<p>hello, i applied to dartmouth for freshman admission knowing little about the school. so in the end, i didn't put enough effort in to my apps and in to strengthening my stats, in the end i was rejected. But ever since i was rejected, i have looked in to the college, i find that it is very fitting for me, it's small and it's not in the middle of the loud noise and pollution. can someone just tell me what studying at dartmouth is like?
if you would, please give me a general idea of studying at dartmouth, any response would be greatly appreciated.
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<p>basically, to describe my situation, i am currently studying at university of toronto first year studying science. Thus far, i am not really having a blast! even though the school is in the centre of everything i do not find it a bit benefiting!! and students here are very rude and pretentious, very disruptive, acting like they are the know it all in lecture rooms disrupting learning.
i live on residence, and i have noticed that many students aren't here to learn! and they really disrupt other students by partying late, playing loud music etc etc...
i am not really used to this and really want to transfer. However my stats are not the greatest, i think the reason i was rejected last year was b/c of my mediocre SAT and high school grades and also my ECs looked scattered, i have been working on everything recently, i think i am a better candidate right now. however the transfer admission is really competitive... :(
also, i am undertaking a huge load of work, aside from taking 5 courses (30hrs/week of classes) and aside from that, i am doing other ECs, some that i especially love which help me get through stressful times totalling up to a lot of time. everyday i turn in at like 2am. i don't know, but still i am barely scratching a B. please give me some advice on transfering to dartmouth and help correct some of my misconceptions about the school. i hope what i have wrote is somewhat understandable as it is 1:48am
thanks again</p>
<p>hang in there, college is always rough at the beginning. Make sure you are taking all those classes and working that hard for the right reasons. Realize that if you are stressed and overworked, the middle of nowhere is not going to be any better than Toronto. Be sure to give your university the chance it deserves as the tranferring process is arduous and difficult even if you get in at the end, but in the end I hear amazing things about Dartmouth too...</p>
<p>Dartmouth's academic environment is great, I loved the intimacy and opportunities. It really fosters a great intellectual atmosphere. But beware, there are people who party alot, although they are very friendly. I think your grades this semester will be pretty important so keep working and meet with your profs to see how you can do better.</p>
<p>Also, Dartmouth might be very difficult even as a transfer, so I recommend checking out UNC-CH. It isn't nearly the intimate intellectual environment Dartmouth is, but the social life/ academics are great and its an easy transfer admit among the top 25 US schools.</p>
<p>thanks guys, but i would like to say to work and meet my proof is almost impossible, beside the fact that my classes have over 1000 students, it's really to even talk to profs, we just admire them from like 200 meters away on the balcony of the auditorim(convocation hall)
and after class, we gotta rush to next class, there is 10min inbetween classes, during which most of us have to run over like 2km to like the other side of the school. </p>
<p>and as for the UNC-CH, i am an intl (canadian), only some ivies provide intl fin aid, therefore, dartmouth will probably be one of the only ones that i can afford to attend, i know this is really stretching, b/c i am probably not going to be a strong applicant, however, i am hard working will i am pretty sure by the time i transfer, i'll have around 3.5-4.0(i hope)</p>
<p>If you have the grades, it will be a big boost. Also check out Brown, not sure how their aid is though. For some reason its been easier to get in there lately as a transfer than most of the other Ivies.</p>
<p>Brown doesn't give canadians fin. aid, i am pretty sure about that.</p>
<p>Are the people who "party alot" one of those snooby kids who got in because of rich parents?</p>
<p>ummm.. just out of curiousity, i would assume the people who got in to dartmouth would be high school "nerds" don't mean to offend anyone, like at university of toronto, the engineering science students are all nerds, and they never partied in high school, but they want to appear hyp, so they pretend like they are partiers. for example, the other day i was going to the 17th floor and an engineering student who was like half drunk and wore a bandana and nerdy thick glasses with braces and like wore clothes that said "Cherokee"(no name brand i think) (i don't know why btw) and he said "sup yo!"(and made wat it seems to be an E with his hand (tellin me he is from the east side i guess) and i was like.... -_-? it didn't hit me a few min later that he was trying to be cool!!! i thought he was just drunk, is that how dartmouth partiers are like...? pretend to be?</p>
<p>i dont know about Dartmouth, but you'll find people like that everywhere. Funny story though :).</p>
<p>No kids who party at Dartmouth come in all types. Poor kids and rich ones, no real difference.</p>
<p>Dartmouth's generally considered the "cool, down-to-earth" Ivy, and I'd say in general that's true. I've encountered very little snobbiness, and people are just genuinely friendly. As someone who probably leans toward the aforementioned "poor kids" category, I really don't feel looked down upon at all because of my economic background. I suppose most here have at least some degree of nerdiness (otherwise, they wouldn't be here), and though I live in a nerdier dorm than most, I can say that it's a far cry from what you'd see at, say, Case Western or MIT.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I can't help much when it comes to transfer apps: I'm a '09 and don't plan to ever need one. However, studying is taken seriously at Dartmouth. People just know how to let loose when they need to. There are an abundance of study areas on campus, from the extremely busy (Novack, parts of Collis) to the tomb-like (tower room, reserve library, dingy nooks in the Baker stacks).</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I don't know if you can apply transfer as an international student. On their webpage, you'll find international college students can only apply for freshman admission. If you are willing to restart your college career, it will be much easier for you.</p>
<p>^thanks, and yeah, i am willing to restart college, i have emailed the admissions office, they said they will take some of my credits, but i may have to take some first year classes
now that you have reminded me, i think i should get started on my app soon, it's due in 2 months.</p>