What are my chances at the mouth of Darts?

Colleges & Universities Dartmouth College
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<p>Hey everyone, I’m new at CC, how’s it goin’?</p>

<p>I’m a junior in HS, not sure where I wanna go yet but I’m kinda torn between Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown (of the ivies, I know other colleges do exist…) What are my chances for Dartmouth based on my stuff so far?</p>

<p>GPA: Around 3.9 (not sure about the weighted, it’s weird at my HS)
SATs: not yet, really good PSATs though, 98th percentile
Higher Classes (including next year):
AP US History, AP Bio, AP English, Western Civ (college course), 4 years and honors French, 2 years of honors english and 1 of history (not including APs), honors Chemistry, honors Calculus
All grades B+ to A (except chem…shiver), top 10% of my class
4 years of Band and 1 of Music Theory
Possible majors: History, minor in music, writing or english, political science</p>

<p>Extracurriculars and leadership:
1st President of French National HS
Student Council Executive
Drum Major of pep and new marching band
Lead trumpet in concert, jazz, and pep bands
Editor of literary magazine
A founding member of the journalism club
Varsity Tennis
Academic Bowl
3 years of Science League
Member of Pass-It-Along (service group)</p>

<p>Honors:
1st Governor’s School Nominee for Jazz of my school
Attending American Legion Boys State this summer
Nominated for National Leadership Convention in DC
Nominated for Honors Band Abroad
Member of French and National Honor Societies</p>

<p>And I’m planning on doing a lot more community service this year and summer.</p>

<p>What do you think? Any suggestions for something I’m missing would be appreciated. I took mostly CP classes in freshman year and worked my way up, I hope that’s not a negative thing. Although I probably won’t major in it, music is a huge part of my life, and I’m really into the whole jazz scene. How would I fit in at Dartmouth? Thanks for looking!</p>

<p>-Adam</p>

<p>PS I posted this on Cornell and Brown too…just lookin’ around, don’t mean to be redundant but you guys all seem really helpful.</p>

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<p>Madman, you’re Dartmouth Bound if you stay on track, don’t let anyone tell you differently. My advice to you is that you position yourself now in your junior year so that you can grab every leadership position you can. LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP! It is key. Based on your PSAT scores you probably won’t have too much difficulty with the SAT or ACT. (Since the ACT is easier for most)</p>

<p>However, I would advise you to take that Spanish class again over the summer because Dartmouth is really big on every student learning a foreign language by the time they get their degree. If you have trouble taking it at a high school, I would advise you to take it at a community college. It will be a shorter class over the summer, and an ‘A’ or ‘B’ will further boost your GPA.</p>

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<p>hahaha, very clever title! :D</p>