<p>Heck yes, there's no extra essay I am ECSTATIC.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is going to be one of my big reach schools, and i looooove the fact that the supplement has not extra essay!</p>
<p>also, I know this may seem immoral, but what in college admissions isn't?</p>
<p>for the peer evaluation, couldn't I just get my cousin to fill it out and then I could tell him exactly what to say?</p>
<p>i mean, dartmouth admissions people would never know.</p>
<p>the peer eval isn't evaluative for admissions, it's just to get any other perspective of you that hasn't come through the other parts of the application.</p>
<p>but if it's not evaluative for admissions, then why do the admissions people request it?</p>
<p>I mean, it's got to be worth something, like maybe .15 percent of the admissions decision?
maybe that .15 percent would tip the scales in my favor?</p>
<p>bump bump please help</p>
<p>Honestly, I mean, isn't integrity something you'd want Dartmouth to be confident you have? Do what everyone else is doing - ask a friend, sibling, or cousin, but let them fill it out and tell about their perspective of you.</p>
<p>Well yeah, obviously you can do that. I'm sure they plan for that, though, and they may look for similarities in tone. Also, as they probably do expect it, they have to treat it with a grain of salt, so I doubt it's worth much.</p>
<p>I think it is ridiculous to say that the peer rec doesn't matter. Dartmouth prides itself, according to my understanding, on holistic admissions. If they were not interested in what the peer rec says, they wouldn't ASK for it!</p>
<p>From what ive heard peer rec matters. (and yes im sure you could just write it yourself). I know a few kids at dartmouth and none of them actually wrote their peer reviews, but everyone of them had guided whoever wrote it. Its the same as a teacher rec, when u have a teacher right a rec its smart to give them a resume and info about you. And im sure it does matter, its on the application.</p>
<p>Do you really have so little personality that you'd have to rely on a cousin to get a decent recommendation?</p>
<p>i have plenty of personality.</p>
<p>i just want mypeer evaluation to be perfect</p>
<p>Get a life and just do your best. Nothing has to, or will ever, be perfect.</p>
<p>My S didn't guide the person who wrote his peer rec at all. He just sent him the form and thanked him for taking the time to do it. He did select someone whom he trusted to take it seriously and try to do a good job.</p>
<p>S also wrote the peer rec for someone else. To my knowledge, there was no attempt at "guidance" there either.</p>
<p>Dartmouth doesn't want to see your attempts to have the perfect application. They want to see who you are and whether or not you are a good fit for the college [and if the college is the right fit for you]. Don't try to get brownie points here and there just to increase your chances.. especially when you may compromise your integrity. No college, especially Dartmouth, wants an applicant who is seriously considering wavering on what's right and wrong in order to seem more desirable.</p>