<p>I applied to Dartmouth RD. I got an email from the head of the Central Florida Dartmouth Club inviting me to come to their annual christmas social. They said it's a meet and greet with Almuni.</p>
<p>Do they send these out to everyone in the CFL area that applied? Or does this indicate some kind of greater interest?</p>
<p>I think they send those types of invites out to everyone who applied. I live in Illinois and got invited to the Chicago area one.</p>
<p>Visirale, I was invited to the exact same one :P</p>
<p>Haha are you going? My teachers and counselor told me to. Even if it's not an indication of increased interest, I just want to get a taste of the ivy league from the inside. See where everybody is 10-20 years after graduation. See if the reputation is as it stands...</p>
<p>So it was totally worth it. I loved all the "good ol' boy" stereotype older Dartmouth Alums. I ate at a table with two guys who graduated in '54, and it was great. One even said that he's going to give me an interview. I'm really excited... although the current Dartmouth students left a little to be desired.</p>
<p>My parents went and were highly impressed (I had a final though, I couldn't go :( ). The current Dartmouth students made a very good impression on them, and they also got along very well with the older alumni and the parents of other applicants. They said everyone was friendly, pretty active and very interesting to talk to. The people they liked most were the other applicants though; they said that all the other wanna-be Dartmouth '11ers were very articulate and very eager to meet new people. I told them they didn't have to go (because I couldn't), fearing it would be just a bunch of old alumni talking about the good ole days, but they enjoyed themselves tremendously. I talked to another applicant who went, and he liked it too. So it looks like it was a great networking event. </p>
<p>The only downside was the food, apparently it wasn't very good.</p>
<p>I actually liked the food at the Chicago luncheon (even though I had to stay clear of the shrimp because I'm a vegetarian). We were actually sitting at a table with a fellow ED acceptee - and it turns out only 11 of the 47 who applied from the Chicago area were accepted! That's crazy, I would've thought it would've been at least slightly higher. Everyone was super, super nice though, and I was actually next to a guy who turned down Harvard for Dartmouth. How cool is that?</p>
<p>It was sad seeing ED deferees who showed up though. But it's nice that they haven't given up hope. :)</p>
<p>calculus, are you the same calculus from the princeton forum? if so, why are you now apping to dartmouth AND harvard when you got into pton ED? (if youre not the same person, sorry for the post)</p>
<p>Calculus,</p>
<p>It would be in your best interest since you were admitted ED to princeton to withdraw you applications or you could find your self without a school.</p>
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The College Board-approved Early Decision Plan, which is offered by Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, requires a prior commitment to matriculate; thus a student may not file more than one Early Decision application among these or any other institutions. Financial aid awards for those qualifying for financial assistance will normally be announced in full detail at the same time as the admission decisions. *An applicant receiving admission and an adequate financial award under the Early Decision Plan will be required to accept that offer of admission and withdraw all applications to other colleges or universities. All Ivy institutions will honor any required commitment to matriculate which has been made to another college under this plan. *
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<p>Remember the school decides what is considered adequate FA. Since princeton has a no loan policy, and you would have a similiar EFC no matter where you go, it would be hard to back out.</p>
<p>Also consider what you are doing to your GC and fellow classmates by not withdrawing. You you really think that your GC is going to put their professional integrity on the line by continuing with the process (sending out recs and transcripts and sending the message that s/he is upholding you wrong and strong in this process) knowing it will jeopardize other students from your school?</p>