Dartmouth's reputation - Beware.

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth alum here, and I find 0% of this surprising. I would never, ever want my son or daughter to go there.

[Anonymous]

Different Dartmouth alumna here. I went to college there 30+ years ago and it was a toxic environment then and still is.

[Anonymous]

Where is the PP who said, “what do Dartmouth students know?”

Looks like they know things they wish they could forget...even decades later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is a real college, one of the few remaining that caters to smart kids who still want to frat hard and have a real college experience. If you'd rather spend those four years living the SJW life, go to Brown or Wesleyan.

Why do I think this is written by a male.

Who probably also wishes we could go back to how America was in the 1950’s.

It doesn't even have to be the 1950s though. The early-mid 2000s pop culture was not only pushing the frat life hard, but that's when the term "frat hard" and "fratty" emerged! Even for the non-college set, MTV programming was all about lifestyles of the rich and famous, cribs, and Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie cashing in on a persona of spitting on the poors. Millennials are a little late in adopting the SJW life or maybe it was backlash from the millennial poors who found all of this disgusting. ? But anyone in Gen Z who is heading to Dartmouth now already knows what they are getting into so you can probably assume that they are the kind that are drawn to it rather than they type that need to be warned about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haters gonna hate. That student author would have been miserable wherever she went

Have to agree with this although maybe she would have been happier at Smith or some other all-women’s college with close to a majority of LBGTQ students, although even then she probably would still complain about it being too White or wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haters gonna hate. That student author would have been miserable wherever she went

Have to agree with this although maybe she would have been happier at Smith or some other all-women’s college with close to a majority of LBGTQ students, although even then she probably would still complain about it being too White or wealthy.

Or maybe she (and the many, many, many others at Dartmouth who have spoken out about this exact issue) would have been happier at another college that simply doesn't glorify a culture steeped in misogyny and racism?

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth’s gross. Always has been. Can’t think of a less relevant, more self-important school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Don’t send your kids there. Talk to your daughter about campus sexual assault and teach your son not to be a giant a hole that rapes girls. One in five college girls are raped. Your sons are not who you think they are.

If you really believe that this number is true, there is absolutely no way you should be sending your daughters to college in-person. Keep them home, where it's safe.

[Anonymous]

Another Dartmouth alum here. The mainstream frat culture at Dartmouth is toxic. But I totally disagree that the kids are anti-intellectual. Certain frats feel socially dominant and are not exactly intellectual but ultimately make up a small percent of students.

I was not in a house, and had a tight knit group of friends who were not in houses too. We were all very intellectual, politically engaged, etc. Yes Dartmouth has problems it desperately needs to address, and if I’m being honest I’d rather my kids attend a different school just to avoid the problems altogether. But if Dartmouth were the best school they were admitted to I would not hesitate to send them there, I’d just try to help them navigate the social scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Don’t send your kids there. Talk to your daughter about campus sexual assault and teach your son not to be a giant a hole that rapes girls. One in five college girls are raped. Your sons are not who you think they are.

If you really believe that this number is true, there is absolutely no way you should be sending your daughters to college in-person. Keep them home, where it's safe.

The number is true. Google it. It’s been studied. If you know a woman who has gone to college in the last couple decades ask her if she knows anyone who was raped. She will. 1 in five. At least. It didn’t happen to me but it did to my roommate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Don’t send your kids there. Talk to your daughter about campus sexual assault and teach your son not to be a giant a hole that rapes girls. One in five college girls are raped. Your sons are not who you think they are.

If you really believe that this number is true, there is absolutely no way you should be sending your daughters to college in-person. Keep them home, where it's safe.

The number is true. Google it. It’s been studied. If you know a woman who has gone to college in the last couple decades ask her if she knows anyone who was raped. She will. 1 in five. At least. It didn’t happen to me but it did to my roommate.

Hate on Dartmouth all you want, I have no dog in that fight. But no, it is not accurate to say “1 in 5 women will be raped in college”. Do just a little googling and you’ll see that those numbers are not referring to “rape” but a whole swath of behaviors that covers a wide range. I’m not defending any of the behavior, it’s all terrible, but what you said is not correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Don’t send your kids there. Talk to your daughter about campus sexual assault and teach your son not to be a giant a hole that rapes girls. One in five college girls are raped. Your sons are not who you think they are.

If you really believe that this number is true, there is absolutely no way you should be sending your daughters to college in-person. Keep them home, where it's safe.

The number is true. Google it. It’s been studied. If you know a woman who has gone to college in the last couple decades ask her if she knows anyone who was raped. She will. 1 in five. At least. It didn’t happen to me but it did to my roommate.

Not true, unless you lump together rape and sexual assault, which are not the same things. But thanks for the misinformation. Really helpful.

[Anonymous]

Interesting piece on the issue: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/01/27/the-stat-that-1-in-5-college-women-are-sexually-assaulted-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/amp/

[Anonymous]

Teach you kids some basic self defense skills and behavioral guidelines before they head off to college so they are aware of how to avoid dangerous situations and what they can do if one develops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well played, pp. If you can’t argue, attack.

NP. Often, the personality of the poster is relevant to better understand the comment. This is why we teach our students to consider the source when researching. Not every analysis of perspective is an ad hominem attack.