Things I Wish I Had Known about Dartmouth Earlier

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<p>Each season, the school has some big weekend event (parties, concerts, etc)</p>

<p>fall- homecoming
winter- winter carnival
spring- green key
summer- it used to be tubestock, but the administration did away with it last summer and there were some sort of greek games.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Egreenkey/Index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~greenkey/Index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I'll bet the '12's will enjoy reading this thread. Anybody have additions and/or updates?</p>

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<p>This is a very positive list, which is great. Any negatives or regrets? Study abroad, a course you wished you'd taken, wish you had or had not joined a greek organization, etc.?</p>

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<p>Dartmouth soudns cool! :D</p>

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<p>^ Finally. Have you been sleeping or what?</p>

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<p>Hi Ajay!! Nice to see you around!</p>

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<p>Jen,
Congrats on your l ast day of class (see how fast 3 years goes by)</p>

<p>Good luck to you on finals.</p>

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<p>WHat's the greek life like? I've heard that it dominates the Dartmouth social scene. Is that true?</p>

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<p>much of what goes on over weekends revolves around greek houses, and ~2/3 of eligible students are greek affiliated.</p>

<p>however, the greek system is very open, and there are very few "closed" parties per term ... in fact, all major parties are completely open.</p>

<p>there are definitely things to do on campus if you are completely greek-phobic, as there have been terms where i went out maybe once or twice total, as well as terms where i went out multiple times per week. there's a lot to do here .... just because a lot of people let that mean going to greek houses a lot doesn't mean you have to.</p>

<p>search this forum, there's been a ton of discussion on this topic, usually about once a month.</p>

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<p>Not as much fun as frat basements, but I wish I had known to make an appointment with a dean at the first sign of illness freshman fall. If I'd arranged official, administration-sanctioned extensions and incompletes in my classes, I might've been able to salvage my GPA despite being in bed with mono-or-something-like-it (the health center never gave me a conclusive diagnosis) for most of the term. As it is, it's been tough to bounce back from.</p>