<p>does it? do they get a lot of advantage applying ED? </p>
<p>here's how i divide their ED admitted students:
athletes w/okay stats .........and students w/2300 + 3.9 GPA's....and those URM's and legacies...
thus explaining why ED may be easier for some but not so for others</p>
<p>what about RD? by then all the athletes w/okay stats who want to go to dart would be admitted...possibly those w/hooks too. now we're left w/the ones who have the amazing stats but no hooks. is it harder for kids like these?</p>
<p>Dartmouth actually places less relative importance to athlete admission advantage in comparison to the other Ivies. I know athletes who got into Harvard who were rejected from D.</p>
<p>Any coach who puts you on the list will ask that you apply ED. If you're an impact player you can have slightly lower than the median stats, but Dartmouth uses a high standard in admitting athletes.</p>
<p>All that's true, but also be aware that a huge number of Dartmouth students play sports in one form or another. It's a very jocky school. I think that if you're an athlete (and I'm not talking about one who's being recruited), it gives you a mild advantage, because you're more of the Dartmouth "type."</p>
<p>It seems that most of the kids from my region who get into D are athletes: both recruited stars and kids who just "contributed" to teams. But most of them, even the recruits, also have very outstanding stats, so the comment above about them being the D "type" would appear to hold true.</p>
<p>I actually went to Dartmouth and know the student body. Sure the Dartmouth "type" is athletic, but I think thats much more to do with the type of person who prefers D over a place like Columbia than anything else. I know PLENTY of non-athletes.</p>
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According to Dartmouth’s most-recent Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) report (112kb PDF), there were 835 students participating in varsity athletics, comprising almost 20 percent of the undergraduate student body. By most estimates, nearly 80 percent of Dartmouth undergraduates participate in some form of varsity, sub-varsity, club, or intramural athletics.
<p>Dartmouth is a small school. Athletic teams are almost always the same size in every school. Therefore, compared to bigger schools, a larger percentage of Dartmouth students are varsity athletes.</p>
<p>Dartmouth likes athletes..and i say this because a girl last year from my school got into Dartmouth and she was a track runner...in the past 4 years all the kids attending dartmouth are athletes (that isnt to say other got in and dceided not to attend)</p>
<p>so it does help...if your recruited it helps a lot (at an information session he told me 200 athletes apply ED and usually around 100 get in)..if not its a mild boost...if not an athlete at all it DOES NOT hurt though</p>
<p>In my personal observation, Dartmouth does not lower their standards on intelligence for athletes, they just lower their standards on ECs. Their sport is the only EC that they need. </p>
<p>It is true that there are a lot of other students who are those Scholar-Athlete types. This results in a very 'deep' stock of athletes, but not necessarily the very best at the varsity level. We have some nationally competitive club sports (meaning they cannot recruit).</p>
<p>This general student-body athleticism is also evidenced by the many students you see constantly going for runs at all hours of the day around campus. In fact, just today a friend an I decided to hike Gile Mountain (and climb its fire tower) before our 10:00 class. (This is one of the 101 things to do before you graduate from Dartmouth).</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, one '12 hiked nearly the entire Appalachian trail this summer, getting off at the part that runs through campus just in time for his DOC trip. I'm not sure if he signed up for the hiking trip or not.</p>
<p>As for those who are less athletically inclined, you shouldn't worry too much. You can sign up for the Fishing, Nature Photography, or Nature writing DOC trips, and still get to enjoy the experience. (Even though it is an optional pre-orientation trip, you DO NOT want to be one of the 5% of students who does not go on one. This ends up being a major regret.)</p>
<p>When i got admissioned to D , i will be the star in their football team.I mean ,the European football.I cant even use the disgusting word you use for this beautiful game..</p>