p>
<p>useful information…</p>