*********official dartmouth 2013 rd decisions thread*********

pvtejasvi
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:39:37 +0000

Decision: Rejected :(

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 640,590 (2nd time) , 630 (1st time), Math: 750, 670 (2nd time), 590 (1st time), Writing: 770,670(2nd Time), 600 (1st Time)
[]2160 (JAN SAT), 1970 Superscored before, 1910 (2nd time), 1820 (1st time)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US HIST: 770, MII: 680, CHEM:720, BIO-E: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 5.35/6.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/906 (SECONDARY SC REP), 1/816 (MID YEAR)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Chemistry, 3 World History (IB STUDENT)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 SL Chemistry (TEACHER DIDNT TELL US ABOUT LABS) , 5 SL French
[] Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB & AP Classes + Decathalon
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP SCholar, Valedictorian, Optimist Award - Chemistry, and more
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 year), Newspaper (2 yrs), Decathalon (1 year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Research Volunteer w/ paper being published
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Homes, Hospitals, local Research Foundation
[] Summer Activities: Swimming, Tabla (INDIAN DRUM), Tennis, Research
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
[] Counselor Rec: EXCELLENT but GENERIC
[] Additional Rec: Research Foundation Coordinator, Piano Teacher
[] Interview: EXCELLENT!!!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: PUBLIC
[] Ethnicity: INDIAN AMERICAN
[] Gender: MALE
[] Income Bracket: above 250k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE maybe research + ecs?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs + research
[] Weaknesses:SAT!!! (3rd time - JANUARY SAT), ORM
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT WAS A problem - couldn’t compete well enough in that area
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected[/li] Rejected: Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern
Waitlisted: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Upenn
Accepted: UT Austin, Boston University

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations everyone that got accepted!!! If u were rejected like me - u are still a great candidate - even by applying u have proven that you are up in the best. As for me I will be off to UT Austin, I will wait on my 4 waitlists. sigh - more waiting - hopefully i will get in…