I just had my Dartmouth interview and it was awkward and I hated it and I’m sure my interviewer wasn’t impressed :((. I know people say that interviews have little impact on the application but is it possible that it could actually make a huge negative impact?
@americandreampls I really don’t think it will have a huge negative impact, it’s not the kind of thing that could make or break your application. Best of luck to you. 
Just got an email that Dartmouth is requesting a “verification form” through IDOC, anybody else?
I had my interview on the 20th, submitted FAFSA and CSS late last week
For context, I’m from nyc
It just means your financial aid documents are incomplete. Don’t read too much into it because admissions and financial aid function totally separately.
Not sure what’s going on with the interviewing. Our friend in town said he usually gets 5-10 applicant names to reach out to and he only got one. And our son hasn’t been contacted yet. Our friend thinks that the local coordinator is new and he’s not sure why he’s not getting a longer list of kids to interview or why S19 hasn’t received a call. Either something’s up with this region or Dartmouth just isn’t interviewing as many kids this year.
My interviewer just contacted me. Having one this saturday any advice/tips?? I’m so nervous
My husband interviews and always asks for the student to tell him about his or herself. Asks what clases they like, and why? Why Dartmouth? Asks if there was an obstacle they had to overcome? What extra- curriculars and community service? Roles they undertook in clubs. What they envision doing in 10, 20 years. Then asks if they have questions for him. I am sure all interviews are different, but that’s what he does. Good Luck! Relax and try to be yourself and enthusiasm helps.
My interview is at this weekend. Dartmouth never took student from my school before. I am so worry.
How many letters of recommendations can you have? i Know a counselor rec and 2 teacher recs are required and that a peer rec is strongly encouraged. I was reading the Dartmouth 2022 results thread and someone submitted 5 recommendations. 3 required, 1 peer, and 1 additional. I thought we were only allowed 1 supplemental? Help please!
@shekw19 through the common app, you can only send two teacher, one counselor, and one peer recommendation. We did, however, send another teacher rec via email to admissions from a senior year teacher who told me amazing things about S19 at his teacher conference. He’s also known as a really good writer and we felt like it would only help S19. I was a little worried sending it because I know I’ve heard AOs at other schools beg students to not send more recs than they ask for. I figured one more was ok and, since we knew what it would say, we sent it
@homerdog are you able to upload additional recs on the Dartmouth portal or do you have to mail it to the admissions office?
My S19 (accepted ED) submitted 5 recommendations. 2 teachers, counselor, peer, plus one supplemental. The first 3 were required and peer rec seemed defacto required. As for the supplemental recommendation, there was a place on either the Dartmouth Common App part or in his portal to submit the supplemental rec. I recall it being fairly obvious. Definitely it wasn’t emailed separately. The supplemental rec was from a coach and added a unique insight that was not covered in his application.
You can send a supplemental rec through the common app. In our case, the fifth rec was anothe teacher so it didn’t really count as supplemental so we couldn’t send it that way. The teacher emailed it directly to the Dartmouth admissions rep who came to our school. It’s likely not the best idea to send an extra teacher rec but, like I said, this teacher is amazing and had great things to say. Plus, his son goes to an elite LAC and he knows what these types of schools want to hear about the kids. He felt that S19 was a particularly good fit and said so. So, we risked being annoying and just had him send it.
@liska21 since I already turned in my common app, do you think it’s okay to upload through my portal? I just don’t want to get in any trouble because They might think I have “tampered” with it
Personally I’d weigh if what you want to send counts as “new information”. Some schools do encourage you to send significant updates, but I’m not sure an extra teacher rec falls in that category. But if like you won a big competition after submitting your application, then I could see sending an update on that with a letter from your competition advisor/coach about the competition and your role or significance. Or something along those lines. Obviously look carefully at what Dartmouth encourages after application submission however.
We live in NYC and my D19 still hasn’t been contacted for an interview. I guess she should ask her college counselor if she should contact someone??
@KCHWriter check her spam folder. Many interviewers use personal emails and sometimes they have links to their websites/works so gmail considers it spam. Almost missed my Vanderbilt interview!
On average, how long do these interviews last?
My son’s interview (for ED, he did not get in), was about 90 minutes, but they are often much shorter. He prepared, in part, by reviewing what the Dartmouth website says about interviews (see below), and he said his interviewer asked basically these exact same questions, along with an “obstacles you have overcome” question.
Also, we were told (by another alum) that alumni are supposed to recuse themselves if they know the candidate, and the interviews did not really “count” for anything except to keep the alumni involved and provide an opportunity to sell the school/inform the candidate about the school.
From the website:
"Prepare. Your interviewer will likely ask you questions similar to these:
Tell me about your school: courses, teachers, favorite subject, worst subject?
Is there a project, paper, lab, etc. that you were especially proud of when you completed it?
What are your future plans: college, major, career?
What activities are you involved in: which are the most important to you and why?
What would your teachers or friends tell us about you?
When you envision your ideal college experience, what does that look like?
What are your questions about Dartmouth? Your questions will give your interviewer insight about what you value and your thought process. Make sure to prepare questions for your interviewer. The admissions ambassador interview is a great source of information about life at Dartmouth and about the alumni network.