<p>I was rejected from Dartmouth today and I plan to appeal...does anyone know anything know about the process? Thanks.</p>
<p>Unless there was a gross error on their part, the decision of the tribal counsel is final</p>
<p>what's your reasons for the appeal?</p>
<p>I've never heard of anybody trying to appeal their admissions decision. IMHO, the only way the school would even consider it is in the case of, say, having received faulty SAT scores.</p>
<p>There's always the option of applying down the road as a transfer.</p>
<p>It is actually possible to appeal. It's one of those deep, dark secrets they hope 99% of applicants won't find out about. However, with that said, don't get your hopes up. Keep in mind that they've already filled up the class they way they want. This isn't a matter of somebody going, "Please? Pretty pleeeeeeease?" and the admissions committee replying, "Oh, alright." You would need to convince them of specific evidence of why your application was misreported, misinterpreted, whatever. On the level of, like, your high school teachers, administrators and counselors conspired against you. As far as I know you have to convince them to reopen your file before they will even consider actually changing their minds. I'm not even sure if decisions get overturned in this fashion every year...sorry if this sounds harsh, but if you're going to go through with your appeal you should probably shouldn't give yourself false hopes.</p>
<p>Do any of you know of anyone who was rejected and successfully appealed? If not, do you know of anyone who appealed and Dartmouth's reaction?</p>
<p>i agree with the above posters. you will not win an appeal. hell, you won't even get an appeal.</p>
<p>EVEN if they didn't recieve a transcript or something, they might just say it's your fault for not checking</p>
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This isn't a matter of somebody going, "Please? Pretty pleeeeeeease?" and the admissions committee replying, "Oh, alright."
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oh darn! there goes my chances. *jks
but sorry
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You would need to convince them of specific evidence of why your application was misreported, misinterpreted, whatever. On the level of, like, your high school teachers, administrators and counselors conspired against you
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teachers consipre against students? how do you know that? you don't even see the recs....
Exactly how does it work? what does the appealer say?</p>
<p>Sorry to sound harsh, but it would be better for you to get over it and move on with your life. The only exception is if you have very clear and specific reasons why there was an error by the admissions staff.</p>
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teachers consipre against students? how do you know that? you don't even see the recs....
Exactly how does it work? what does the appealer say?
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<p>I was using hyperbole to just to illustrate the point that there would have to have been very significant issues with the application for the college to even consider an appeal. Obviously my specific example was a bit unrealistic...</p>