<p>Dartmouth College extends its warmest greetings and hearty congratulations for your outstanding academic achievements! As we in the Admissions Office continue to evaluate the applications we have recieved for the Class of 2010, a small and select group of well-qualified students emerges. We take great pleasure in informing you that you are part of this talented group and hope that you consider the possibility of continuing your education a Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>Our review process is not yet entirely complete, but we did want you to know that your admission to Dartmouth is very likely. We believe that you would make a substantial contribution to the Dartmouth community, and that the unique opportunities offered by Dartmouth provide unparalleled access to greater knowledge. We encourage you to learn more about Dartmouth, its faculty, facilities, and student body. In order to help you discover more about Dartmouth, a select group of students will be invited to attend "Dimensions of Dartmouth." This special program, to introduce you to life at Dartmouth, will run from Wesdnesday, April 19, to Saturday, April 22; we hope you will keep these dates in mind and plan to attend. Assistance with transportation expenses will be offered to students who have demonstrated eligibility for need-based scholarship financial aid. Please call the Admissions Office as soon as possible at 1-800-860-1294 during regular business hours about making travel arrangements for "Dimensions at Dartmouth."</p>
<p>Dartmouth is fortunate to have a comprehensive and generous need-based financial aid program, which fully meets the demonstrated financial need of all students during their entire enrollment at the College. Should you and your family wish additional information on our financial aid programs, we invite you to be in touch with the Office of Financial Aid at 1-800-443-3605 or 603-646-2451.</p>
<p>It is our hope that this letter will give you additional time to make an informed decision concerning your college plans. Once again, congratulations and we will be in contact with you in April.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>(Signature in blue ink)</p>
<p>Karl M. Furstenberg
Dean of Admissions</p>
<h2>and Financial Aid</h2>
<p>I was just wondering about the variations between letters because it seemed as if some who recieved one had letters that seemed to GAURANTEE them a spot in the class.</p>
<p>there are different versions of the likely letter. Your letter is very similar to the one my D recieved (trust me she is there in the class of 08 so the big letter does come). Had to search through the archives, but here is hers;</p>
<p>*Dartmouth College extends its warmest greetings and hearty congratulations for your outstanding academic achievements. As we in the Admissions Office continue to evaluate the applications we have received for the Calss of 2008, a small and selct group of well-qualified students emerges. We take great pleasure in informing you that you are part of this talented group and that you consider the possibility of continuing your education at Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>Our review process is not yet entirely complete, but we did want you to know that your admission to Dartmouth is very likely. We believe that you would make a substantial contribution to the Dartmouth community, and that the unique opportunites offered by Dartmouth provide unparralleled access to greater knowledge. We encourage you to learn more about Dartmouth, its faculty, facilities and student body. In order to help you discover more about Dartmouth, a select group of students will be invited to attend "Dimensions of Dartmouth." This special program, to introduce you to life at Dartmouth, will run from Thursday April XX thru Sunday April XX: we hope you will keep these dates in mind and plan to attend. Assistance with transportation expenses will be offered to students who demonstrated eligibility for need-based scholarship financial aid. Please call the Admissions Oddice as soon as possible at 1-800-xxx-xxxx during regular bsuiness hours about making travel arrangements for "Dimensions of Dartmouth."</p>
<p>Dartmouth is fortunate to have a comprehensive and generous need-based financial aid program, which meets the demonstrated financial need of all students during their entire enrollment at the College. Should you and your family wish additional information on our financial aid programs, we invite you to be in touch with the Office of Financial Aid at 1-800-xxx-xxxx.</p>
<p>It is our hope that this letter will give you additional time to make an informed decision concerning your college plans. Oncew again, contratualtions and we will be in contact with you in April.*</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Karl M. Furstenberg
Dean of Admissions
and Financial Aid </p>
<p>Not every one who gets a likely gets extended an invitation to attend Dimensions(don't know why). Go, meet some of the prospective 10's attend some classes, talk to the government department, go to a couple of funtions and make friends (some of her best friends are people that she met at Dimensions, as while they were there they all committed to attending Dartmouth together) and have fun.</p>
<p>Son received the one Daderoo mentions. "there is no question that when we mail our final decisions at the end of March, you will be offered admission to the college."</p>
<p>It is much shorter than the ones posted.</p>
<p>Included in his was the offer to attend Dimensions, with financial assistance for transportation.</p>
<p>on a side note, if we can't go to Dimensions, should we let D know? I would love to go, but i have a states conference on the EXACT dates and the conference has already been paid for by the district and unless I want to p.o. some people in the school administration for wasting their money, i don't have a choice! :(</p>
<p>If you have never visted the college, spent the night or attended classes, I would recommend that you attend Dimensions as you are making a decision as to where you want to spend the next 4 years. It is one thing to hear about Dartmouth from others, but it is another thing to experience for yourself and know for your self if hanover is the right place for you (some do come and find it too small/to rural while others find it just right).</p>
<p>Is there any way that an alternate, perhaps a Jr. (since most seniors will have some type of admitted student event at the same time Dartmouth has theirs) who could attend. At the time the conference was scheduled, you did not know where you would be accepted to college and when the admitted student days were. </p>
<p>Is the confrence covering all 4 days? </p>
<p>I believe that the school administration will work with you and will be very amenable as far as letting you out of the commitment and sending some one else in your place if you really want to attend Dimensions (they will also be saving face as they don't want to have a reputation for being so inflexible, because if they are perceived that way students won't attend the conference). while you don't want them P.O. with you, they also don't want you coming there filled with resentment for having missed the opportunity of finding out if a particular college is the right place for you.</p>
<p>sybbie719 thanks again, the conference covers the first three days of Dimensions. I spoke with my advisor yesterday and he was pretty adamant about it being too late now since everything has already been paid for :(, but I WILL be visiting Dartmouth during Easter vacation which is about 5 days before Dimensions.</p>