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

sherlock1016
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:30:52 +0000

Decision: Deferred -> Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 = 730 Reading, 720 Math, 790 Writing
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 750 US History, 740 Literature, 720 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know, 96%
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know, bottom of top decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Euro, 5 APUSH, 5 EngLang, 5 HumanGeo
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):4 years of theater w/ 8 leads, All-State level singer, Select Choir (President), Music Honors Society (President), Male a cappella group (President), Literary Magazine (Editor), 2 years varsity tennis
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:Various singing and performing groups in the community for the sick and elderly.
[] Summer Activities:Study abroad and local theater productions
[] Essays: My counselor said my essays were the best he ever read. He had me send two extra essays as creative writing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know, but guessing good
[] Counselor Rec:he liked me a lot, I’m guessing superb
[] Additional Rec: A music teacher, very good
[] Interview: She said she was shocked I was deferred in the first place, and that she wrote me a stellar recommendation.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: History
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, extracurricular activities, essays
[] Weaknesses: Grades, rank, location, no hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I guess I just don’t jump out
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted U Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Kenyon, U Mich. Waitlisted Amherst, Carleton. Rejected Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Oxford[/li][/ul]General Comments: Aiiiiiii I sent so much to follow up after being deferred. Theater supplement, writing supplement, extra letter of rec from the school director, scans of my literary magazine. Dartmouth was the school I really fell in love with. Oh well. Grandson of Alumnus wasn’t enough to get me in ED, but I was still really hoping for a RD acceptance. I think I’m actually glad I was rejected and not waitlisted…that would’ve been torture. Enjoy Hanover.