@TTdd16 Thanks for the info. Very interesting. It seems that legacies are admitted at twice the rate of other students. I know that schools like UPenn expect legacies to apply ED to benefit from that bump. Do you have any feeling that Dartmouth may have the same expectation?
I am a legacy, and was told to apply ED if I wanted any kind of benefit (my family doesn’t donate ridiculous sums of money or have any kind of huge involvement with alum activities). Dartmouth has been my dream school since my freshman year, so I did apply ED- and hope to get in! But I do agree that fundamentally, the legacy bump is unfair.
@debrees, no, I’ve never heard that, but have no way of knowing. I would guess legacies would receive careful review in RD too. @politicsdancegal, curious who told you that? Was it the admissions office? And best of luck to you!
The advantage of ED for any applicant is a guarantee to attend, so a huge benefit to the college in terms of yield, which means higher admission rates (what’s up with the 55 students who didn’t enroll last year?? I have no idea, except that figure is way higher than it should be.) I firmly believe, though, that the legacies who are admitted aren’t less qualified. The majority of legacies still get denied.
@TTdd16 My college counselor, who was an admissions officer at an Ivy (not Dartmouth though) ~10 years ago. And at my mom’s reunion (she is the alum), they had a short seminar on admissions, and they said that it is best to apply ED to make it clear that as a legacy, Dartmouth is your first choice. This was a few years ago, though.
@politicsdancegal, totally makes sense. Anyway, good luck to all!
seeing all the numbers makes me nervous! only a month more of waiting. also, do we know when decisions are released? i thought i read the 14th somewhere but idk for sure.
So my counselor just got an email from Dartmouth requesting my mid-semester grades. I was under the impression that submission was optional, seeing as there was nothing on the portal denoting that mid-semester grades were necessary with the ED application… so does this request mean something in terms of the admissions review process? Or did I just somehow miss an important submission requirement? I feel like I’m overthinking this, but oh well.
@TTdd16
I think some of the confusion regarding the legacy numbers comes from the fact that 2 different numbers are reported. The 9% number you mentioned is the % of admitted applicants that are legacy. The other one that gets floated around is the % of enrolled students that are legacy. The latter is around 12-14%.
@politicsdancegal
I wouldn’t worry about it too much, but I would make sure the counselor submits them as soon as possible.
Best of luck to everyone!!
@politicsdancegal There is no mention that they are required. My D called the school last month to inquire and they said, “Yes, send them when you get them”
@politicsdancegal my counselor got an email too. My 1st quarter didn’t even end yet so there is no way you could’ve missed some sort of deadline. Does everyone get emails like that or…?
@Shrmpngrtz Thanks for your info- I thought around 14% of students were legacy.
Does anyone know when decisions are released???
@bubbles3388 Last year it was December 14th at 4:00 pm
Just had my interview today and it went great! Good luck everyone!
Dartmouth doesn’t have new sat averages, do they? Princeton and upenn do and theirs if 1460 and 1450, respectively. Any thoughts what dartmouth may be?
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So my counsellor was asked for my first quarter grades, whereas I have already graduated high school in June and my counsellor had already uploaded all final transcripts on common app. Any idea why did they ask for it?
would you update admissions about being a coca cola semifinalist? is that important enough to say anything about?
@Danny3895 Probably just an automated request to counselors of all ED applicants. I’d ask counselor to just write back and explain that you aren’t in school this semester.
@cambellssoup No.
@MomOutWest Makes sense! Counselor already did that. Thanks!