<p>It looks to me that that list means they will only accept those those schools’s credits AFTER you are a Dartmouth student, ie. if you do a semester “abroad” at one of those schools. </p>
<p>That is the ONLY way that list makes sense…there’s no way Dartmouth won’t give you credit for, say, Columbia classes, if you went to Columbia for a year and then transfered. Indeed, I’m sure they will give you credits for most of the classes you took at your first school, even if it’s not as prestigious as Dartmouth. </p>
<p>I could be wrong, but really, even if Dartmouth only wanted to accept credit from their “peer” school for transfers, the Ivies would at least be on that list. That’s why I think that list is just abut study-abroad type credits.</p>