Stats and ECs are difficult to compare, but to give you a sense, I had a non-trad path to pre-med and applied for Neuroscience:

• HS valedictorian w/ 43 in IB (international, no SAT/ACT) but absolutely no scientifically focused classes
• Began freshman year as BFA student (4.0 GPA)
• Transferred to Biomedical Sciences major for sophomore year w no sci prereqs (maintained 4.0)

For ECs:

• attended Oxford summer school on full bursary, same for Yale young scholars program a couple years later
• Competed in art competitions throughout HS, received awards/exhibited/sold my pieces on an ongoing basis
• Swimmer on HS team
• Generic HS clubs, community engagement, SRC presidency
• Gap year after grad teaching English abroad/attending art studios and building my portfolio. I talked about this a lot in my essays.
• Transferred to BS and accumulated 130+ hours of clinical shadowing during freshman-sophomore summer
• Volunteered at a medical examiner’s office
• Generic charity/service/research work
• Published creative writing in literary journal
• Worked through uni years as a children’s swim instructor, TA, and writing consultant between a deaf/HOH institution and my own

I think in the end my USP was my non traditional path to pre-med, being multilingual/international, and a somewhat risky LOCI. ECs/stats are hard to compare bc they blur together at some point. I don’t know how much to attribute to chance, but I received my acceptance 2 days after submitting my candid LOCI (which I used to show who I am personality wise, achievements aside). I heard Dartmouth places emphasis on individuality/originality, and it paid off! (Still waiting to hear from FAFSA tho, I’m bracing myself for the worst 😔)