<p>Since you are a freshman now, are you aware of any students that took a gap year before starting at D? Is it rare or fairly common? It’s something I’m considering doing (I applied ED to Dartmouth)</p>
<p>Hey prospies…my son is a '15 and absolutely LOVES Dartmouth. It has exceeded his expectations!! He applied to several other Ivies as did a number of his classmates and the results were not predictable. With so many kids vying for so few spots, it becomes somewhat of a crap shoot unless you are a recruited athlete or an unusual URM. So, try not to worry while you wait and get your other apps done in the interim if you haven’t already done so. This part of the process is agonizing…we were in your place this time last year. Here’s the good news: the “process” tends to put you where you belong so keep an open mind to it as it unfolds. Wishing you all the very best of luck!!</p>
<p>Who thinks results will be released on the 8th or 9th of December??!?!</p>
<p>I’m hoping for the 8th…hopefully the extension for those affected by the storm doesn’t affect the date too much…CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WE’RE GOING INTO DECEMBER!</p>
<p>wait why would they be released the 8th? the past two years they’ve been released on the 9th… so that would probably be the absolute earliest. :(</p>
<p>8th would be cool, but so would the 9th. i hope we don’t have through the weekend though!</p>
<p>Lets pray that decisions are released on the 9th or 10th! Cornell results are released at 5 PM EST on December 8th! Also, Questbridge results are released TOMORROW!!!</p>
<p>they were posted on the 9th the past two years? is that when people think they’re coming? i was under the impression it was the 15th</p>
<p>Last year’s were posted on the 10th at 4 PM and notification came out on the 6th. I don’t know why people are saying last year’s came out on the 9th…
Anyways, to answer the questions I’ve seen so far:
@gangster -
The fall term actually just ended so I’m not currently taking any classes, but between the classes I just finished and the classes I’m enrolled in for the winter term, I’ve had an incredible opportunity to study a ton of things I’ve never even thought about before. One important thing that’s unique to Dartmouth is that all first-year students are required to take both Writing 5 and a First-Year Seminar. However, both classes come under a huge variety, so your Writing 5 class could be on anything from the philosophy of education to analysis of Greek tragedies, and your First-Year Seminar could deal with anything from engineering to religion. Those are the only classes you’re required to take, as the other requirements are general distributive ones that are easily filled through various classes that appeal to you. It’s really easy to choose classes that you like, as there are so many incredible things offered each term, and if you don’t get in to a class, there’s a shopping period where you can go to the different classes you’re considering and decide which one(s) you’d like to take.
@skullinggreen -
I know tons of kids who took gap years! A kid on my floor actually took a gap year, and I know another kid who is in the middle of her gap year right now and will be a '16. Everyone I know who took a gap year fits in perfectly fine, and it’s really not something that people notice or really take into consideration. It’s always awesome talking to people who did gap years and hearing about all of the interesting things they did with their time off. </p>
<p>Again, if anyone has questions please let me know! I’m a '15 at Dartmouth right now (current first-year student) and I’d love to help you all out.</p>
<p>@thekeggy</p>
<p>I thought students could place out of Writing 5 if they got above a 740 on the Writing section of the SAT with an essay score of 10 and above a 740 on the CR section (or something like that)… can they not? That’s how it was the last time I checked, which was like last year, so they might have changed it I guess…?</p>
<p>Even if you can place out of the writing seminar, I think it would still be a good idea to take it, personally. Writing in college is much different than what we’re used to. Plus it’s a common experience among freshmen at Dartmouth I wouldn’t want to miss out on.</p>
<p>^ I feel that your comment, “writing in college is much different than what we’re used to,” calls for hasty generalization… Roughly 30% (if not more than 30%) of the Ivy League attendees come from private college prep schools. I attend a rigorous independent school and a lot of our courses, especially our English courses, are run like college courses and taught by former college professors. I think this is the case in a lot of competitive private schools across the country… I wrote MLA style research papers for my English classes and APA style research papers for my Psych class. I’d rather place in higher level courses and learn about advanced writing… Although if it were a class in which a lot of first-year student bonding takes place, I might decide otherwise. I know some people @ D because my schools sends students to Dartmouth every year… most of them placed out and they seemed to be doing just fine. Just FYI… =]</p>
<p>if we’re doing the favorite thing again…</p>
<p>my favorite movie is Gladiator, Flubber (loved it as a little kid) and Spirited Away. Favorite TV shows have got to be Heroes, Game of Thrones and Avatar.</p>
<p>Favorite color is cerulean toombs.</p>
<p>does anybody know why Dartmouth’s website is experiencing problems?
I hope it doesn’t mean that our decision day would be delayed ~</p>
<p>As we approach D-Day, I think that we should begin a pledge to post stats and decisions list. I will go first, and others can add on to the list with their own usernames.</p>
<ol>
<li>tylrrvera</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>tylrrvera</li>
<li>BigUncleP</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>tylrrvera </li>
<li>BigUncleP</li>
<li>Gangstrr</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>tylrrvera</li>
<li>BigUncleP</li>
<li>Gangstrr </li>
<li>johnscott</li>
</ol>
<p>My S went to Dartmouth by regular decision-class of 2015. He is now happy there. He was never interviewed by anybody before he got accepted. If you are called to interview, you need to perform well because a bad interview will most likely hurt your chance. If you are not called to interview, your application will speak for you. Good luck to everybody who wants to go Dartmouth this year!</p>
<p>@xavalanchex: I go to a public school in the midwest, and while it is incredibly competitive, I find the English and writing curriculum is often geared toward the lowest common denominator–I didn’t exactly consider that obviously not everyone shares in the public school experience. Since I’m taking an intro-level honors English class at a nearby university that’s quite challenging, I’m just personally apprehensive about feeling as though I could skip out of anything. But it’s good to know it’s possible to place out and survive.</p>
<p>I just mentioned the importance of the writing seminar because of a conversation I had with a student when I visited Amherst. He said that even though he attended a private school for high school, he found through the first year writing seminar the expectations in college were not in line with what he had previously been learning. Obviously, this is a different school altogether and not a universal truth, but it just made me think.</p>
<p>In other news… one week? It’s killing me.</p>