<p>per D: </p>
<p>Are there any mesh-like screens (against mosquitoes and such) in the windows of east wheelock? All buildings/windows have them.</p>
<p>Also how much does it cost to use the washing machine and dryer? $1.25 – put it on your Dash card</p>
<p>Are there ironing boards available for student use? (I quote) Why would you want to iron your clothes … but, probably not. </p>
<p>Is toilet paper, paper towel and handsoap provided in semi-private bathrooms …? Yes</p>
<p>Also, are there mirrors mounted on walls anywhere in the dorm room itself (not bathroom)? If not, what are the rules/regulations if any pertaining to buying a mirror To put on the wall yourself?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>all dorm rooms have at least one mirror. Where in the room depends on the room itself. At least all the rooms I lived had two mirrors, of which one was a full-length (relatively) mirror. I can’t vouch for whether or not that is true for all rooms or if I was lucky.</p>
<p>D will be in a single within a quad suite in East Wheelock. The phone number she received with her housing assignment, is it for her single or for the entire quad?</p>
<p>It is for her room within the quad. We never used the phone as D called through her cell (family plan, no minutes used).</p>
<p>There was a phone in the room? Oh yeah, I think they unplugged it and tossed it under one of the beds. Took up needed desk space.</p>
<p>Ha, times have changed! Not yet for my D though – she’s holding out for the iPhone 5 for her first cell phone. She’ll have to make do with the landline for a bit.</p>
<p>Another question: Is the Dartcard required for on-campus purchases? Could D use regular currency for the washing machines, Hop performances, et.? My H really wants to avoid “Disney Dollars” whenever possible…</p>
<p>Hmmmm. Your call. I found it very convenient to be able to text/call D (and vice versa) when she wasn’t in her room – like the evening as she walked across the Green that she discovered she’d lost her wallet but heard from another student that he’d found it before I could cancel her credit card. Then again, maybe the delay until she got back to a land line would have done the same thing. </p>
<p>Dart card is very convenient. Just saying.</p>
<p>My D has a cell phone, however we have found the cell service (Verizon) in her dorm room to be very poor. I am sending her a landline phone just so I can talk to her without getting cut off or missing every other word.</p>
<p>The washing machines take cash ($1.75 I think) but the Dart card is really convenient for the machines.</p>
<p>Does the $ on the card expire like the DBAs do?</p>
<p>What were your high school credentials like when you applied to Dartmouth?</p>
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<p>It does not</p>
<p>Other info’ here: [url=<a href=“The Dartmouth Card (DartCard)”>The Dartmouth Card (DartCard)]DASH[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Are distribs a pain to fulfill? Do they hinder academic freedom?</p>
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<p>My daughter is considering applying ED – took the tour this summer and loved everything about Dartmouth. I have no idea if she has a shot and I’m not looking for any chancing feedback. But I’m wondering about what the typical Dartmouth student is like?</p>
<p>We live in a very rural university town in the (way) deep south. My daughter is a minority white/Jewish student at a public high school where many of the students are disadvantaged. She is funny, friendly & outgoing and knows how to see similarities instead of differences. She’s not naive but she’s not urban savvy either. I am worried that (god willing) if she gets in, she might end up feeling like a hayseed up there. Are Dartmouth students typically down to earth or more uptight? </p>
<p>She wants to go greek (a nightmarish process down here – it’s all about your car, clothes, pedigree). What’s it like up there? Do they evaluate kids on who they are or by who their people are?</p>
<p>One last question: How is Dartmouth’s English dept? Seems I only hear about Econ, Sciences. She is likely to major in English Lit. </p>
<p>Thanks for your time and feedback!</p>
<p>What are some good classes to take freshman year? I’m pretty much open-minded about everything, so suggestions on which classes are interesting, easy, and to-avoid would be awesome. :)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>@vanalexx</p>
<p>35 act, 2250 sat, 4.0 unweighted, vp of nhs, mock trial team captain, chess team captain, latin certamen 3 time state champion, officer of president’s ambassadors, editor-in-chief of the yearbook, editor, videographer, actor, and writer for a sketch comedy tv show, editor of a humor magazine, latin club officer, and a lot more.</p>
<p>@xmsamurai</p>
<p>nope. it’s relatively pain-free. all courses can be used to fulfill distribs, and several can be used to fulfill multiple.</p>
<p>@nbc1993</p>
<p>dartmouth students are, for the most part, very down to earth and approachable. they are usually judgement free. i guarantee that she’ll fit in. she will be accepted for who she is, and no one will judge her or want her to be someone that she’s not. And as far as going greek goes, i’m not as familiar with the process because i am currently going through it right now (and i am a guy). i’d be able to give you more info later in the year (after pledge term). what i can say is that the girl picks the sorority just as much as the sorority picks the girl.</p>
<p>as far as the english major goes, it’s good. although i am not majoring in it, i will probably minor in creative writing. i am also up for the dickerson prize (an essay contest in which after your essay is nominated you work with your professor on editing and revising it until the submission deadline), and i can tell you that the faculty is fantastic.</p>
<p>@batfan</p>
<p>take whatever you want. i answered this question on page one in depth.</p>
<p>How’re the social science depts? Political Science, Economics, Sociology and the like?
Also, will someone who’s not into partying have trouble adjusting?</p>
<p>@idledevil</p>
<p>the economics department is one of the best, if not the best, in the country, and all the other social science departments are incredibly strong. the social sciences are by far the strongest majors offered at dartmouth.</p>
<p>in all honesty, dartmouth is a pretty party heavy school by anyone’s standards, though i i don’t think that you’ll have any problems adjusting. just be yourself.</p>
<p>Hmm… I’m really not the partying type, so that’s what worries me 
Anyway, thanks a lot! :)</p>