Applications increase by 10 percent in 2006

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Nearly 14,000 high school seniors submitted regular decision applications to Dartmouth this year, a 10 percent increase over last year's number, according to the Undergraduate Office of Admissions.</p>

<p>The official number of total applicants is currently unknown, however, because many applications come in late or are still missing components. Undergraduate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg estimates the final number of applications will surpass 14,000.</p>

<p>Furstenberg credited the growing interest in Dartmouth to three factors, the first of which is Dartmouth's rising popularity.</p>

<p>"Dartmouth is definitely a 'hot' place right now," Furstenberg said. "We are getting a lot of positive press, and there's just an increased awareness of Dartmouth as a great academic institution." </p>

<p>"There are simply more students graduating from high-school," he said, "and the stronger parts of that pool are drawn to elite schools like Dartmouth."</p>

<p>"Electronic applications mean that it's just flat-out easier to apply," Furstenberg said.</p>

<p>The availability and convenience of applying online also helped boost the number of international applications by 19 percent. Applications from students of color were also up 12 percent from last year, and applications from women were up 15 percent.</p>

<p>"What's really fantastic about our growing numbers is that they are across the board," Furstenberg said. </p>

<p>As the number of applications continues to rise each year, the admissions office is faced with a more challenging selection process, according to Furstenberg.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006020201010%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006020201010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think Dartmouth had the largest increase in total applications from last year by any ivy league if I am not mistaken</p>

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<p>It is the TOTAL apps - not the RD apps, as the article reports - which will be about 14,000. </p>

<p>Total apps were 12,756 last year.</p>

<p>It is not surprising that apps rose 10% at Dartmouth - since it went to the common online app this year. </p>

<p>Other Ivies have experienced a similar or greater increase in the year they made this change - including Yale, Princeton and Cornell in recent years.</p>

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<p>While electronic applications have made the admission process easier across the board, this is not the first year that Dartmouth has used the common on line app</p>

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<p>on a related note, i just remembered harvard ED applications DROPPED 10 percent</p>

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<p>8%. And SCEA, not ED. From 4,213 to 3,872 - after a 10% increase the previous year.</p>

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<p>Did you miss this sentence in the story?</p>

<p>"A third factor contributing to the application increase is the newly available online application, Furstenberg said. Hopeful members of the class of 2010 were able to fill out the entire common application and peer recommendation supplement from their home computer."</p>

<p>(I see you backed off a bit in your edit)</p>

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<p>Was I being called out to some type of challenge where I would have to back off?</p>

<p>I am just stating that the use of the common app has helped to increase applications at all schools (even your beloved Harvard) because students can apply to multiple schools at the click of a button.</p>

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<p>Of COURSE the common app and online app increase the number of apps - for Harvard, Dartmouth, or any school using them.</p>

<p>My point, which you seem to have missed, Sybbie, is that schools historically enjoy a large jump in apps IN THE YEAR THEY ADOPT SUCH A CHANGE.</p>

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<p>I thought the only difference between this year and last application-wise is that now the Dartmouth supplements are online as well. Not nearly as big a change as moving to the common app.</p>

<p>Don't worry Sybbie. Byerly gets defensive when other Ivies encroach upon Harvard, lol. Especially Yale.</p>

<p>All in all a great year for Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>As Slipper points out the common app (other than the pre-app which necessarily gets filed in advance and the peer recommendation which necessarily does not get submitted by the applicant directly and both of which are unique to Dartmouth) has been adopted for a number of years now and any historic benefit of that adoption would have long been felt. </p>

<p>It seems to have adopted the use just about the same time as Harvard:
<a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=1994080301030%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=1994080301030&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I regret not applying ED.</p>

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<p>OMG, this is not good, they'll have less spots for transfer noooo!!!</p>

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<p>Dartmouth seems to have won the applications game (10% increase vs. 6-7% at almost all the other Ivies), I wonder why...they always come up with reasons but I wonder if its just random.</p>

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<p>Get Back To Only Paper Mail!</p>

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<p>Ivy League Applicants for the class of 2010
Cornell: 28,012
Harvard: 22,719
Yale: 21,051
Pennsylvania: 20,350
Columbia: 19,730
Princeton: 17,478
Brown: 15,871
Dartmouth: 14,000</p>

<p>Cornell had the highest increase of over 15% of total applicants.</p>

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<p>Brown received 15,861 RD applications, but a total of 18,250 applications, including 2,379 ED applications. Total apps increased by about 8% from 16,911 last year.</p>

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<p>The source from which i got the stats must be wrong then.</p>

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<p>Yes, the source is wrong - particularly if it is either the Yale Daily News of the Brown Daily Herald before I called the error to its attention and they corrected it.</p>

<p>SEE: <a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com/media/paper472/news/2006/01/27/CampusNews/Regular.Applicant.Pool.Rises.6.7.Percent-1515327.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.browndailyherald.com/media/paper472/news/2006/01/27/CampusNews/Regular.Applicant.Pool.Rises.6.7.Percent-1515327.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>