<p>To what extent does Dartmouth look at SAT scores.
Assuming a good school record and decent EC’s does being above the 25%-75% SAT range for last years accepted students give one a major advantage?</p>
<p>someone soon may answer you in detail…but bottom line
get a 730+ in all your sats and sat2s and your in the running(no glaring 600s)
get a few 5s in ap courses nice also(no glarng 3)…no matter how people feel they look at you broader for many its cut and dry grades…your unweighted
should be 3.95+ and your rank should be high…and of course in new york and connecticut there are a thousand students with those credentials so of course it is an advantage to be from a south or western state…if you are an urm or legacy of course your in a different pool…though some argue its validity with non- athletes, the academic index has some value…see michelle hernandez book, former assist director of admissions at dartmouth, A is for admission</p>
<p>Hard to say! Isacc’s answer is a good one. Will you have a chance if you don’t hit all those marks? Yes, my DD is an 09, and she didn’t quite hit all those marks - particularly SAT IIs - although we are talking 720 vs 740.
Perhaps this is the real difference in selectivity between Dart/Columbia and HYP - a kid with all those academic credits listed by Isaac, particularly in ED, would probably have a much better than average chance of admit at Dart, might be one of the pack at HYP.
Dartmouth admissions ED last year in the CC crowd looked to be very numbers driven (which kind of makes sense - they don’t ask for any supplementary material), this year, based on reported scores, it looks much more holistic. I wonder, and mayve the long time Dart watchers could comment, if the admission process is a combination of LAC and HYPS type admission. I’ve heard that they don’t track interest, but I can’t help but believe that in some cases, like my child’s, ED is a big boost because it shows commitment to the school - she’s not from the NE or a big west coast population center.</p>