<p>nevermind, i just got the generic email…:(</p>
<p>I got the generic e-mail as well. I did send in an essay and few more recommendations as an update. Well, now what I can really say is that the odds seem to be high for me… but I just really can’t let it go! Dartmouth has always been my dream school…</p>
<p>Got the acceptance email today. Will wait to see the financial aid package before deciding. As weird as this sounds, I think the interview is the only reason I got in!!</p>
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<p>Congratulations twentyfourhundo! Care to explain what happened in your interview? Did you submit any additional information?</p>
<p>I don’t know if this will help, but we know of several students who were offered spots from the wait list and are not taking them.</p>
<p>(So there may be some spots opening.)</p>
<p>That does not sound very resassuring. 1000+ people vying for 2-3 opened spots? Dartmouth is my dream school and I have wanted to go there so badly for so long. And people say to transfer but transferring is just not the same. I’m so sad.</p>
<p>bobbypage: yes, but that’s just students that my family happens to know about. And we’re in a pretty remote area. What I meant is that there may be more kids not accepting the wait list offers in other places as well. I don’t want to create false hope, but my impression is that Dartmouth is drawing more from the wait list than expected this year. I wish you the very best of luck.</p>
<p>nina22: Thank you so much for your good wishes and for sharing what you know with us.</p>
<p>@bobbypage Out of all the schools I applied to, Dartmouth was the only school that offered me an interview, so I took it, and in the actual interview I just tried to be as animated and exciting as possible because people always tell me I’m too serious, and I do have kind of a monotone voice. So, I just smiled and tried to have as much of a personality as possible. They (I had two interviewers) also knew I had driven about 2 hours for the interview because they recognized the little town I told them I was from, so that probably actually helped.</p>
<p>I sent in one letter before the admissions decision came out in March updating them on an award I won, and then one on about April 9th after being waitlisted that tried to put a new spin on the story I had tried to project in my application.</p>
<p>Besides that, I didn’t do anything else after being waitlisted, and since my commonapp essays were probably relatively mediocre and my test scores were about average, I think that even though many people say the alumni interview doesn’t do much, I am certain this was the reason I got off of the waitlist.</p>
<p>And for those reading this for next year, I was hesitant about doing an interview because I was nervous and concerned I would do poorly and it would mess up my application, but I went in and it helped, so you may as well just do it because I honestly do believe that even if you do poorly, it went hurt you. The interviewers are extremely nice and they know you really want to go to Dartmouth, so they will portray you in as good of light as possible and also will understand if you’re nervous.</p>
<p>24hundo: Don’t mis-apply your scenario (congrats BTW!). You enjoyed your interview experience and likely, your person probably wrote a positive report.</p>
<p>You also wrote</p>
<p>“The interviewers are extremely nice and they know you really want to go to Dartmouth, so they will portray you in as good of light as possible”</p>
<p>Yes they are very nice but if they are worth their salt, they will be very honest – they should be eyes and ears for Dartmouth – not local biased cheerleaders.</p>
<p>It worked for you but don’t think that everyone (even the majority) of interviews result in a “positive” report. I interview over a dozen applicants to my Ivy alma mater each year. About 70% of them are neutral, 10% negative, 20% positive. It’s just how it goes.</p>
<p>While I may fully enjoy the hour’s conversation with a generally amazing HS student and may see how they would flourish at my alma mater (and personally, even wish for them to be admitted), it doesn’t strip me of my duty to rate him/her in the context of the extremely competitive applicant pool.</p>
<p>Have any of you guys sent letters of continued interest? I’m wondering if I should send one but I don’t think they would receive the letter in time (international). Would it suffice to send an email? Also, will sending this letter realistically impact my chances of being admitted?
By the way, I’m a transfer student.</p>
<p>Canada1993: Here is Dartmouth’s advice to students on the Waiting List: “Transfer Waiting List candidates are encouraged to submit new material prior to May 20th.” Feel free to submit information about important new achievements, but I don’t know if a letter simply stating continued interest would help.</p>
<p>^^^ T26E4, do you have any belief that your report plays any real significance in the ultimate admission decision? I may be wrong, but I thought you went to Yale, both kids that I know who are attending there were told directly by their interviewers that they felt it was more an informational interview and that they hadn’t seen any real correlation between their reports and the results. I know for my brother that was definitely true at Columbia although he was interviewing probably some 25 years ago and a lot has changed since then. One of my clients interviews for Dartmouth, and she expressed similar feelings in that she saw no correlation between the reports she wrote vs the ultimate decisions, yet she felt she was still serving her school well by meeting with prospies in person.</p>
<p>This is what dartmouth says about the interview and reports</p>
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<p>Sounds like the interview report holds some weight.</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/interviewing]Interviewing[/url”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/interviewing]Interviewing[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Thanks for that link Sybbie… it certainly does sound like the interview can help… but that also makes you wonder what happens if you are not so blessed as to receive a talented and capable “writer/interviewer.” I suppose it is really a dilemma for the adcoms.</p>
<p>@T26E4 Good analysis. Logic dictates that I yield to your conclusion.</p>
<p>I’ll still recommend people try to take the interviews though, just with the understanding that they probably won’t have a huge impact on your app either way.</p>
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<p>I’ve interviewed for Yale since the summer after my own graduation (yep, they recruit us alums very quickly). This winter will be the 24th class I will be interviewing. My experiences is this:</p>
<p>1) I’m fully cognizant that I only see one thin (and very polished) part of the applicant. My “great” students, may not be that great in the entirety of the application. This may explain some of the comments above where interviewers feel their write ups have little correlation to eventual results. I get that. But I also know the numbers. I’ve interviewed 17 this last year and 15 the season before. None. No admits, no WLs. The numbers are just that tough. And I’m 100% OK with that even though I’ve met some fantastic kids who I know will do wonderful things at their colleges.</p>
<p>2) it’s good PR for the college. alum volunteer interviewers generally show a good face to the applicant. Even though my alma mater has single digit admit rates, we still are courting the students. Having a real person connected means a lot when it comes to getting admitted students to matriculate. We’ll be looking for them for grad school one day too!</p>
<p>3) in rare situations, an alum report can make a difference. </p>
<p>Two solid applicants from my nearby large urban district applied a few yrs ago. On paper, they looked very good and caught peoples’ attention – but the teacher recs were bland – not negative but just poorly written as can be the case w/schools unaccustomed to writing rec letters to Ivy-type schools. Without this being a strong positive, the admissions committee remained non-committal. But both guys had great interview write ups. Based on those, the committee was tipped fwd and decided to offer admits to both guys.</p>
<p>Any news yet concerning the dartmouth waitlist for those of us waiting for the second round of admission? </p>
<p>intl student</p>
<p>ali3n07: I’m in the same taxing situation. Don’t take my word for it, but I assume not. Where did you SIR? Good luck! I know you’ll be happy no matter where you go.</p>