<p>Here’s an article that explains a lot about recruited athletes:</p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com</a> | Ivy League recruiting practices: Does Dartmouth lower its standards?](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2009/01/12/sports/recruiting/]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2009/01/12/sports/recruiting/)</p>
<p>Here’s a response seeking to clarify parts of the article:</p>
<p><a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2009/01/14/opinion/letter/[/url]”>http://thedartmouth.com/2009/01/14/opinion/letter/</a></p>
<p>And I was a bit out of date on Dartmouth’s numbers, this article puts recruited athletes at 18-19%.</p>
<p>Here’s also some highlights for the class just admitted. Note the 14% first generation, a new institutional objective and the increasing number of internationals, another instuitutional objective. There’s very little space left!</p>
<p>Other highlights:</p>
<p>The numbers of men and women admitted were practically even: 1,091 to 1,093 respectively.
The College admitted 185 international students representing 59 nations.
The Class of 2013 includes 310 first-generation college students, comprising 14 percent of the admitted group.
Admitted students come from across the nation as well as around the world: 577 come from the Mid-Atlantic region; 455 from the West; 401 from the South; 337 from New England; 237 from the Midwest and 177 have a non-U.S. address.
The College admitted 162 students who are the children of Dartmouth alumni/ae.</p>