why does Dartmouth take nobody from our high school?

[Anonymous]

^ just to follow up this is a TT school with 10+ kids admitted already to HYSMP in not a big class. This is a not a "few to Penn" school.

[Anonymous]

Our school sends a bunch of kids to Dartmouth (not the top of the class but a notch lower). However, the school has a terrible record with Brown. You never know with these things!

[Anonymous]

Same from our competitive NJ public, and we send tons of kids every year to the other ivies and top schools. It's been over 10 years since we sent anyone to Dartmouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont get it. It's a NYC private school that sends 25% of the students (at least) to T20 colleges.

For T2/T3 high schools in nyc, Cornell is your best chance. Your school will also send a few to Penn regularly. Other ivies are mostly off the table/irregular admits for unhooked.

this is a TT high school

A NYC TT (Trinity, Dalton, HM) sends >40% to ivies alone.

25% to T20 is T3 in NYC.

don't flatter yourself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this might help you:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1206949.page[/quote

I read through this and it's not who goes to Dartmouth from our school.

From our private, Dartmouth likes wealthy kids with tip top grades and test scores. They seem the least holistic of the T20 schools. Other top schools you can see on Naviance when school reach for a kid with a 3.85 or a 1490 who has an application that must shine in another way. Dartmouth has none of that. Only top top GPA and test scores. At our school, those kids are not always the most compelling students in the classroom or community.

IOW, I find Dartmouth to be a bit full of shit.

[Anonymous]

when we were on the Dartmouth tour, the admissions officer said he gets asked one question a lot "Is it better to get higher grades or take the hardest classes" and he said, "Both"

They are very transparent about wanting the best stats. And secondly, the rich kids. I don't think outdoorsy matters. at. all. Unless you are recruit for one of the ski teams.

[Anonymous]

it's tiny, smart, preppy, mainstream, remote and oriented around outdoor activities and frats. If you are quirky, international, poor, etc you may find your people or it can be hard and there is nothing else nearby.
Despite this many if not most applicants apply mainly because it's an Ivy. Most can never visit because it's remote. Dartmouth probably knows where they can reliably find kids who will thrive.

[Anonymous]

OP

my kids are at a TT school (one of these: Horace Mann, Trinity, Dalton, Collegiate, Spence, Chapin, Brearley)

I said "25% (at least)" because I dont need DCUM telling me I'm full of shit or it's all legacy. So I made the number 25% (at least). We have plenty of unhooked kids.

Anywho...

What's up with Dartmouth?

[Anonymous]

Don’t know why anyone on here would know the answer to this… especially without knowing the exact school. This is a question for councilors at the school itself

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth hasn't taken a non-legacy kid from our school in 10 years. (as a result, they get few apps ... on our naviance 4 years ago they got 22, last year they got 9. I think 10 years ago it was probably closer to 30)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ just to follow up this is a TT school with 10+ kids admitted already to HYSMP in not a big class. This is a not a "few to Penn" school.

How many of those 10+ kids were hooked in one way or another? Perhaps you just don't have any/many Dartmouth parents in your school body.

Our small school in Fairfield Co sends at least one student to Dartmouth every year, but they're always hooked (legacy and/or athlete.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ just to follow up this is a TT school with 10+ kids admitted already to HYSMP in not a big class. This is a not a "few to Penn" school.

How many of those 10+ kids were hooked in one way or another? Perhaps you just don't have any/many Dartmouth parents in your school body.

Our small school in Fairfield Co sends at least one student to Dartmouth every year, but they're always hooked (legacy and/or athlete.)

Donors too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t know why anyone on here would know the answer to this… especially without knowing the exact school. This is a question for councilors at the school itself

Especially if it's one of HM, Trinity, Dalton, Collegiate, Spence, Chapin, or Brearley— their counselors are far more equipped to answer this question than we are.

[Anonymous]

Because of your grammar, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ just to follow up this is a TT school with 10+ kids admitted already to HYSMP in not a big class. This is a not a "few to Penn" school.

How many of those 10+ kids were hooked in one way or another? Perhaps you just don't have any/many Dartmouth parents in your school body.

Our small school in Fairfield Co sends at least one student to Dartmouth every year, but they're always hooked (legacy and/or athlete.)

none of the kids at HYM were hooked. S and P both hooked and unhooked.

we have a lot of legacy kids who are deferred SCEA and then get in RD. this is quite typical