<p>Yeah most places people are pretty cool. There are a few jock frats, but that occurs anywhere. Overall people are absolutely welcoming and cool.</p>
<p>it's in NH- but it's on the river that separates VT and NH. You could walk to VT from the main part of campus in 5-8 minutes. There are some small towns across the river, and in the fall my friends and I actually "day tripped" out of Hanover by walking to a town called Norwich about a mile on the other side of the river in VT. We went to their bookstore, their general store- just saw it. It was fun.</p>
<p>As far as the frat scene- I think it's much different than why I expected. I expected frat guys to be jerks and very stereotypical of how they are depicted on tv shows and in movies, but I actually really enjoy frats because generally the guys are amazingly cool and laid back. Frats are more than just a place to party, they're kind of a place where you can just kinda- stop doing work and just "chill out" for a while. I go to a frat nearly every weekend to socialize, but often don't drink. This past weekend, for example, I frat hopped on Friday night. I didn't drink at all, I just went around and got to see tons of my friends and hang out and talk. Just before that I saw a production of Evita and had dinner at an Indian Restaurant. Not a bad night if I do say so myself...</p>
<p>no, really...that sounds perfect. perfect! apppro, are you a boy or a girl? just out of curiosity.</p>
<p>is it bad that my interest in Dartmouth has increased tenfold mostly because of what people post on CC? lol</p>
<p>People who go to Dartmouth love it. But it is really isolated.</p>
<p>It's isolated if you want it to be. I've never lacked anything to do. And I don't feel I'm missing anything by not being in New York City or Boston.</p>
<p>I was actually thinking about this tonight when I was watching a shuttle bus going from the hockey stadium back to the main part of campus- I was thinking about how even if I were in a city- I wouldn't be going out because I would be doing so much on campus...</p>
<p>I really believe the whole "I want to be in a city" thing can get really overblown...truly- if you're in Boston, for instance, what do you expect you'll be doing? Hanging out at Faneuil Hall every weekend? Really- what is there to do?</p>
<p>And Bluirinka- I'm male, ha ha.</p>
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if you're in Boston, for instance, what do you expect you'll be doing? Hanging out at Faneuil Hall every weekend? Really- what is there to do?
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Well, you could always do what they do at Dartmouth on Saturdays, drink beer and throw up on each other.</p>
<p>You're right, Mensa, we're the only college in the country that has alcohol. In fact, we're the only college with drugs, or people having sex, or even people who look at porn. This is the ONLY campus in the entire country that has people who suffer from hangovers because everyone else knows how to drink without EVER getting a hangover and "throwing up" on each other. </p>
<p>Only the lowest of the low go to this school, and that's why they have all congregated into one, small group in the woods in New Hampshire. It's so we don't have to throw up on people while we walk down the street in Boston. You should thank us.</p>
<p>And Also- you said above "people who go to dartmouth love it, but it is really isolated"- wow....that's really a very profound point. Enlighten us some more...I beg you.</p>
<p>The rural isolation at Dartmouth makes it an issue for me. I'm not criticizing the academics. But the isolation brings out alocohol/over-party behavior more than urban locations because of boredom. I'm not that interested in parties or athletics and I doubt I would fit in that well there. I doubt I would get in, because the adcoms would recognize this. Basically, I'm pure academics although I do engage students in class and try to be friendly. I think that should be enough to get me in to Dartmouth; but they might disagree because of social factors that really aren't fair, because I don't think partying is what a great school like dartmouth should choose people on.</p>
<p>But just to add, I haven't really visited Dartmouth and am speculating based on hearsay, which maight not be true, at least a lot of it.</p>
<p>Mensa,</p>
<p>To be honest I had similar apprehensions about D out of high school and didn't apply. Then I went to Columbia for a year and realized all people do there is drink too, except they have to pay for it. Transferred to Dartmouth and loved not only the social scene but the random "dead poets society" type stuff like climbing firetowers, swimming in the river at night, playing football on the green, etc. But I love outdoor type stuff.</p>
<p>Congratulations mensa, you are well on your way to becoming an investment banker and killing yourself at 28.</p>
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Congratulations mensa, you are well on your way to becoming an investment banker and killing yourself at 28.
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I am not aware that the mortality rate of I-Bankers is any higher than normal. Actually, I'm more interested in an academic career. Also, I think the I-Banking get-rich-thing is a fantasy. A few make it, but most wash out. However, the ones who get rich are probably pretty happy. Don'y kid yrself.</p>
<p>Woe, "The I-Bkg. thing is a fantasy"...The happy fact is that if you get in to an I-bank out of an Ivy or an MIT, which IS the only way to get into them, you DO make a lot of money. I think starting at 100K is a lot of money for a 22 year old, but call me humble. (Father's been an I-banker on Wall Street since B-school in the 80's; cousin is a freshman i-banker out of an Ivy.)
BTW, they ask for your SAT scores before they hire you..,interesting,huh?</p>
<p>And yeah, somebody tell me what it is you do in Boston,Massachusetts????? Really---</p>
<p>Mensa, honestly, just...think before you speak (or write)...just use your brain for once.</p>
<p>Yeah, what is it that you do in Boston or New York? </p>
<p>I'm always amused by the people who choose their college based on an urban/ good off-campus location. Presumably they think they'll be spending their four years at Broadway plays, going to coffeehouses and the like. I think that if you're not going to a school that's going to keep you busy with things on-campus, you're not really thinking too straight.</p>
<p>Hence, I love Dartmouth. It's isolated only to the uninformed.</p>
<p>Mensa,</p>
<p>It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.</p>
<p>-Abraham Lincoln</p>
<p>sybbie, the Lincoln quote is actually pretty funny. I thought he was always serious.</p>
<p>wisconsinguy- yah- actually that's something I didn't think of- why would you choose to spend 40k at a place where you would just want to leave campus every weekend? I'm frankly pretty happy I get everything I want/need right here.</p>