Right Fit/Chance Me?

ccowin
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:05:48 +0000

I think it might be a reach:

3.8 GPA (I go to one of the top 40 ranked high schools in the US by USNWR)
34th Ranked in my class
AP History and Composition both got 4’s enrolled in AP Stats, Gov, and Lit
1870 Sat I, Im taking it again in October and think I can break 2000
750 History 680 Biology SAT II
34 ACT

EC:
2 years of Choir
Computer Programing, know 3 computer programing languages, and built my first computer when I was 11
1 year of JV Soccer (I transfered so I couldn’t continue)
2 year member of my previous school’s Service Club, 1 Year as board member
Photo editor of the Yearbook for 2 years
Don’t know if i’ll put this but I started my own IT support business… It’s basically me showing soccer moms how to attach pictures of their cats to e-mails to send to their soccer mom friends but Dartmouth probably can’t figure that out. I also snowboard weekly in the winter and I could have a sponsorship if I wanted, but I feel it’s the moral antithesis of what snowboarding is about (Dartmouth has their own mountain don’t they?).

For EC I tried to be very well balanced and I think I did OK, but I don’t think there is much else I can do in the next 2 months

Anyway, thinking of ED for Dartmouth I think it’ll be a good fit, I think I’ll be majoring in History and then either go on into law or maybe a MB and Ph.D. to teach history at a junior college or regular college level. From what I hear it’s a work hard, play hard school, which is right up my alley, I’m really adventurous and love the outdoors. The cost is somewhat worrying my family is upper middle class and I’m white, not sure about East Coast, but in California that basically means no scholarships for me. How easy is it to get financial aid and what is the overall cost of living and tuition?

Thanks for taking a look!