Hi everyone,
I went on a tour of Dartmouth a while back, but this question has been on my mind. My college students in the info session, my tour guide, and some athletes I met all talked about wanting to get off of campus as much as possible (for example, take as many study abroad semesters as they could). My question would probably be for someone who attends Dartmouth. Is that a true reflection of the atmosphere- do people get bored in Hanover?
Thanks! 
Not my 13, but she had a lot going on with thesis, job, team (games, practice & weight training) … oh, and there were just a few classes too. I’ll be quiet now and let students chime in, but I find it hard to see how anyone could have time to be bored. Finding time to sleep? Now, that could be an issue.
I wonder if by “taking the chances to get off campus” was meant more as “There are all these learning opportunities you can do, not just on campus in classrooms.” It sounds to me like they are talking about taking advantage of the exceptional Off-campus study abroad programs, and less about the desire to go to a city every weekend for fun.
In fact, in my own experience there, it was common to hear people say they’d totally go to Boston every other weekend for real activity and fun, yet 99% of them would actually prefer to stay on campus and be with friends, or watch a capella concerts, or comedians, or parties, or film series at the Hop etc.
In summary, I think they meant “take advantage of the off-campus study programs”, not “run away from campus as quickly as possible”
Possibly, although that is not the meaning I would attribute to “do people get bored in Hanover?” so that was what I tried to answer. 
@AboutTheSame as always, you make me read the whole question. Why must you be so helpful!!!
My answer to your question: Do students get bored in Hanover?
Dartmouth does an excellent job of realizing where it is located and what is around it. Due to this, the administration will not only put on events and activities itself, but provide tons of resources to students and clubs to put on their own events as well. Between college events, Programming Board, your floor’s UGA (aka RA), Greenkey Society, Collis Governing Board, Student Government, Greek houses, Educational Department clubs and societies etc all hosting and/or funding events, there was always 2 or 3 totally different events happening at any given time.
You could go to intramural sports, comedians, midnight breakfasts, outdoor movies on the green, Political discussions, Dorm Iron Chef competitions, Bingo in Collis, pool hall, salsa dancing lessons, organic farming open houses, and dance parties. If you were too tired to be active, you could wander down the hall and hang out with dorm friends, play cards, game nights, walk to Foco for lunch, watch Lost with the same folks (before it got all weird and desperate), watch a movie at the Nugget or the Hop, or play wiffle ball on the green.
My point being, I honestly don’t remember being bored the entire time I was there… there’s just too much to do right outside your door.
You should definitely “get away from campus” and go on a Foreign Study Program or an Alternative Spring Break Service Trip because once you graduate, you don’t really get that chance. But not because there’s nothing to do on campus.
@Tank07 I bow to your wisdom. And, yes, the FSP is one of the [many] things that sets Dartmouth apart from other [purportedly comparable] colleges/universities. D would have liked to do two, but it just did not fit [although one of her classmates did]. You nailed it. It’s not something you do to get away from the most wonderful little town on earth [no, not Disneyland]: it’s something you do because it will be one of the most fantastic experiences of your time in college and one you will remember for the rest of your life.