I hope the school paper, The Dartmouth, releases yield numbers for the freshmen class like they did last year.
@Southerngent Me too, it was on Wednesday May 7th last year.
I’ve been on these CC forums for awhile… just reading and digging for information. This wait is KILLING me and I had to finally make an account. Just dropping in to say hello!
Just got rejected.
Decisions are posted. Admitted! OMG. =)
Rejected.
Rejected. Oh well. Good luck to everyone.
Rejected. Oh well. Already confirmed at my first choice school anyway.
ACCEPTED
@OverHYPed and @cassat, are you transferring from CCs or 4-years? What do you think made you stand out? Congratulations, by the way!!!
@papertownpixie I can’t disclose too much yet, because I’m waiting on a few more, but transferred from 4-year mid-tier ivy after gap year… I can PM you details after everything’s set and done in a few weeks if you want. thanks! 
ACCEPTED! Brb will post more after i celebrate!!!
Posted this elsewhere, but I’m transferring from Georgetown. Went to a top boarding school and graduated cum laude, which is probably what satisfied my academics. (Otherwise I have a 3.6 at Georgetown.)
Honestly I thought my essays were the best ones I’ve written. I wrote about Dartmouth’s environmentalism and social consciousness, and for other essay, I wrote about what I wish the readers of my blog knew that I don’t show on the surface. I’m surprised they accepted me–I wrote extensively about social justice and feminism, and made it very clear that that’s what I was about. Didn’t think those things had a huge place at Dartmouth, but they proved me wrong!
Stats for those interested:
SAT: 800 CR / 670 M / 770 W
College GPA: 3.6
HS GPA: School doesn’t do GPA, but top 20%
Applied for Environmental Studies
No hooks or anything.
Rejected, 3.93 from Top Five Business School. 32 ACT (probably weakness my application) White Male. I had a good reason for leaving but I suppose my high school GPA is what disqualified me most. I don’t think I expected much anyway. Probably rejected from Penn later too… Prospective major was International Studies.
Rejected, at least now I know. Hell of a ride this year. Congratulations to everyone. I’m off to Chapel Hill.
I am totally shocked to be accepted. Somewhat of a unique story I suppose.
HS GPA: 2.5 (barely graduated)
First quarter of college GPA: 2.5 (2006)
Joined the military in 2007, Navy Corpsman. 3 deployments, 1 to Sangin, Afghanistan, and received a Silver Star for treating patients under enemy fire. Found my passion (medicine), and turned my life around. Honorable discharge in 2013 and returned to the same community college, applied for academic renewal, started from square 1, and got a 4.0. Attended Stanford for the summer and completed the general chemistry series.
SAT: 720 CR, 630 WRT, 590 MATH. (I scored pretty low on the SAT after an 8 year hiatus from school, raised my scores significantly after one month and address it in the additional information.)
I know my stats aren’t great, but I worked really hard trying to erase my failed academic past. Vice President of the Veterans Resource Center and a math and chemistry tutor at my school. Ultimately, just tried to show them a clear picture of who I am. I used CC quite a bit to get ready for apps, so hopefully this can help someone in the future.
Dartmouth (and Stanford for that matter) does give special consideration to veterans… they even list a special section for veterans on their admissions site
@GRANBYsyztem I’m considering applying to Dartmouth College (I’m in the Army). I know they are heaving into recruiting veterans. Were they easy with you? Did they interview you?
Yea, Dartmouth seems good about leaving a handful of transfer seats for veterans, but because of the naturally small number of total transfers they accept each year, you’re still battling for one of maybe five seats. I feel really fortunate to have been one of them. I believe there were 6 total veterans accepted this year. No interview, and I wouldn’t say they were EASY. I don’t think you can really look at any top 20 schools and think they’re easy. As a matter of fact, you can’t really think of any school as easy, regardless of rank of how kind they are to vets. Still have to bust your ass off, really demonstrate you have what it takes to compete at that level, and of course, ultimately, show the committee who you really are. Everyone is going to have a different story and come from a different life. Embrace that and go with your strengths. Goodluck!
6 veterans seems about right. Heard there were only a dozen or so total (maybe 14-15) accepted out of a pool ~700. Lowest admit rates in D’mouth transfer history apparently.
Who’s accepted and is actually going?