#Dartmouth College (2024-2025)

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prisma sedge
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...

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im cooked

near island
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if they don't need extra information, they won't request for it

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it's simple logic

prisma sedge
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would they give me aid on the basis of just the css profile?

undone crest
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!bgastro

tacit gobletBOT
undone crest
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You must have given what they need

near island
prisma sedge
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this is a dangerous game

supple marten
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They still date back to November

undone crest
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Once they've been downloaded they don't need to download again

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It's all in slate at that point

near island
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i think Dartmouth fixed most of the looop holes people use this cycle

lean shuttle
near island
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they changed their entire portal structure

prisma sedge
lean shuttle
near island
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i applied last year and i can definetely say it's much different

prisma sedge
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but darty is the only one that offered me an interview as an intl

lean shuttle
lean shuttle
# undone crest Yes

But like would they go out of their way requesting information they don't need just so that you don't get an idea

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Idk if they care that much

undone crest
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The people doing that don't know about your application

near island
lean shuttle
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To save on work

prisma sedge
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bro if i get in

lean shuttle
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Idk except if they care that much about not giving you an idea about your decision

prisma sedge
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oijsaofjasiofjasoifjas

lean shuttle
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But if that's that much of a priority

prisma sedge
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im crashing out

lean shuttle
near island
lean shuttle
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Or rejection

near island
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i couldn't access my Harvey Mudd decision and i emailed the admissions office, they said it's strictly confidential within my portal

lean shuttle
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I mean you're either accepted or rejected why do they care when you find out

tough epoch
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!biggreen

tacit gobletBOT
abstract nymph
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🤯☘️

wheat grail
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🎯 👄

abstract nymph
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☘️

sweet walrus
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👅

safe ibex
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‼️

bitter compass
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💔

queen blaze
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gl guys

tall ore
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14 mins…

upper escarp
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good morning kiddos

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how are we feeling

bleak cedar
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Guys are we locked in

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I’m so so so nervous and I’m in an airport in front of a bunch of people so that doesn’t help

tall ore
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Locked in

bleak cedar
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Lock in everyone

lean shuttle
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dartmouth highest chance ivy

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pretty good essays

bleak cedar
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I’m opening Dartmouth first lol

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I really liked my app overall and my interview went well

lean shuttle
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no keep best last

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worst chance first

bleak cedar
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I’m really hoping it works out

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I have Harvard last

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I’m doing most likely to least likely lol

lean shuttle
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no do harvard first

bleak cedar
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So I won’t be as disappointed

lean shuttle
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reverse is better

bleak cedar
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I need to work my way up

lean shuttle
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cause like if it's all rejecetions and you get to harvard you know you're coocked

bleak cedar
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No way I can open Harvard first

upper escarp
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spin a wheel

lean shuttle
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but if the last one is a good one then you're locked in

wintry remnant
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I'm going from least I care about -> most I care about

bleak cedar
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Kinda same

upper escarp
teal wind
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dartmouth

lean shuttle
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cause at least if the last one is a high % one then you still have hope

viscid galleon
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Guys i ghosted my interviewer am i cooked?

lean shuttle
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no rejection

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for sure

tall ore
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!ivyday

tacit gobletBOT
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Ivy Day Decision Date

Decisions are out <t:1743116400> in your local time
5 minutes and 7 seconds until the decision date

sacred river
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Hallo

tall ore
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Good luck

sacred river
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gl!!

lean shuttle
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fr

sacred river
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send proof

lean shuttle
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stop lying

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I don't want to open

sacred river
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@next turtle send proof or get mute

spare turret
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Sne proof

lean shuttle
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true fact

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I saw as well

spice willow
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wait

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can yall log in

lean shuttle
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not opening yet

spice willow
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i cant log in 💀

ornate burrow
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its out

sacred river
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or get mute

lean shuttle
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it is

ornate burrow
spare turret
ornate burrow
spare turret
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@here Dartmouth Out!!!

worn nebula
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GL Y'ALL!!!!

sacred river
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@upper escarp ping please

tough epoch
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!!!

serene ginkgo
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GL EVERYONE!

sweet walrus
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??? its out?

next turtle
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Who muted me?

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I was checking other decisioons

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I couldnt respond

sacred river
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our bad

wintry remnant
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ACCEPTED

sacred river
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do send proof tho if its out

wintry remnant
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LET'S GO

upper escarp
fresh coral
upper escarp
upper escarp
sacred river
azure olive
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omg @undone crest congrats on your acceptance 😻

viscid hound
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rejected

orchid island
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@wintry remnant congrats

sacred river
abstract nymph
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Rejected

severe topaz
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Dang

floral thorn
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rejected '29

silent ridge
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Rejected Dartmouth

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No more decisions left

cedar ether
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waitlisted

wintry remnant
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wait it says faculty of arts and sciences does that mean I can’t do engineering

azure olive
sacred river
silent ridge
wintry remnant
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like am i locked out of engineering at dartmouth cause that was lowkey a huge factor of why i applied

terse apex
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DARTMOUTH I LOVE YOU THANK YOU LETS GO BIG GREEN AAAAA 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳

tall ore
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Got in!!!

knotty garden
worn nebula
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Congrats!!!!!!!!

undone crest
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you can declare any major after your 5th term

wintry remnant
undone crest
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Happy to answer questions

glad rock
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Did you guys get an email telling you about the status update

blissful tapir
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LETS GO BIG GREEEEEENNNN

glad rock
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Oop nvmsomeone answered

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Congrats yall!

blissful tapir
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I DID NOT AT ALL EXPECT THAT

glad rock
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I'm checking mine tmrw 😭

royal venture
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waitlisted

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Uhh

blissful tapir
royal venture
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What’s admit rate off of waitlist tho I bet it’s very low😭

glad rock
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I really hope I get in

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I have high hopes for Dartmouth and brown idk why I just felt like my essays were really good

glad rock
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Also if the peer recommendation means anything, Im confident in my friend

rotund basin
worn ermine
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Don’t bank on it

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I called a few times last yr

sleek root
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waitlist

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man

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🧍‍♀️

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is it a

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soft rejection

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how many does dartmouth take off the waitlist

undone crest
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Often... 0

sleek root
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😝😝

autumn zenith
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In the car will check in couple hours

blissful tapir
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im still in shock

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I genuinely had 0 expectation when I was opening the letter

autumn zenith
blissful tapir
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not crazy at all

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1420 sat, 33 act

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3.98 UW gpa, 4.20 weighted

wintry remnant
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nice bro

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congrats

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that’s actually awesome

pallid pollen
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cant wait to see everyone at dimensions

subtle ember
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waitlisted!

fickle sky
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are appeals a thing for dartmouth?

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I lowk thought I was getting in after my 3 hour interview

undone crest
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No

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Not sure what you think that would be enough when there is a 2 or 3% admit rate

fickle sky
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that was not the only factor, I just rather not write everything that I thought which contributed to that conclusion

undone crest
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Tons of super qualified people got frustrating news today

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sometimes you have to take an L with grace

autumn zenith
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Haven’t opened my decision yet

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But preparing to change my pfp to Dartmouth with the x crossed out and making plans to burn my rejection letter

fickle sky
viscid veldt
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got in + byrne scholar

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60k in aid

undone crest
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Ah, math nerd!

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congrats!

viscid veldt
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thank you!!

viscid veldt
terse apex
drifting patio
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thx for being the only ivy to show me love 💘

wintry remnant
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is there a ‘29 discord?

drifting patio
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does dartouth have an undergrad eng college? they say study w/ their "Faculty of Arts and Sciences" so im a lil confused if dartmouth works differently or if its smth else

wintry remnant
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@drifting patio

drifting patio
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ahh makes sense thx

wintry remnant
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yeah np

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I was lowkey stressing too lol

undone crest
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there is only one UG degree

autumn zenith
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rejected darty

vital shale
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does Dartmouth offer to pay for your flight to admitted students day if you qualify for it?

blissful tapir
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i feel blindsided by this i thought i did so ass in my interview

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at one point my interview said "yeah that's not concieted at all" when it was on one of those describe yourself questions and I thought he was being saracstic meltingsob .

sullen crow
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rejected but into yale and cornell!

blissful tapir
undone crest
upbeat cliff
terse apex
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@undone crest I am seriously considering Dartmouth as the school I'll be committing to, but I'm very much a city person who is (fortunately) used to comfy living spaces. Dartmouth is the only one of the schools I'm considering that isn't near/in a major population center, so that brings up a bunch of questions.

So:

  1. how is Dartmouth to international students? will I be able to meet up with those of my same nationality?
  2. do you have any experience/advice for that transition?
  3. how is the accommodation? are the negative reviews online just fear-mongering? I also read that there are renovations currently going on but I couldn't find much about it (so, although you graduated a while back, might you know something about it?)

thanks in advance blobheart

upbeat cliff
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Yeah the amount of negativity surprised me and killed my vibe a teenie tiny bit meltingsob

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Realistically I know not to trust it but a lot of people talk about toxic frat culture and such and ive seen complaints from dartmouth students about not having anything to do if you’re not intro frats

undone crest
undone crest
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like yes, greek life is big, there is plenty outside of it

upbeat cliff
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R/Dartmouth

undone crest
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and you may change your mind on it. I came in not really interest (as did my wife) and it was a big part of our experience

upbeat cliff
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R/A2C too but i pay less attention to that

undone crest
# upbeat cliff R/Dartmouth

there are one or two poeple there who literally only post negative things about Dartmouth (like at all on reddit), and dismiss anyone who says that their experience wasn't terrible

upbeat cliff
undone crest
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I mean, it def is a bubble, that is kind of the point

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you have the community there

terse apex
undone crest
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I doubt there aer many indonesian students

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let me look

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Yeah, there's on average .8 enrolled indonessians

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I say feed into, because Dartmouth has residental hosues, which are tied to specific dorms

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I don't know enough about your lifestyle to say how it would change, but everyone's lifestyle changes, nobody has lived at college before

upbeat cliff
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Do people there often go down to the city or is it just way too far?

undone crest
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People might go to boston once a term

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but there's so muhc going on

wintry remnant
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(this is a serious question) As a chronically skinny guy, I've heard it's very sports-centric. Is that going to affect how I'm perceived/how I enjoy interacting with others?

undone crest
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I'm not sure what skinny has to do with that?

upbeat cliff
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Welp i love the outdoors but dont think i could handle 4 years away from living in a city.

Time to strategically plan study abroad and city internships in between my dartmouth years smile

wintry remnant
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As in I'm not very athletic lol

undone crest
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But yeah, I would say overall it is a petty active campus

terse apex
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thank you 🙏

wintry remnant
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I'm definitely active, just not considered "athletic"; I play squash and volleyball

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But I'm definitely not a commit or varsity athlete

undone crest
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great, DArtmouth has AMAZING squash facilities

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10 courts, plus a glass-wall court

terse apex
wintry remnant
undone crest
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I played a ton of intramural squash

wintry remnant
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oh awesome!

undone crest
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or like with guys in my fraternity

wintry remnant
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I'm only a 4.5 so I'm definitely not making varsity

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But I'll try for club

undone crest
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yeah no

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but club

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or intramural

wintry remnant
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yeah volleyball's going to be the same for me

undone crest
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I think there is men's club vball

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but I imagine it is pretty g ood, since there is no varsity

wintry remnant
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Oh that's nice

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How is their jazz band? I'm trying to look up recordings but a lot of them are from pre-2015

undone crest
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There are a few I think? But very good

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open to non-music majors

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I had two friends first year who played in Barbary Coast

upbeat cliff
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Do you know what the debate team is like there

undone crest
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Like the best in the nation

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they recruit

upbeat cliff
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Honestly I love the fact that they have two different ones for parliamentary and policy but idk how it plays out joining them

upbeat cliff
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Scary

wintry remnant
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I'm so excited to use the maker space in the eng building

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free materials goes incredibly hard

terse apex
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okay thank you so much! I'll do some more research, but rest assured the Big Green will occupy my mind quite a lot the next few days :)

upbeat cliff
blissful tapir
# undone crest I believe so, write and ask I guess

wait whattt.. i hadn’t even considered that would be a possibility. Is it only for like super demonstrated financial need students or what? Cause i’m by no means a negative SAI but a free flights a free flight

undone crest
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I think if you were getting it they would have told you

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but an email is free

blissful tapir
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mm

blissful tapir
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guys what if instead of dartmouth it was called fartmouth

upbeat cliff
blissful tapir
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NOOO

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how many of yall going to dimensions of dartmouth on the 14th

undone crest
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I wish

upbeat cliff
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If they give me aid to go then ill go

undone crest
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I didn't get ot do Dimensions

upbeat cliff
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I cant afford it otherwise

steep perch
blissful tapir
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all of the hotels in town are booked i think im gonna stay in lebanon or sumn

undone crest
undone crest
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But yeah, there are chain hotels in Leb

blissful tapir
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the way i was seeing it it just said that you have to show up at 8:00am or whatever and it just goes from there

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i didn’t see anything about them providing housing

undone crest
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👍👍

blissful tapir
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is there a dartmouth discord server or sumn? I want to find out a little more about what it’s like there

undone crest
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Happy to answer anything obviously

sweet walrus
undone crest
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Nothing unique

sweet walrus
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also this is just more to confirm: i should NOT mail my LOCI? my friend said i should differentiate and handwrite a LOCI but you think that would be too risky?

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honestly thinking about both but im unsure - its a risk of course but i feel like it might be worth trying

undone crest
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Like a page

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No don't mail it

sweet walrus
sweet walrus
# undone crest Like a page

i know the dartmouth waitlist is slim to none but might as well and hope im like the lucky 29 from last year

soft thistle
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did ppl get the acceptance email yet?

steep perch
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Ive gotten a few emails in the last day but I’m an ed admit

soft thistle
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good to know lol, any RD admits got emails in the last day?

blissful tapir
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Rd admit

blissful tapir
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i got a congrats email and an itinerary of admitted students event things this week

upbeat cliff
wintry remnant
steep perch
upbeat cliff
vocal frigate
wintry remnant
tall ore
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Anyone going to Dimensions?

pallid pollen
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yep

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the 14th date

vital shale
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Same

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Turned down Princeton preview days for this

drifting patio
drifting patio
vital shale
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And it’s barely a day

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Dartmouth’s dimension is like 2-3

undone crest
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Go to dimensions!

drifting patio
steep perch
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💀

undone crest
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Are you set on Dartmouth already?

vital shale
undone crest
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Basically it provides grants for you to pursue things during off terms

wintry remnant
sweet walrus
gritty quarry
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Hi all! Congratulations on anyone who got exciting news. I’m a Dartmouth ‘23 happy to help big dawg answer questions about dart. Please feel free to to ping me with any questions here!!

terse apex
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I've been blessed by wonderful acceptances, God willed it, but I do want to look beyond the perhaps shallow prestige ladder before I make my decision

gritty quarry
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  1. Depends on your nationality and the makeup of the classes. My time there, there was a growing community of Turkish and Ukranian students, for example. They all found each other! There are also clubs and spaces around nationalities that could help
    (I see now Indonesian. +1 to BG but I already typed the above lol)

  2. Unfortunately no, I am not an international student ;_;

  3. Accommodations are going to be ran through college dorms like in most American schools. Some of the buildings are going to be nicer than others, and it’s based on luck and (partially) seniority. You can escape mid housing like I did and live off campus, or try and get into some specialty housing based on interests (Living Learning Community) that is often nicer than the dorms.

The bigger housing downside imo: There is a current housing shortage because they’ve accepted hella students, and they’re trying to solve that by forcing students to stay on campus in the winter and take off fall or spring term for their D-Plan. That’s not the end of the world, but a bummer policy outcome because fall and spring are way more fun to be on campus for at Dartmouth than in the winter. The D-Plan is a major plus when you can run away during the winter, but is now way less flexible (I think there’s some policy workarounds with study abroads, but it just takes work and research now)

terse apex
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and also, what was your major? I'm planning on pursuing Computer Science or Computer Engineering while maybe looking into linguistics courses maybe leading to a minor, and I wanted to know what it's like there

terse apex
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I'll read into the Living Learning communities too! They sound really interesting

gritty quarry
gritty quarry
upbeat cliff
undone crest
upbeat cliff
undone crest
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Remember they have some of the top students in the world

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It can be hard and students can get high grades

upbeat cliff
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Yeah lol i was like “hard? Dont most of the courses have B+ to A medians?” Then i realized wow thats B+ medians for ivy league level academic kids

undone crest
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some are lower too

gilded token
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congrats guys

tall ore
gritty quarry
gritty quarry
gritty quarry
# upbeat cliff Is there anything you wish you knew earlier entering as a freshman?

I was actually pretty involved with the outdoors club, but one of the biggest regrets I hear from my classmates is how little they took advantage of the resources there. Dartmouth throws so much money for you to go on trips (hiking, climbing, canoeing, surfing, Nordic skiing) locally and around the US and even the globe. Feel free to go take advantage of that! You don’t even have to be a part of a club and its culture (though that could help get you on trips)

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I would suggest trying at least one of each at least once your freshman year: hiking, climbing, canoeing. They will have beginner trips for all of those on a website called “Trailhead.” Who knows, maybe you will find your next new thing and develop lifelong outdoors(wo)man skills for the rest of your time at Dartmouth?

sweet walrus
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i want to go so bad meltingsob

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shouldve ed-ed!

gritty quarry
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I’m sorry friend… but there are other schools with plenty of great academics and opportunities like this!

sweet walrus
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its ok im just happy to know about dartmouth great school

wintry remnant
undone crest
gritty quarry
gritty quarry
# wintry remnant This is sort of what makes me hesitant to commit to Dartmouth, especially as som...

If you are going pre-med and will stick with it, I don’t think there’s a school that will make it “easy,” or one that makes more sense if strategized like this. You’re going to be in school and on a hustle for a looong time, so might as well just pick one where:

  1. You’ll be happy
  2. You like the student body
  3. If you change from pre-med, you can pivot into another program that will give you what you want
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Assuming you stick through pre-med, this is probably the only time where you will really have “choice” when it comes to school and location. For med school and residency, you have to take the best thing you could get (which could be NYU in Manhattan or could be somewhere deep in Alabama). So I might treat yourself to picking where you want to go for undergrad based on where you would want to be, lol

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There’s exceptions when you have something like an auto-admit to MD on the table, but doesn’t sound like the case here

wintry remnant
# gritty quarry If you are going pre-med and will stick with it, I don’t think there’s a school ...

Thanks, that's mostly what I was thinking about. I'm totally going to use whatever options are available for me, and I'm planning on applying to MD/PhD programs, which means I'll really have to go to the program that accepts me (and is entirely random and not guaranteed), so I'm looking at places that will make it fun/easy for me to use the resources I have. Dartmouth's triage center and student EMT group are two things that will make it really easy to get involved, so that's why I've been drifting towards committing there

undone crest
undone crest
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and Dartmouth was great for both

gritty quarry
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And probably a little bit of permanent respiratory complications… just a little

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(Don’t worry kids, not all off campus housing is like that LOL)

terse apex
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sounds fun

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I do want character development

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unfortunately, my parents prefer development of the career kind, and my mom is a mechanical engineer while my dad did a ton of work in computers, so CS/CE is the best path forward according to them (they're not entirely convinced that Dartmouth has the best facilities)

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are there any words to sway the STEM soul?

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I read into Dartmouth CS and did find it cool that 'Artificial Intelligence' was a term coined in a conference hosted by Dartmouth

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and I loved the project partnerships with the business school (which count for credit!)

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iirc Dartmouth unveiled a new CS building very very recently, too?

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anyways this yap doesn't properly convey the conundrum I'm in: I genuinely really like Dartmouth and its environment (and their graduates are among the chillest I've ever met), but uni is kinda about career, and I'm nearly convinced by my parents that being in the city is better in almost every way

I understand that the d-plan allows students to go off-campus for internships when convenient, but having to find a new accomodation in another city seems like a bit of a hassle. How did you guys deal with that?

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sorry for wall of text. only read/answer what is directly above because it's relevant

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I should probably post an x-vs-y about this

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I'll do that sometime

undone crest
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and the whole west end where engineering is also got redone

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like any school, you'll useually do your internships during the summer

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so where your school is doesn't matter

gritty quarry
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Everything you are thinking and feeling especially RE stem push is super valid. I might have time to come back for a more detailed perspective but top of mind thoughts:

  1. Dartmouth CS will be a BA, not a BS. You will take less CS classes for your degree. That’s another variable (that you can feel free to share with your parents or not lol)

  2. However Dartmouth also has the DALI Lab, a place where you get paid to learn full stack web development and work on real mobile and web apps for startups and local projects. It’s what gets everyone I knew who studied CS a job! That portfolio of projects and experiential education is priceless. You have to apply to get in and it’s a lot of work, but just something to look into

  3. RE: having to find accommodation. It’s an unfortunate factor of adult life that will follow you. Might as well learn it now

  4. One thing to beware about the D-Plan is if you’re an international student, due to visa things you might have to take summers off only :( I don’t know what the policies are these days, but many international students I know had to miss sophomore summer because of visa things

terse apex
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oops wrong reply

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that was directed at jood

undone crest
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Yeah, OVIS can certainly help you with that

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I'm not 100% on it, but I do know it can be limiing

terse apex
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alright well as it's looking now (I just had a convo with my mom) I'm probably not going to commit here 😔

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perhaps I'll pay a visit sometime. everything looks so pretty!!

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thank you so much for answering my questions honestly, though blobheart

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i appreciate it :)

undone crest
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if you want to go, advocate

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what is their reasoning?

terse apex
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In short, Stanford + CS = go at all costs

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and although reductive of their argument, I'm kinda with them on it

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it sucks to have to become part of the stereotype, though

undone crest
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I mean, that isn't a bad choice

terse apex
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it is like, 2am over here though. maybe the entire family will dream of keggy in the night and have a change in heart lmao

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but in all seriousness, thanks for the answers!

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i'll go write an email and sleep

gritty quarry
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Not a problem! I would do some more exploring of Stanford CS and its culture— I have a lot of friends that studied there and had mixed bag of experiences. Congratulations on having such wonderful choices, and I wish you all the best!

vapid fractal
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So I was waitlisted. Not what I wanted. But should I hold on? I reached back out to my interviewer and she was very positive. Said I was a perfect fit and said she already reached out to the interview director on my behalf. What should I do? Any tips, other than a LOCI? Or should I let the dream go?

upbeat cliff
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Go to their events, research, etc

undone crest
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do your LOCI and see

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most years there is no waitlist movement

drifting patio
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i think one of the main hesitancies i have is the general social life at dartmouth-obv i might change my mind after i visit later in april, but from general opinions ive heard is that its mainly dominated by frats, partly bc there isn't rly much to do in hanover (besides the outing club). I'm fine with frats but idk if I'd find this kinda lifestyle fun for 4 years straight (who knows maybe I'll be fine, honestly dartmouth kinda reminds me of my hs, which idk is a good or bad thing since I've never rly experienced anything else besides being in a preppy, pwi. Atp im not rly sure if id prefer smth like rice's residential colleges or dartmouth's frats).

I think the main point I'm wondering ab is the lack of ability to do other things; I've heard that the clubs (besides the outing club) aren't rly active and if the few hobbies that i do like bouldering aren't rly available at dartmouth (ik there's a dartmouth climbing gym but ngl it looks tiny af and nothing compared to gravity vault or any other standard climbing place) i fear id get bored quick. Don't get me wrong, i love doing outdoor stuff sometimes, whether its skiing, hiking, camping, or playing sports, but idk if thats smth i would frequently do in college. I think im also wondering ab what dartmouth students might miss being so secluded in hanover, as I've never rly lived far from anything being in the nyc metropolitan area

undone crest
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also is there anywhere i can find actual career outcomes for dartmouth? trying to find actual numbers for median/avg salary for my major and cant seem to find any specific/official numbers

undone crest
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Let me know if you have more specific questions

undone crest
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what are you loking at doing?

drifting patio
drifting patio
undone crest
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So then how woudl you see career outcomes if you aren't looking at a specific career

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People do well, there's is plenty of recruiting, and the network is great

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like I know people who have done any major you can miagine and gone on to work in a huge variety of fields

drifting patio
undone crest
drifting patio
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looks like it is 80-90k

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That maaaay not include people who do the BE?

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bu you can see that over half of people start at 90+

drifting patio
undone crest
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Yep, definitely. OVerall, I don't think you need to worry about career otucomes

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I would say most people who run into trouble fall in the the fail to plan category, rather than having their good plan not work

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and like I said, I know people who have gone from Dartmouth to do almost anytihng you can imagine

drifting patio
undone crest
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I mean, I don't know where you are comparing to, but since you don't really know what you want, Dartmouth can 100% meet whatever need you come up with

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I will also say that like a 10k difference in average doesn't mean a ton. There are a lot of factors that go into it

drifting patio
undone crest
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If I look at the options in your username (let me know if that isn't right), it certainly gives the most flexibility (with Rice, I guess?).

You could major in engineering and CS, or CS and minor in human centered design, or ECON and whatever you want

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really any combo is doable

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espeically with stuff like modified majors

gritty quarry
upbeat cliff
upbeat cliff
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Like nothing about the frats sound bad to me. Parties, pong, all sound pretty fun

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But if the stereotypical douche bag frat boy type of people are common there then thats a different story

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I think those are for sure exaggerated but even toned down is kinda worrying

blissful tapir
gritty quarry
gritty quarry
upbeat cliff
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Oh neat im not an athlete nor wealthy

undone crest
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There are also awesome people in those houses too

sweet walrus
undone crest
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I guess yeah

sweet walrus
# undone crest I guess yeah

i realized i heavily undersold myself - in terms of fit, insight, and much more, so im banking everything on this LOCI even though probably wotn work out too well haha

vapid fractal
terse apex
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Did any of the admits get this?

blissful tapir
upbeat cliff
terse apex
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I was just confused because I don't remember reading that such a thing existed

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So wanted to make sure that I wasn't falling for a slack phishing scam lol

upbeat cliff
terse apex
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Because I haven't. Maybe that's why.

upbeat cliff
vital shale
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Fartmouth

terse apex
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💀

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are you guys going to join?

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I'm considering enrolling elsewhere but Dartmouth people are really chill so I might just hang out a while to chill

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and maybe they'll change my mind 👀

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if anyone else has joined, could you say if it's active or not? etc.

gritty quarry
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I would just go join. What’s the worst that can happen? You probably said you won’t even go there!

tall ore
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Wow Dartmouth had a personal note in the acceptance package

terse apex
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just anxious (and excited!!)

tall ore
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I never got a link, but hopefully your packet is delivered soon!

upbeat cliff
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WE GOT PACKAGES??

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havent gotten anything from any college yet 😭

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However i think this may be because i havent checked my mail. Not sure

fresh coral
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Dartmouth mentioned in the class reading

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I’ve found 2 people who have used r/a2c in it too

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Rick Clark from Georgia tech and someone from common app

undone crest
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Love Lee

upbeat cliff
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But feels like this has been going on for ages anyways

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People would hire writers, this just made it free

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Imo an ivy admit would probably have better writing than chatgpt but that wont be the case for long imo

gritty quarry
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Did peer review in my freshman writing class with a lacrosse player in 2018. I had been feeling very unsure of my writing skills up until that point. Afterwards, I felt very good about them…

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# spare turret
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Dartmouth Poll

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45

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71

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2

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Rejected

clear bay
terse apex
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I just got the acceptance package... I feel so sad now

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the handwritten letter and all the "welcome home"s 💔 💔 😭

upbeat cliff
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Guys I got my entire dartmouth dimensions trip covered but its at the exact same dates as two of my AP tests

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Do yall think its worth missing them for this

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They’re ap’s that dartmouth doesnt accept for college credit anyways

undone crest
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It overlaps with APs

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weird

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It shouldn't? Dimensions is April 28, APs start may 5

upbeat cliff
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Sorry

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I use AP as an umbrella term because my school has a weird mix of AP classes and Cambridge AS level classes

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But they function the exact same so it gets bothersome to specify

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But the tests it overlaps with are AS english lit and marine science

undone crest
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well... it makes things confusing

upbeat cliff
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Fair enough

undone crest
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isn't AS 11th grade?

upbeat cliff
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Uhhh in England you usually do two year 6 credit courses with AS the first year and A level the second year

undone crest
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right

upbeat cliff
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But my school is an american one doing the international program and its too underfunded for A levels so most classes are only offered at AS level which is a 3 credit 1 year course

undone crest
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then unless it would cause issues with you graduating, missing a meaningless exam doesn't seem to matter

upbeat cliff
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That makes sense. I was just wondering if I was forgetting something I could use them for post HS

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Thanks Dr biggreen happythumbsup

upbeat cliff
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Bump

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This thread disappeared on my megathreads list so i wanted to make it appear again

wintry remnant
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When do I need to send my official SAT score to college by?

undone crest
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they usually say

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you'll probably get a lot of info from DArtmouth after May 1

wintry remnant
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but I only need to confirm I intend to enrol iirc

undone crest
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yeah

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some schools do preenrollment stuff as you get admitted

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dartmouth waits until people are committed

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I remember waiting after I got in ED to hearing anything and it felt like FOREVER

upbeat cliff
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anyone else at dimensions today?

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Honestly i dont think any other college i toured can compete this place is awesome

undone crest
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You're not wrong 😉

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Glad you're having fun!

terse apex
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keep us updated!

upbeat cliff
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Met president Beilock! Made a joke that made some others laugh. She just stared at me. Very intimidating

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Also wow I met an international student who was georgian like me that almost never happens i was so happy

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Played and improved at foosball but sadly not pong 😔 also did movie night watching la la land in a secret hangout spot i was told not to disclose

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Cant believe i thought this would be like my umichigan or uf or any other college tour where you just look around the campus and go back to the hotel. I truly felt like a student there and everyone was so incredibly kind and welcoming that I didn’t wanna leave

undone crest
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🌲🌲♥️♥️

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You'll be back in a few months, right?

upbeat cliff
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After that I decided to commit on the spot pretty much

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See you soon Dartmouth 🥳🥳🥳

undone crest
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🎉🎉🎉

terse apex
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yoo nice!

blissful tapir
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I'm ass at spikeball but it was still fun to just talk to the other '29s and stuff

upbeat cliff
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Freezing cold shivering the day before my jaw was literally beatboxing from the cold

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But during dimensions it was all warm and nice

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Either they plan the days specifically or they manipulate weather with a dr doof inator

undone crest
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Weather control machine has long been rumored to be in the basement of Parkhurst

blissful tapir
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Do we get another 'acceptance package' once we commit?

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I feel like i saw stuff from years past saying they got like a bag of m&m's or something but there was nothing of the sort in the original acceptance package w/ the patch and the sticker and stuff

upbeat cliff
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I think the patch in the package means you committed? Or i could be thinking of the pin in the dimensions wallet they give you

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Might just change every year. Last year they got free pizza and a free chicken sandwich but they didnt get free dartmouth shirts like us at dimensions

blissful tapir
upbeat cliff
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Vacuumed shipped pizza is insane

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Why would u want that

blissful tapir
blissful tapir
fresh coral
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Just days into the mandatory 14-day quarantine, NYU students were served the now-infamous watermelon chicken salad. The strange combination was one of several poorly executed meals delivered to students quarantining in residential housing — if they received meals at all — that quickly gained popularity on TikTok. The video-sharing platform s...

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This is the actual salad

proud grove
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When do dartmouth waitlist results generally start getting released?

undone crest
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Many years there aren't any

undone crest
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If anyone has questions feel free to ping or DM, on yopt of doing admissions work now, I used to be a registrar at Dartmouth

steep perch
undone crest
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The registrar's office manages the academic systems and data of the college

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Stuff like transcripts, course election, academic policy, the computer systems to interact with all of that

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Grades

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Course scheduling

upbeat cliff
undone crest
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2016-19

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While my wife was at Tuck

upbeat cliff
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I heard you can get a job in admissions/for the university as an undergrad

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Which i defo wanna do. Or even an internship though idk if they have those

undone crest
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They have undergrad interns plus there are tour guides

upbeat cliff
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Ooooo

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Would you say being an alumni made getting a job at dartmouth easier

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Of the ao’s i met one was an alum but the other went to tufts

undone crest
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It certainly helped me since I came into my job with a knowledge of academic policy

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And interpreting policy was a part of my job

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It's definitely cool working for the college, but being on staff when everyone else has graduated in an adjustment and it doesn't pay well

upbeat cliff
undone crest
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In admissions, maybe. I think alums will just tend to be more qualified on certain ways for certain jobs

pallid pollen
undone crest
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No single answer

sinful glacier
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hi? hows the stem scene at dartmouth???

terse apex
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There's an interdisciplinary focus present for CS (see Neukom Institute) and a hands-on learning one too (see DALI Lab)

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Absolutely loved those things about Dartmouth and my visit there reinforced my intent to apply there

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Deceptively strong in those fields for a school "in the middle of the woods"

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also a fun fact: the term "Artificial Intelligence" was invented at Dartmouth!

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I obviously know more about EE/CS because those are my interests but I'm sure the same positive sentiment applies to other STEM fields

undone crest
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DALI is an amazing opportunity

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Our president also invented BASIC

terse apex
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omg teaming up with business students seems like a dream tbh

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I wanna do stuff like that (!!)

undone crest
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but yeah, DArtmouth's approach to (this is true for every field really) STEM is very interdisciplinary

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The goal isn't really students who come and just do CS

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most students will have other interests

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my brother in law was an engineer but minored in classics

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and almost double majored,b ut would have had to take a class with a professor he hated

terse apex
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hahaha fair

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no faculty meals with that guy I guess

terse apex
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I'll honestly always wonder if Dartmouth would've been a better fit :/

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But life moves on

undone crest
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I imagine you can still puruse those at Stanford

terse apex
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Of course haha but I'm scared of the supposed tunnel-vision CS grind culture there

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I'll do my best to pave my own path there

sinful glacier
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But like in terms of employability considering all degrees are BA and not BS?? @undone crest @terse apex

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I'd really appreciate if you guys can clarify that for me

undone crest
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BA vs BS doesn't matter

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Harvard only gives ABs

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same as dartmouth

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(other htan engineering)

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which as an AB, and a 5 year BE

sinful glacier
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Hmmm so is Dartmouth worth it. Or should I apply early to some other school. Idk my friend and everyone online is so discouraging of Dartmouth

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Also I feel like the startup culture and stuff isn't there at Dartmouth. Or is that changing now I'll probably be class of 2030

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@undone crest sorry for tagging again

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Why are they discouraging? Do they actually know anything about Dartmouth?

sinful glacier
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@undone crest

undone crest
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ranking is meaningless

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Going to Dartmouth over Duke or Chicago is not going to give you fewer options

sinful glacier
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Hmmmmmmm thx. Also why is Dartmouth hated by the other ivies???? Just asking for fun

undone crest
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???

sinful glacier
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So you know it's consider the worst ivy I read on Reddit alot of posts about it. I'm applying to Dartmouth too cause I just love the campus and the people and their mindsets there. but ya I never understood the hate

undone crest
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I don't really know how to answer that

sinful glacier
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Nvm ignore

upbeat cliff
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Dartmouth definitely has a far less stemmy reputation but we’re catching up

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Maybe only yale is less than us

undone crest
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Actually the 3rd-7th most popular majors are all STEM

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and Econ is coded as a STEM major for OPT purposes

upbeat cliff
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Uhhhh people like to say its the worst ivy cuz its the least general. We get less applications bc of the location and ruralness, and it isnt the type of school that works for everyone

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That, combined with being one of the slightly less selective/ lesser known ones, kind of gives the school an impression when u get accepted

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But even in my month of being a committed student, I’ve gotten nothing but pure respect from people in my school, people applying to colleges next year, and other ivy league students when they hear im going to Dartmouth

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So that impression is just flat out false honestly

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And the same things that make dartmouth not the place for everyone make it extra special and amazing for the people who have strong fit imo. If you feel like it has elements youd like more than others, then thats what you should be focusing on. Schools like uchicago arent worse schools, but theyre not better either, and many years as rankings fluctuate dartmouth either beats them or doesnt. Rankings mean little to nothing especially when you’re within such a close range

undone crest
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and yes, it definitely isn't for everyone

sinful glacier
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what are you guys studying/studied??

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at dartmouth

undone crest
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I majored in philosophy with minors in bioethics and anthropology

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Remember you aren't admitted to a major

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Take lots of classes

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Explore the offerings

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There's so much taught at Dartmouth you've never seen before

autumn zenith
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guys i caleld dartmouth regarding WL

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they said they havent taken anyone off yet

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and its too early to determine if they need to take students off or how many they will take off

undone crest
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Many years they take 0

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if they haven't even looked at this point, it is pretty unlikely they will

autumn zenith
undone crest
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i mean, it is often 0

upbeat cliff
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Yeah Dartmouth seems to leave very little space for waitlists and transfers

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Maybe theyre just very sure in who they want

blissful tapir
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and I mean the dartmouth class size is just so small they don’t need a lot of kids to call it and not take any WL’ers

autumn zenith
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ik someone in my shcool who got off the WL last year

upbeat cliff
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I just found out you can take classes at tuck as an undergrad

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Granted theres only 3 of them but wow thats kind of amazing to be able to take advantage of a top 5 business school

undone crest
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It's not exactly at Tuck. They are Tuck classes adapted for undergrads

upbeat cliff
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I figured, but if its the same professors then thats still awesome

sleek root
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😔goodbye

upbeat cliff
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@undone crest dr big green do you know if dartmouth reports A+ grades on your transcript

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For the purpose of law school admissions since they value A+ as a 4.33 regardless of the percentage grade

undone crest
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No

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Dartmouth's highest grade is A

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A, A- , B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, E

upbeat cliff
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😭

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Praying LSAC fixes gpa recalculation by the time i graduate

undone crest
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you're fine

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People from Dartmouth get into law shcool

upbeat cliff
undone crest
upbeat cliff
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Yeah, in any holistic manner it shouldnt affect admissions, if anything just being from dartmouth should boost my qualitative appeal a lot

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But moreso that law schools are a lot less holistic and a lot more stats based because they need to maintain their medians. So even with all the knowledge in the world they still have to give preferance to the higher 4.33 gpa as if it was on a 4.0 scale or vice versa

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I guess in the end its not that big of a disadvantage. Just means you have to work a bit harder in the end

undone crest
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You're over thinking it

undone crest
undone crest
steep perch
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@undone crest hey, quick question about dorms during the winter. Are they like well insulated? Or do I have to go to bed wearing base layers lol

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Some of the weather data I’ve seen is almost scary even though while I was a ski instructor our hot water was broken for 3 days 💀💀 don’t want a repeat of that

undone crest
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Pretty warm. Newer ones have radiant heating in the floor older ones have radiators and tbf sometimes you need to open a eindow

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It gets cold for sure, but nothing you can't prepare for

blissful tapir
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what happens if i persay forgot to fill out the academic interest form

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and now it just does this to me every time i try and open it up

undone crest
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you can blitz admissions to ask, but I imagine life goes on

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no biggie

steep perch
undone crest
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It probably prefilled from what you put on your application

blissful tapir
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big chillin

undone crest
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if anyone wnats pics of anything on campus, i'll be there next week

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so let me know

steep perch
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housing assignments came out!

undone crest
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wooo

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I get to NH tonight too!

undone crest
steep perch
undone crest
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good location

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older building

pallid pollen
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i got morton

undone crest
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Morton?