<p>After reading some of these threads, I am having doubts about apllying to D. Are students at Dartmouth as pretentious and stuck up as they sound in the threads?!</p>
<p>You do realize that few of the people posting here are actually Dartmouth students, right?</p>
<p>I ve heard the opposite.I ve heard that Dartmouth students are great and easy to approach.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that the students who choose to help out here are answering basically the same questions over and over again from overanxious prospies. Their extreme attention to detail is understandable, but does get tiring.</p>
<p>where did you hear that? no dartmouth students are anything but snobby and pretentious (yeah any school will have a couple i guess). We are a very outdoorsy school as you will know with DOC and the fact we are in the middle of no where. In many ways I think we defy that old boys network, wealthy stereotype of other ivy leagues (princeton?) We just finished up homecoming, to say the least wild times-def dartmouth kids know how to have a good time/are very inclusive. Kids are very chill here, helpful respectful and energetic. please visit the school before you judge.</p>
<p>Yeah I would say Dartmouth students are the least pretentious/ snobby among the top schools, alongside Brown and Stanford kids. Dartmouth students totally play themselves down and a fun loving group. A billionaire hedge fund traders son will drive the exact same car as a teacher's son.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, does sticking a steak in somebody's face constitute 'respectful'?</p>
<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Homecoming brings arrests, severe burns</p>
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<p>Obviously striking someone with a steak is not considered respectful. Come on, CC, we need more brilliance like this.</p>
<p>Okay, CayugaRed...
For every steak in the face there are dozens of slobbered "I love you bro"s and "You are a goddess and my best friend forever"s.
Come on. I hear people have such times at Cornell as well. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>Wow Dartmouth kids are badass.</p>
<p>totally. which is why you guys should attempt to join us in the ranks. =]</p>
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<p>Not in the least. I just thought the steak bit was funny.</p>
<p>If you want my two objective cents, Dartmouth students have that understated prep school attitude going on. It's definitely the most 'New England' in character of any of the top schools.</p>
<p>I think I'd disagree with anyone who claims we're not full of preppy kids, because really, we are. And there are also a ton of kids who are <em>aspiring</em> to become like that. But you're applying to an Ivy League - what the heck were you expecting?</p>
<p>For what it's worth, we're all human. The ******bags and snobs are only a small minority, even relative to the prep kids (I'd say most of them might be a little unaware of their status, but they hardly mean ill by it). Most kids, at Dartmouth or anywhere else, will be nice and friendly. CC is a very self-selected bunch.</p>
<p>And having said that, I think the people at Dartmouth are really quite unlike those you'd find anywhere else. It's an awesome school with an awesome culture, and you'll know it the moment you set foot here.</p>
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<p>Bingo.</p>
<p>Despite the preppiness, I must say I generally have favorable impressions of Dartmouth. I always enjoyed my trips there for Ultimate Hat Tournaments. When I was living in Boston I fell in with a circle of Dartmouth/Cornell alums, and the weddings of Dartmouth alums I have attended have been great.</p>
<p>That said, it definitely is a more homogeneous place, in terms of attitude and expectations, than a bunch of other schools. I certainly couldn't imagine wide swaths of the Cornell student body in Hanover.</p>
<p>And the drinking culture is a little bit... intense.</p>
<p>It all depends on what crowd you decide to hang out with. At first, especially while I was on the CT/MA bus to Dartmouth for my DOC trip (DOC</a> First-Year Trips: Dartmouth College's Outdoor Orientation Program), I was really worried that the school would be filled with pretentious New England prep school kids. And while there are plenty of those (heck, there was a whole bus full of them!), the student body as a whole is much, much more diverse than that, both in terms of "categories" (racial, socio-economic, geographical, etc) and in terms of personality.</p>
<p>Unless, of course, I'm pretentious and stuck up, too... and I really hope that's not the case! I really hope not...</p>
<p>But anyways, don't worry at all about pretentious prep school kids from Greenwich and the like. The stereotype (prep school kids and frat parties) is incredibly true for those who seek it, but for those who seek a calmer, more down-to-earth atmosphere, there's tons of that as well. Rest assured that there are plenty here who had the exact same concerns as you coming in. These people will become your friends.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, feel free to p-m me.</p>