<p>Does anyone else think the "D" plan, and having student stay during their sophomore summer, is just a clandestine way to cover up for the fact that Dartmouth doesn't gaurantee housing? This is turning me off from Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I found it more to be an enjoyable and creative way to solve what might otherwise be a housing problem.</p>
<p>yeah...it's just i'd find it hard to go to school all summer :)...i need my break time with friends back home....umm...yeah</p>
<p>I see the D-Plan as being a very open and flexible learning schedule, far less constricting than a traditional semester plan. The mix-and-match options and opportunities for internships, travel abroad, etc. are endless, it seems. I think it lets you be more responsible for your own education. </p>
<p>Sophomore summer also seems to be a great time to build unity with your class, and kind of chill out, learning in a friendly, laid-back environment. And it's not like you're going to school year-round; you can go home the next term if you want. </p>
<p>While Dartmouth admittedly has housing issues, I seem to recall that these usually get settled very easily, what with kids coming and going constantly. I highly doubt that sophomore summer and the D-Plan in any way reflect on the housing (at least not in the way you're thinking), and both probably (correct me if I'm wrong) pre-date the housing shortage anyway.</p>
<p>they went to the D plan back when they went coed -- it was a way to add kids with the same housing stock.</p>
<p>That's exactly right. It's left over from coeducation.</p>
<p>I work at the Housing Office, and as long as you are timely about filling out forms there are hardly any problems with housing. It's when people do things late or midway through a term that problems arise.</p>
<p>The problem with the D-Plan is the lack of continuity. There are friends who you don't see for three or four terms sometimes, what with off terms and studying abroad. It also makes it hard for relationships to last, since you have to make serious decisions (whether or not to stay together through an offterm) after a very limited amount of time.</p>
<p>do dartmouth students have to stay for three semesters a year? or is it two of the three?</p>
<p>Dartmouth students are only required to be in residence (on campus) Freshman year (F, W, S) Senior year and sophmore summer. Unlike other schools where you cannot study abroad until junior year, you can start sophmore year in additions to doing internships, when there is not a crunch to getting them</p>
<p>Obviously, the D-Plan has some social drawbacks, but many think it great since it makes it easy to go overseas for a semester (or two). Plus, all the Sophomores (second years?) seem to love being in charge of the campus for the summer quarter.</p>
<p>I like the D-Plan, and I think the benefits outweight the costs.</p>