Rejected by Dartmouth but admitted into Yale, Princeton, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Duke, and UCLA???

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth has been having a very heavy DEI, gender diversity push lately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is this possible when Dartmouth is the least prestigious of these schools?

The same person was rejected by Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia. Is Dartmouth trying to say it is on par with these other schools? LMAO.

Surely someone admitted into Yale and Princeton should be able to get into Dartmouth easily.

Dartmouth is literally not even in the top 100 best schools like seriously.

We get it…you have a smart kid.

Nooo. It's not my kid. And it's not just this one kid I know.

I am shocked by kids getting into Princeton/Harvard/Yale and not Dartmouth. Who do they think they are? lmao??

An example Dartmouth waitlisted but gets into Princeton??? And Duke??? (not the person I am talking about, just an example I saw)

https://youtu.be/7MZzPl4Q8C8

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is looking for a specific kind of kid. They're not interested in the STEM bots that shot-gun all the Ivies.

Okay but surely a child with great grades shouldn't have to lose out because of that? How can that be justified during selection?

A kid who applies to all those schools is probably not all that interested in Dartmouth. Why bother accepting someone who isn’t likely to attend at all, when there are many other kids who are just as bright who really want to go there?

But that is what waitlist is for. Its discriminatory to base admissions on who might likely attend

You have no idea what discrimination is, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has been having a very heavy DEI, gender diversity push lately.

Not true. Class of 2027 is 60% white. 60%. In AMERICA.

It takes effort to be an elite school with 60% white kids. And more boys than girls too.


https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/class-profile-testing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is looking for a specific kind of kid. They're not interested in the STEM bots that shot-gun all the Ivies.

Okay but surely a child with great grades shouldn't have to lose out because of that? How can that be justified during selection?

A kid who applies to all those schools is probably not all that interested in Dartmouth. Why bother accepting someone who isn’t likely to attend at all, when there are many other kids who are just as bright who really want to go there?

Especially if this kind of derision and condescension came through in the essays. "You'd be lucky to have me" isn't a great way to get a date, and it doesn't work well for colleges, either.

If they're going into the application thinking of Dartmouth as "literally not even in the top 100 schools," then they probably didn't put the same care and attention into it as they did into applying to the other schools. They may have half-assed it, assuming they'd get in anyway because Dartmouth wasn't very "prestigious," and come across as smug or entitled. Or just didn't do enough research on the school, and been vague on "why Dartmouth?"

If the applicant couldn't convincingly demonstrate why Dartmouth would be a good fit for them, then it makes sense Dartmouth would turn them down. That's the point of holistic admissions.

[Anonymous]

This is so common as to not warrant a post. There is nothing unusual about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has been having a very heavy DEI, gender diversity push lately.

Not true. Class of 2027 is 60% white. 60%. In AMERICA.

It takes effort to be an elite school with 60% white kids. And more boys than girls too.


https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/class-profile-testing

Sounds about right for Dartmouth!

[Anonymous]

You people do not even see how thoroughly you have consumed the USNWR kool aid!

Every school is composing an incomng class. They consider multiple factors besides GPA and SAT scores.

For selective admits, there are never any guarantees .

(None of this should be news to OP)

[Anonymous]

No different than a kid getting rejected from any school that yield protects…and they were right. A kid getting into those other ivies is taking another ivy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is unhinged. Dartmouth is a great school and there is an element of luck in admissions.

Its good. Okay. But surely someone admitted into Princeton should get into Dartmouth without much effort .

I think you've accidentally hit on the answer here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this possible when Dartmouth is the least prestigious of these schools?

The same person was rejected by Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia. Is Dartmouth trying to say it is on par with these other schools? LMAO.

Surely someone admitted into Yale and Princeton should be able to get into Dartmouth easily.

Dartmouth is literally not even in the top 100 best schools like seriously.

Kudos to those that actually tried to provide a thoughtful answer, but I do wonder if threads like this are created for 'fun'. "Let me say something provocative and watch what happens..."

"Is Dartmouth trying to say it is on par with these other schools? LMAO." Uh...ok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has been having a very heavy DEI, gender diversity push lately.

Not true. Class of 2027 is 60% white. 60%. In AMERICA.

It takes effort to be an elite school with 60% white kids. And more boys than girls too.


https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/class-profile-testing

Sounds about right for Dartmouth!

what do you mean by this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people do not even see how thoroughly you have consumed the USNWR kool aid!

Every school is composing an incomng class. They consider multiple factors besides GPA and SAT scores.

For selective admits, there are never any guarantees .

(None of this should be news to OP)

Okay, but explain the logic of a Princeton admit not getting into Dartmouth which isn't a better school that Princeton and Yale! It makes no sense! What is up with this school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is looking for a specific kind of kid. They're not interested in the STEM bots that shot-gun all the Ivies.

Okay but surely a child with great grades shouldn't have to lose out because of that? How can that be justified during selection?

A kid who applies to all those schools is probably not all that interested in Dartmouth. Why bother accepting someone who isn’t likely to attend at all, when there are many other kids who are just as bright who really want to go there?

Especially if this kind of derision and condescension came through in the essays. "You'd be lucky to have me" isn't a great way to get a date, and it doesn't work well for colleges, either.

If they're going into the application thinking of Dartmouth as "literally not even in the top 100 schools," then they probably didn't put the same care and attention into it as they did into applying to the other schools. They may have half-assed it, assuming they'd get in anyway because Dartmouth wasn't very "prestigious," and come across as smug or entitled. Or just didn't do enough research on the school, and been vague on "why Dartmouth?"

If the applicant couldn't convincingly demonstrate why Dartmouth would be a good fit for them, then it makes sense Dartmouth would turn them down. That's the point of holistic admissions.

I don't think that is the case because this person is not me. I am the one who is perplexed by the results. I doubt they came across as arrogant in the essays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has been having a very heavy DEI, gender diversity push lately.

Not true. Class of 2027 is 60% white. 60%. In AMERICA.

It takes effort to be an elite school with 60% white kids. And more boys than girls too.


https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/class-profile-testing

I’m confused. What do you mean by that? 70% of the American population is white. What should Dartmouth’s percentage be?