Record Number of Apps

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>From TheDartmouth.com:</p>

<p>Dartmouth received a record 17,768 applications for the Class of 2013, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris, bucking a trend of stagnant or decreasing application numbers among similarly sized, private liberal arts colleges. The College intends to accept 1,800 applicants during the regular decision process, for a total class size of 2,200, Laskaris said, resulting in an overall acceptance rate of 11 to 12 percent, the lowest in Dartmouth’s history.</p>

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The College intends to accept 1,800 applicants during the regular decision process, for a total class size of 2,200,

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<p>Not unless they plan to double the undergraduate population! <g></g></p>

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<p>I think they do overall accept ~ 2000-2200 students to yeild the ~1075-1090 student in the freshman class.</p>

<p>Approximately 400 are accounted for in ED and another ~500 student will receive likely letters through out February and March. </p>

<p>This leaves ~ 1300 having to sweat it out until the end of March/April 1</p>

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...bucking a trend of stagnant or decreasing application numbers among similarly sized, private liberal arts colleges.

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<p>What trend? We haven't heard about any down numbers among RD have we? Dartmouth can hardly be compared to the hundreds of non-selective private LA colleges.</p>

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<p>Do international students get likely letters?</p>

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<p>Ivies use "likely" letters for recruited athletes in place of the NCAA Div.1 letters of intent.</p>

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<p>11-12%. Holy ****!</p>

<p>Admissions is getting way too competitive. </p>

<p>Nowadays, some smart, arrogant people just apply to all the "top schools" for the sake of prestige. That just takes away the spot of students who really want the school.</p>

<p>At my school, a girl applies to 26 schools, all Ivies inclusive. Ah, I hate people like that.</p>

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<p>The freshmen I met this year were an amazing bunch. Good job Dartmouth, it will just keep getting better with their outreach and new aid initiative.</p>

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Ivies use "likely" letters for recruited athletes in place of the NCAA Div.1 letters of intent.

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<p>Dartmouth issues 2 types of likely letters; one set for recruited athletes and the other set (the bulk of the 500 given during RD) are for students that the college is highly interested in enrolling (some come with an invitation to Dimensions). The likely letters go out in waves starting in february.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/148412-i-got-likely-letter.html?highlight=letter%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/148412-i-got-likely-letter.html?highlight=letter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/455074-class-2012-likely-letters.html?highlight=letter%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/455074-class-2012-likely-letters.html?highlight=letter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/473403-likely-letter-means-what-percent-chance-being-accepted.html?highlight=letter%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/473403-likely-letter-means-what-percent-chance-being-accepted.html?highlight=letter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/297455-anyone-get-likely-letters-yet.html?highlight=letter%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/297455-anyone-get-likely-letters-yet.html?highlight=letter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Dartmouth has been on a tear lately. Apps have shot up over the last two years (up 16.6% last year, 7.5% this year).</p>

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<p>Aww, I didn't know they had likely letters.</p>

<p>I should have applied.</p>

<p>I'm such an idiot sometimes.</p>

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<p>has anyone found a copy of what the likely letter looks like from the new dean of admissions? and can deferred candidates ever get likely letters?</p>

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<p>I'd guess for a deferred applicant to get a LL, something significant would have had to happen since the deferral. Dartmouth, like other schools, uses LL's to try to get under the skin of it's top applicants, kids it knows will also be accepted at HYPS. That's pretty much the same thing they do in the ED pool with unhooked applicants, accept those they don't want to risk losing to competitors.</p>

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<p>They corrected an article. They plan on accepting 1800 for a total of 2200 acceptances. (to fill a class of ~2,100).</p>

<p>Also, it looks like it is going to be closer to 11% acceptance rate. (1,800/16,218)</p>

<p>Good Luck everyone!</p>

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... "likely" letters ...

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<p>OH GOD... Why did you have to tell them? Here we go again... :-p</p>

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<p>Also interesting:</p>

<p>January 12, 2009</p>

<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Ivy League recruiting practices: Does Dartmouth lower its standards?</p>

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Recruited athletes make up 30 to 35 percent of the students admitted early decision to Dartmouth, according to Parish. Also, 18 to 19 percent of each incoming class are recruited athletes.

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<p>The targeted class size is 1100.</p>

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<p>Dartmoose, darling, you're seeing double!</p>

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<p>Yeah... I meant 1,100... lol. Check the timestamp on that one :).</p>

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<p>ok, whatever, so it'll be harder for me to get into Dartmouth than Yale (via single choice early action) Whats wrong with that?....I've given up on Dartmouth (which carried my last hope for an ivy league education) I really feel like going back in time to my 13 year-old self and just telling him that getting into an ivy league schools is pretty much impossible so don't bother killing yourself in school for the next 4 years.</p>

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<p>between hearing this, a potential 8% from Brown, and a potential 5% from Yale, I should have just sent my U Chicago deposit in and spared myself the whole RD process. Deferral is the worst.</p>