<p>Just got call home from a current Dartmouth senior welcoming me and asking if I had any questions and encouraging me to come to Dimensions. We kicked it and chatted for a while. THat's what I like, personal attention. Don't get me wrong or nothing....I get enough attention from people.. but it's nice knowing that I am not just a number to these folks. From this phone call, Dartmouth moves from a school I wasn't even considering to now being competitive with Duke and Penn and right now, it beats out Penn.
Just thought I would share how cute this was of them.</p>
<p>i got the call too and i absolutely agree! the student i spoke to told me Dartmouth even offered to pay my way to Dimensions :) unfortunately i can't go, which is really depressing :(</p>
<p>You mean Dartmouth offered to pay your way, not the student... right?
Yes, I love being courted by this college. I feel special :D</p>
<p>yeah...I got one of those happy calls after I received my likely letter...it feels so good to be loved and wanted!!! ^_^</p>
<p>"Dartmouth even offered to pay..."</p>
<p>yup, Dartmouth :)</p>
<p>Oh. Man I swear it said something different before.
Anyhoo, yeah I can't go to Dimensions either... But I also called the office and asked them if I could go another time. After much convincing and twisting around of dates, I finally got them to agree :D</p>
<p>machiavelli, when are you going? Is D paying? (Sorry if i sound cheap, but i can't exactly afford instant plane tickets lol)</p>
<p>Dartmouth has a lot of personal touches which makes it seem like a more intimate school than many others its size. Over the summer after D had accepted, a current student called me as a parent to see if I had any questions. We wound up speaking for some time and I got a lot of very good info from him on an assortment of topics.</p>
<p>yeah i like this aspect about dart too...an alumni from my area invited me and the four other people that were accepted from around where i live to his house tomorrow night to talk about dartmouth...i thought that was pretty neat, although i know its just good marketing :)</p>
<p>deadhead06,</p>
<p>I suspect that you and I will meet tomorrow...? inferring from the date, location, and number of people?</p>
<p>dyx, I'm going the 13th and 14th because my school has holidays then for Easter. I'm still not sure if it's finalized yet, since by the time I got out of school and called, the office was almost closing, and the person I talked to wanted to leave. I'll try to tell you more as I find out more myself :) But I'm pretty hopeful that they'll pay. Otherwise, I suppose I'll scrounge up the money myself and go.</p>
<p>Someone showed up on my doorstep today with a free Dartmouth T-shirt!!!</p>
<p>machiavelli, I have a similar problem in that I can't attend Dimensions being that Princeton's program is on the same dates and parents are making me go to Princeton's (grr.)</p>
<p>Therefore, I'm also trying to go on the 12th or 13th. I could get transportation up to Boston, so really I'd just need the bus fees from Boston to Hanover (which is like $50?). What did you say to ask if they could pay for you to go up to Hanover? I don't want to sound awkward lol. Btw, I do qualify for financial aid.</p>
<p>Oh, well, they already offered to pay for my trip in the letter that they sent me, so I didn't have to ask awkwardly lol. The only thing I asked was if I could possibly get alternative dates instead.</p>
<p>And sorry for your <em>terrible</em> dilemma with Princeton :D</p>