<p>My son is intrested in playing football. He was an all conference player both Junior and Senior years. He is waiting on admissions and if accepted would like to walk on to play football.<br>
Does Dartmouth normally accept walk ons?</p>
<p>read this:
[TheDartmouth.com</a> | Walk-ons walk into success](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2009/10/19/sportsweekly/walkons]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2009/10/19/sportsweekly/walkons)</p>
<p>Haha I can’t really see how the D football team could turn away a serious player at this point. We’re improving, to be sure, but there is still much to go.</p>
<p>Is there a football culture to speak of at Dartmouth? Do many students attend the games? Can you feel the campus pulsating with excitement on gameday? Do football games cause an increase in partying? I’ve grown up going to Michigan games, and I realize few colleges have the football tradition of Michigan (and none have the same combination of football culture and academics). However, I do want to feel something on gameday. If no, do any Ivy League Schools have a football culture to speak of? Is there excitement over any sport at Dartmouth?</p>
<p>I would say there are groups of students who enjoy football games, albeit fairly small groups. As for excitement over campus. I would say no. Most students are vaguely aware of how we are doing that particular year. I say this are a person who grew up a big Oklahoma football fan, the atmosphere at the games is certainly nothing like a big 12 game. However, this is true of all the ivy league schools. While there may be increased support/slight excitement if the team is doing particularly well, it still will be nothing of the magnitude that you speak of. That being said, I still find the games to be quite enjoyable with more of a glorified high-school game kind of atmosphere. </p>
<p>As far as over any sport, I’d say it varies a lot by the student. Each student has their own sport they love to watch. However, hockey, baseball and soccer seem to have a fair number of fans. I would certainly say the two sports that the campus is the most aware of are football and hockey. But I can say as a diehard football fan, while you may not get the same atmosphere as a big 12 game in Ivy League sports, its still quite a bit of fun, and there are ways to channel your football love. (Namely, a good number of students still have their preferred NFL and mainstream D1 teams they support, and you can always find some watching the games)</p>