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

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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.

Compile all the statistics you can on this person and then come back and pretend it’s your kid.

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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

The US is 60% white.

People keep saying this as if it should mean something.

Dartmouth admits international students and the world isn't 60% white.

So now American universities reflect the racial make up of the world?

[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.

It is not only possible, OP, it is expected. Acceptance chances at these schools are so low that comparisons like this are meaningless.
Reach means reach, for all, regardless of stats.

[Anonymous]

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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

The US is 60% white.

People keep saying this as if it should mean something.

Dartmouth admits international students and the world isn't 60% white.

So now American universities reflect the racial make up of the world?

With how Asian they’re about to become, pretty much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCLA isn't an Ivy Plus school and isn't Dartmouth level despite USNWR's recent ranking changes based on DEI. I'd want my kid to go to Dartmouth, Harvard or Princeton. Maybe Yale. UCLA would be out of the question.

Thanks for letting us know that Yale is "maybe" good enough for you kid and that UCLA is an untouchable in your college-based caste system. I was totally wondering where you landed on these issues.

[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.

I have not read the entire post.

OP: Clearly, you are new at the college admissions game. Such results are not uncommon. Just shows that elite schools actually read the applications beyond the numbers.

The applicant applied to all 8 Ivy League schools plus Stanford, Duke, & UCLA. Doesn't show much in the way of identifying fit beyond prestige. Difficult to imagine a student who would fit in at Columbia as well as Dartmouth College. At least Dartmouth, Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia appear to have read the applicant's essays.

I still don't understand what's wrong with that, to be honest.

A kid can be interested in all 8. And more!

They aren't 40-year-old grumpies. They can adapt. Outdoor lifestyle? Great! City lifestyle? Also great! Suburban? Neat!

Harvard nerds? Dartmouth partyboys? Kids adapt.

What's important is they get a world-class education with impeccable facilities and reputable institutions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

The US is 60% white.

People keep saying this as if it should mean something.

Dartmouth admits international students and the world isn't 60% white.

So now American universities reflect the racial make up of the world?

Yes. The top American and European universities are generally moving towards that.

If that bugs you, go and vote for Trump.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This.
The OP is a bored newbie who has no idea how this works.

Sheesh.

Of course, I have no idea how this works.

Why else would I ask these questions if I had the answers?

Spend some time reading on here.
Search “holistic admissions “ rather than wasting everyone’s time.
Search admissions officers “rubric”. It’s not the same formula everywhere.

Once you figure that out, if you really want advice for your own child, post your kid’s stats, the type of high school they go to, what unique pointy interests they have, any awards, majors and how they have shown academic vitality, and let us know the 20 schools they are looking at.

People here will be honest and give you a lot of good tips. But you have to do some work.

Thank you for this. I will actually do this.

My son is not yet applying but great advice.

[Anonymous]

Yield protection. Inferiority syndrome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This.
The OP is a bored newbie who has no idea how this works.

Sheesh.

Of course, I have no idea how this works.

Why else would I ask these questions if I had the answers?

Spend some time reading on here.
Search “holistic admissions “ rather than wasting everyone’s time.
Search admissions officers “rubric”. It’s not the same formula everywhere.

Once you figure that out, if you really want advice for your own child, post your kid’s stats, the type of high school they go to, what unique pointy interests they have, any awards, majors and how they have shown academic vitality, and let us know the 20 schools they are looking at.

People here will be honest and give you a lot of good tips. But you have to do some work.

Thank you for this. I will actually do this.

My son is not yet applying but great advice.

Read ‘Who Get in and Why’. By Jeffrey Selingo. That will go a long way towards beginning to learn how modern day admissions works. Better place to start in my opinion as while there is good info to be found here, there is a lot of misinformation. A challenge is learning to sift the good from the bad which becomes easier as you learn more.

I would also recommend you set aside any assumptions you may have and learn with an open mind. You may decide that prestige is very important to you, but you may also learn that there may be many paths that lead to where your child may want to go. Some may actually be better for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This.
The OP is a bored newbie who has no idea how this works.

Sheesh.

Of course, I have no idea how this works.

Why else would I ask these questions if I had the answers?

Spend some time reading on here.
Search “holistic admissions “ rather than wasting everyone’s time.
Search admissions officers “rubric”. It’s not the same formula everywhere.

Once you figure that out, if you really want advice for your own child, post your kid’s stats, the type of high school they go to, what unique pointy interests they have, any awards, majors and how they have shown academic vitality, and let us know the 20 schools they are looking at.

People here will be honest and give you a lot of good tips. But you have to do some work.

Thank you for this. I will actually do this.

My son is not yet applying but great advice.

Read ‘Who Get in and Why’. By Jeffrey Selingo. That will go a long way towards beginning to learn how modern day admissions works. Better place to start in my opinion as while there is good info to be found here, there is a lot of misinformation. A challenge is learning to sift the good from the bad which becomes easier as you learn more.

I would also recommend you set aside any assumptions you may have and learn with an open mind. You may decide that prestige is very important to you, but you may also learn that there may be many paths that lead to where your child may want to go. Some may actually be better for them.

I was just curious about this because even though I understand the explanations, it still baffles me that Dartmouth wouldn't value someone who got into Princeton. Maybe these are my assumptions.

I just found it ridiculous of them. But hey, what do I know

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This.
The OP is a bored newbie who has no idea how this works.

Sheesh.

Of course, I have no idea how this works.

Why else would I ask these questions if I had the answers?

Spend some time reading on here.
Search “holistic admissions “ rather than wasting everyone’s time.
Search admissions officers “rubric”. It’s not the same formula everywhere.

Once you figure that out, if you really want advice for your own child, post your kid’s stats, the type of high school they go to, what unique pointy interests they have, any awards, majors and how they have shown academic vitality, and let us know the 20 schools they are looking at.

People here will be honest and give you a lot of good tips. But you have to do some work.

Thank you for this. I will actually do this.

My son is not yet applying but great advice.

Read ‘Who Get in and Why’. By Jeffrey Selingo. That will go a long way towards beginning to learn how modern day admissions works. Better place to start in my opinion as while there is good info to be found here, there is a lot of misinformation. A challenge is learning to sift the good from the bad which becomes easier as you learn more.

I would also recommend you set aside any assumptions you may have and learn with an open mind. You may decide that prestige is very important to you, but you may also learn that there may be many paths that lead to where your child may want to go. Some may actually be better for them.

I was just curious about this because even though I understand the explanations, it still baffles me that Dartmouth wouldn't value someone who got into Princeton. Maybe these are my assumptions.

I just found it ridiculous of them. But hey, what do I know

It’s easier to think of elite colleges as tiers rather than ranked. Adjacent tiers aren’t vastly different and are still very competitive, but it’s more likely you’ll see schools of higher tiers being harder to get into schools of lower tiers.

[Anonymous]

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

+1
Maybe a humble brag?

[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

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

0 obviously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UCLA isn't an Ivy Plus school and isn't Dartmouth level despite USNWR's recent ranking changes based on DEI. I'd want my kid to go to Dartmouth, Harvard or Princeton. Maybe Yale. UCLA would be out of the question.

Thanks for letting us know that Yale is "maybe" good enough for you kid and that UCLA is an untouchable in your college-based caste system. I was totally wondering where you landed on these issues.

We all breathlessly wait to know whether PP deigns to grace Yale with an application.