Dartmouth's reputation - Beware.

[Anonymous]

Of relevance:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/confessions-of-an-ivy-league-frat-boy-inside-dartmouths-hazing-abuses-238604/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of relevance:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/confessions-of-an-ivy-league-frat-boy-inside-dartmouths-hazing-abuses-238604/

Yikes. Some horrible stuff there. He doesn’t come off much better. The everything-sucks cynicism is tiresome. Ooh, green eggs and ham is a sinister ploy to inculcate us! Give it a rest. Get a sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of relevance:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/confessions-of-an-ivy-league-frat-boy-inside-dartmouths-hazing-abuses-238604/

Yikes. Some horrible stuff there. He doesn’t come off much better. The everything-sucks cynicism is tiresome. Ooh, green eggs and ham is a sinister ploy to inculcate us! Give it a rest. Get a sense of humor.

Get a sense of humor? About sexual assault and racism and rape? Hm. Maybe think before you type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of relevance:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/confessions-of-an-ivy-league-frat-boy-inside-dartmouths-hazing-abuses-238604/

Yikes. Some horrible stuff there. He doesn’t come off much better. The everything-sucks cynicism is tiresome. Ooh, green eggs and ham is a sinister ploy to inculcate us! Give it a rest. Get a sense of humor.

Get a sense of humor? About sexual assault and racism and rape? Hm. Maybe think before you type.

About green eggs and ham and other silly orientation activities. Try reading before you blast. I know you’re not bright but it isn’t a difficult read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of relevance:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/confessions-of-an-ivy-league-frat-boy-inside-dartmouths-hazing-abuses-238604/

I can't think of a worse source for anything related to college hazing. They're lucky they weren't bankrupted by their UVA fiasco

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth has always been known as a fratty, date-rapey school. I would never send my kid there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had always been aware of Dartmouth having a fratty reputation, and I know it's had several scandals, but this document which has been making the rounds in some groups my DC is in has me concerned.

https://www.scribd.com/document/489853960/The-Case-Against-Dartmouth

I've read through parts of this and some other reddit threads on this exact issue at Dartmouth, and the biggest rebuttal I've seen from Dartmouth grads is simply along the lines of "well it happens at other schools, too."

That's written by a student; why would you give it any credence?

If you look hard enough, you'll find someone with an axe to grind against any school.

[Anonymous]

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

You may be what you say you are, but this is an anonymous forum . . .

[Anonymous]

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had always been aware of Dartmouth having a fratty reputation, and I know it's had several scandals, but this document which has been making the rounds in some groups my DC is in has me concerned.

https://www.scribd.com/document/489853960/The-Case-Against-Dartmouth

I've read through parts of this and some other reddit threads on this exact issue at Dartmouth, and the biggest rebuttal I've seen from Dartmouth grads is simply along the lines of "well it happens at other schools, too."

That's written by a student; why would you give it any credence?

If you look hard enough, you'll find someone with an axe to grind against any school.

I don't get this rebuttal at all. These are valid concerns, as well as decades of corroborating evidence and testimonials. The belittling of those does nothing to help your case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

UVA is attractive because it's a flagship that costs 35k a year instate. Dartmouth's cost to attend is 77k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

UVA is attractive because it's a flagship that costs 35k a year instate. Dartmouth's cost to attend is 77k

Yep. UVA’s allure is all about the cost for in state residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

UVA is attractive because it's a flagship that costs 35k a year instate. Dartmouth's cost to attend is 77k

Yep. UVA’s allure is all about the cost for in state residents.

yep, same as UMD, Penn State, UNC.... Somehow that allure is controversial on this board though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

UVA is attractive because it's a flagship that costs 35k a year instate. Dartmouth's cost to attend is 77k

About half of Dartmouth’s student body receives financial aid that averages $57k a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

It always seemed to be to have some similarities to UVA (with the obvious size difference noted). Why are people so quick write off all of Dartmouth off when it has some similar traits that makes UVA attractive to people in Virginia?

UVA is attractive because it's a flagship that costs 35k a year instate. Dartmouth's cost to attend is 77k

Fair enough, but Dartmouth is being slammed on this thread due to the environment, drinking culture, behavior of frats, etc. That is where the similarities lie. Dartmouth has not been slammed on this thread because it costs $77K to attend.