<p>This site really helped me when I was applying, and I'd like to return the favor by helping this year's group of CC'ers. Ask anything you like!</p>
<p>yo, i went on the dartmouth bound program
just saying hi!
great school
I <3 Hanover</p>
<p>Hey, based on your experiences at Dartmouth, how would you rate the kids and the campus? Are the kids warm, happy, and welcoming or negative? What do you do for fun?</p>
<p>Any information concerning the quality of the philosophy department and the debate team would be excellent.</p>
<p>Well when I went to Dartmouth (last month).. the people were so nice.. welcomed me with open arms
Campus is beautiful
I went to a few parties for fun.. went to a dance or two, played pool and went for cookies and milk at one of the frats</p>
<p>I actually sat in a philosophy class.. quite good</p>
<p>Smoke&Mirrors: </p>
<p>The campus is fantastic. It's absolutely beautiful. I think its physical plant is prettier than any other campus I visited except Princeton. </p>
<p>My fellow students are wonderful. There's a real sense of "we're all in this together." I've met hundreds of people here, and only two or three a**holes. I guess the most obvious way this manifests itself is in the Greek organizations. Even as a freshman male, I've been able to get into pretty much anywhere I want, any night. The brothers are really friendly, introducing themselves to you and all, which is incredibly nice. So even the most supposedly "exclusive" groups on campus are filled with nice people. </p>
<p>For fun, the college does an incredible job of bringing all sorts of performances to campus. There's something at the Hopkins Center every single night, and sometimes multiple things. There are also plenty of clubs and groups that often do special activities, etc. I won't lie, there isn't much to do in Hanover, although it is a nice little town. Most of the stuff to do is on campus. Which, in a way, is really nice, because it's convenient.</p>
<p>I don't have direct experience with the Phil dept, but I here from friends who are majors that it's pretty good. As with everywhere, you'll want to get with certain profs who are really good and avoid others. </p>
<p>I don't know anything about the debate team, sorry.</p>
<p>Do you feel isolated out in the country sometimes?</p>
<p>well I wanted to know...that how much would continuous community service help me with regard to admission to Dartmouth (considering that Dartmouth is constantly called the top school for community service and all)</p>
<p>mensa160: I don't, because I grew up in a rural area. Maybe if you grew up in NYC you would, but I don't think so. The entire way you live at Dartmouth or any college means you're constantly surrounded by others, and Dartmouth's strong sense of community means that you really don't feel isolated.</p>
<p>vampiro: One girl I know was VERY, VERY involved in service in HS and is even more involved here. This is by far the best school she was accepted to, so I guess it probably helped. There's a lot of money for projects, etc. here, so if it's something you want to continue I'd focus on it in your app.</p>
<p>You probably get this a lot, but what were your stats/ECs like?</p>
<p>tkb6:</p>
<p>School Type: Rural Public
Location: VA
Race/Gender: White Male
Prospective Major: Un-mathematical studies
Unweighted GPA: 3.803
Weighted GPA: 3.908
Class rank: 14 of 218 </p>
<p>SAT I Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Verbal: 800 </p>
<p>SAT II Scores:</p>
<p>SAT II Writing: 800
SAT II Literature: 800
SAT II U.S. History: 800 </p>
<p>Extracurricular Info/Awards:</p>
<p>Academic Team captain </p>
<p>Cross-country team</p>
<p>Boy Scouts- Eagle Scout, SPL </p>
<p>Presidential Scholar Semi-finalist </p>
<p>National Merit Scholar </p>
<p>2004 Blanton Scholar </p>
<p>I got a 237 on the PSAT </p>
<p>AP US History: 5
AP English Literature: 5</p>
<p>How common are Macs on campus and in classes? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hey, could you check my chances thread? Its under this forum, the one started by me (mathwiz).</p>
<p>lol sialia, are you copying my forum name??? i can answer that question too. macs are pretty common. i'm sitting in the library right now procrastinating, and of the 4 of us sitting at a table, 2 have macs, 2 have dells. same ratio at the next table over.</p>
<p>I like bluebirds! It the genus. Thanks for the answer.</p>
<p>sialia: I can back up what saila said, there are lots of macs on campus. It probably isn't quite 1:1, but its close enough and you won't have any problems fitting into the campus system.</p>
<p>mathwiz: sure, no problem</p>
<p>Wow, your stats are super impressive. I applied ED to Dartmouth - it's one of the only schools I've found that I really, really love, but I don't think my stats are good enough (670 M, 770 CR, 660 W and 780 SAT II Lit, 700 SAT II U.S. History). Neither of my parents graduated from college and I'm from somewhat-rural Washington state, but I don't know if that would make up for my poor SAT scores (incidentally, I plan on going into the humanities, like Literature or something like that, not anything math or science related).</p>
<p>Julian, I'm planning to do some research over the summer. The best senario would be to attend RSI. What will the effect of that be on my chances?</p>
<p>mathwiz: I think research in general is just about the most beneficial things you can do over the summer, certainly it was one of the high points of my resume. RSI is one of the most prestigious things a high school student can do, and is especially good because if you do well there your work is strongly competitive for Intel/Westinghouse. If you don't get accepted at RSI, try to find somewhere else to do research (like in a lab at a local college) Just e-mail a lot of profs. and see if any would be willing to work with you.</p>
<p>Could you comment a bit on the premed students and the biology major overall if possible?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>It is a very exciting time to be here if you are into biology. This year the powers at be are working on completely revamping the bio major to make it easier for students to specialize in certain sub-areas, as well as have better advising. If you do a search in the archives of the D (<a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com%5B/url%5D">www.thedartmouth.com</a>) you will be able to find more info about it. Also, in the fall of 2009 a brand new state of the art building will be completed, home to the life sciences. Premed students (I'm not one of the them) seem to be pretty happy with the advising they get. There is also a society premed students are encouraged to join.</p>