<p>On anecdotal evidence alone I would say that Dartmouth is relatively lenient compared to other Ivies/Ivy-class schools when it comes to unorthodox backgrounds. I and a lot of other '11s I know had pretty strange stuff on our apps - I had a zigzagging trend in academics, no community service, sparse ECs, another international I know didn’t finish his 12th year of K-12 education, and so forth.</p>
<p>But, of course, anecdotal evidence is sketchy at best. I’d say go with the statistics if there’s any doubt.</p>