What's special about Dartmouth

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Anonymous wrote:Firstly, it's 'get into Dartmouth,' not 'get in Dartmouth.' Are you an immigrant?

Moving on, Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy and more like an LAC in many respects, though it is technically a university (despite its name being Dartmouth College).

It is also a bit less left wing than many top schools. A bit whiter too. I still remember the "Dartmouth Indians," though that has now been done away with.

It's uniqueness means you pretty much either love it or hate it, and the love its are quite enthusiastic. This is probably what you're picking up on.

Firstly, it's "Its uniqueness" not "It's uniqueness." Moving on.

There is no “it” there, for either of you.

There is. The antecedent is “Dartmouth.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I friends of parents who have children who attend Deerfield and Brunswick Boy school. All I hear them talk about and discuss is Dartmouth and I would just like to know what is special about Dartmouth...all of them want their children to get in Dartmouth

Nothing. It is easier to get in than lot of even public schools

Actually, Dartmouth has the opposite problem. If you don't go to certain NYC privates or New England boarding schools, Dartmouth is pretty much an impossible admit, especially for accomplished public school students. My DC was considering Dartmouth for their ED app, but after looking at the data, decided Dartmouth would be a waste of an app. Goes to a higher ranked school today. If you don't go to one of the Dartmouth feeder high schools, it is a pointless application. Before applying, students should really look at their high school's track record with Dartmouth over the past four years. That will tell you what you need to know.

From our VA top private Dartmouth is significantly easier in ED than the other ivies that have ED, and even easier than Duke and Northwestern in ED. It is also easier in RD than every ivy and other T15 but Cornell, deleting any recruited athletes from the mix.

Are you talking about Potomac? Because all the Dartmouth admits in recent years (including a set of twins 2 years ago) have been legacies.
You might want to talk to the college counseling office.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Firstly, it's 'get into Dartmouth,' not 'get in Dartmouth.' Are you an immigrant?

Moving on, Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy and more like an LAC in many respects, though it is technically a university (despite its name being Dartmouth College).

It is also a bit less left wing than many top schools. A bit whiter too. I still remember the "Dartmouth Indians," though that has now been done away with.

It's uniqueness means you pretty much either love it or hate it, and the love its are quite enthusiastic. This is probably what you're picking up on.

Its uniqueness. Not it’s

Are you an immigrant?

There are many international students and families browsing the U.S. admissions site.

[Anonymous]

My favorite Ivy. Friendly admissions office, beautiful setting, and Hanover seemed just big enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it Asian friendly?

It’s getting more Asian friendly as the student demographics has shifted significantly in the past few years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I friends of parents who have children who attend Deerfield and Brunswick Boy school. All I hear them talk about and discuss is Dartmouth and I would just like to know what is special about Dartmouth...all of them want their children to get in Dartmouth

Nothing. It is easier to get in than lot of even public schools

Actually, Dartmouth has the opposite problem. If you don't go to certain NYC privates or New England boarding schools, Dartmouth is pretty much an impossible admit, especially for accomplished public school students. My DC was considering Dartmouth for their ED app, but after looking at the data, decided Dartmouth would be a waste of an app. Goes to a higher ranked school today. If you don't go to one of the Dartmouth feeder high schools, it is a pointless application. Before applying, students should really look at their high school's track record with Dartmouth over the past four years. That will tell you what you need to know.

Yeah, but Deerfield would be one of their main feeders

I find Dartmouth doing something very 1990 - taking feeders and FGLI giving it a barbell feel on campus. There are top .01% at all these schools, but Dartmouth has more than most (per NYT article) and there are bottom 10% at all these schools but Dartmouth has more than most (via QB and rural programs). These kids don't mix on campus all that much. They dont have the best FA for families making 100-200k so they often lose those kids to good schools with better FA.

I can imagine it's very segregated there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keggy was, but Keggy 's dead.

+1 for the Curtis Mayfield, Super Fly reference

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Firstly, it's 'get into Dartmouth,' not 'get in Dartmouth.' Are you an immigrant?

Moving on, Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy and more like an LAC in many respects, though it is technically a university (despite its name being Dartmouth College).

It is also a bit less left wing than many top schools. A bit whiter too. I still remember the "Dartmouth Indians," though that has now been done away with.

It's uniqueness means you pretty much either love it or hate it, and the love its are quite enthusiastic. This is probably what you're picking up on.

Only pretentious aholes use “firstly.”

[Anonymous]

DC’s friend from NOVA was accepted to 5 ivies (Yale Princeton brown UPenn Cornell) and rejected from Dartmouth (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Duke and more) not uncommon to be accepted to Yale and/or Princeton and rejected from Dartmouth. Know of at least one other classmate where this was true.

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Anonymous wrote:DC’s friend from NOVA was accepted to 5 ivies (Yale Princeton brown UPenn Cornell) and rejected from Dartmouth (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Duke and more) not uncommon to be accepted to Yale and/or Princeton and rejected from Dartmouth. Know of at least one other classmate where this was true.

I’m confused what the point of your post is. Getting into a top ivy doesn’t guarantee admittance to a bottom one and doesn’t make rejection any less normal/expected. You people think, “since DC got into Princeton I am SHOCKED that they were rejected from Dartmouth (5% acceptance rate by the way)” which is stupid. Virtually zero Princeton or Yale admits sweep the Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it Asian friendly?

It was previously the most white Ivy probably due to its remote location, but the percentage of Asian students has increased from less than 10% in the late 90s to ~25% today. I am an Asian American legacy and have encouraged my kids to apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I friends of parents who have children who attend Deerfield and Brunswick Boy school. All I hear them talk about and discuss is Dartmouth and I would just like to know what is special about Dartmouth...all of them want their children to get in Dartmouth

The Animal House connection.

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Long, long, long winters.