<p>If you google college writing + dartmouth, you’ll come across materials written by Karen Gocsik, who is a professor of writing at Dartmouth. She has written a number of excellent explanations on academic writing for freshmen. Check out how clearly and concisely she writes. Her explanations are easy to understand without being simplistic. </p>
<p>I think it’s fine to use descriptive language for vivid illustration. Thus “my trembling hands grew cold” is fine. I think the Dartmouth people are warning against writing that is overly embellished with fancy SAT words to the point of becoming incomprehensible.</p>
<p>i agree with the person that said " i wish that video came out before I ED to Dartmouth"… ( i got rejected ) it was most likely because of my SAT score & my essay…</p>
<p>I just had to do the peer supplement too. Our German exchange student who lived here for a year and then I went back to Munich with him, wrote mine. He showed it to me afterward and I noticed some little mistakes in the English. He is very bright, and articulate in English, but I’m wondering now if I should have asked someone state side. One of my best friends is also applying to Dartmouth, and I thought it would be awkward to ask him. Since he is sending in from Germany, should I get someone else to send one too?</p>
<p>What the essay says about your character is important, not whether there are grammatical and other errors. Dartmouth isn’t checking to see if you have smart friends who have excellent grammatical skills. Dartmouth has peer essays to learn things about your personality that friends can share about you.</p>
<p>Perhaps Hemingway’s genius is that his writing appeals to a broad spectrum of readers because its very simplicity invites the reader to interact with the story through the imagination. Thereby, he collaborates with the reader’s own imagery by using what is close to a skeletal narrative. Hemingway leaves it up to the reader how much, or how little, he (the reader) wants to “participate” in the story.</p>
<p>Florid, overwrought writing is, by comparison, less “interactive”, if you will, because the imagery is presented to the reader with no room for embellishment.</p>
<p>Does one feel a bit more “accomplished” after reading Hemingway? I think so!</p>