<p>Hey! I'm kinda interested in Dartmouth now, wasn't on my radar at all and now its actually tied for favorite school. I've heard that engineers have an easier time about it at Dartmouth; for example, who would have a better shot of getting in, assuming all else to be the same-
a. One (i.e. me) were to apply to Dartmouth with a 2400 SAT and an internship in the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department (a research position, no 'coffee getting' haha) with a letter from the head of the JHU BME/Materials Science research lab, and put their intended major as something in Thayer, or</p>
<p>b. One with an internship with one of the heads of English at Princeton University, not much coffee getting either (just thinking of something humanities-y), same SAT and intended major English</p>
<p>Your intended major should be the subject in which you intend to major.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m putting engineering fo-sho. Just wondering, however</p>
<p>bump? Kinda like to know 
and i don’t need people telling me that i should apply to whichever i want, as opposed to admissions; i know i’m applying to engineering regardless of whether it increases, decreases, or doesn’t change my chances of getting in.</p>
<p>Additionally, does Dartmouth track interest in their ED pool?</p>
<p>no, they do not track interest in either the ED or RD pool.</p>
<p>Oh, good thanks! I’d love to visit but its pretty far north…I’m near JHU
Bump to my first question, whether or not making it clear that you will study engineering for sure at Dartmouth will have any impact on admission.</p>
<p>Again, no it will not have any impact on admissions.</p>
<p>oh ok. Thanks a lot!
This is more of a general question, if you have strong EC’s in your field of interest (e.g. my jhu bme internship as an intended Engineering major w/ a concentration in BioE), will that provide a special boost to your application (special w/ respect to extracurriculars that anyone can have, like joining chess club, etc)?</p>
<p>doesnt matter what you choose, more than 50% of the students change their majors after being jaded and disillusioned by college aka reality.</p>