<p>So, I've been to visit Dartmouth twice now and although it's not my first choice, I like the looks of it. But every time I bring it up in conversation with my family and friends, someone always acts as though it's no place for a female student. Typically the people who have this opinion are older and remember it before Dartmouth before it became coed. However, it still worries me. What is it like for women nowadays to attend Dartmouth?<br>
(btw, I'm a junior...female, obviously)</p>
<p>aah, sorry bout the typos.</p>
<p>Hopefully many current students will respond soon and quickly dispel that notion... but meanwhile your correct to surmise people you are talking to are remembering a very different time. For many years, the classes have been approximately 50/50 male/female (maybe slightly tipped toward female this year). Dartmouth is every bit as much a school for its female students as its male student opportunity-wise, and tight friendships that form cross all kinds of boundaries. Check out the website in some depth -try to see who is doing what and what kinds of relationships students have with each other. Contact a student throught the admissions page links. Read the news links, the athletics page, the pages for various departments, the link to "WISP". And read past posts on this board - it will not take you very long at all to see that females students are every bit as enthusiastic as male students.</p>
<p>This view really surprises me because I have never felt discriminated against at Dartmouth for being a woman. Dartmouth went co-ed in 1972, and many other universities also made the switch around this time. Ohmadre is right, for the past two years I think slightly more female students have matriculated at Dartmouth than male. There are several programs geared towards just women at Dartmouth like the Women in Science Project and Women in Business. And although there are more frats at Dartmouth than sororities, this is to be expected at almost every college. All students have an equal opportunity at Dartmouth -- being female is the last thing you should be worrying about.</p>
<p>I'm a female 09 at Dartmouth and I've certainly never felt any sexism or discomfort because of my gender EVER here. If anything there are more opportunities for women here at Dartmouth- Women In Science internships, Women in Business, Women In Leadership programs, lectures, and dinners...</p>
<p>I'm a prospective student, but I know of many male students who are jealous of the added boost women get through the aforementioned Women in Science and Women in Business programs. :)</p>
<p>more women got accepted to dartmouth than men this year...</p>
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<p>Far from it.
Im an 09 female. </p>
<p>I received one of the aforementioned internships through the women in science programits brilliant. I have gone out to lunch with numerous professors on 8 different occasions, and Im associate editor of one of the campus newspapers in my second semester at D. I could go on and on about many, many more things my friends have been involved with. This is a great place for a female with both an independent and a social streak. Really, its a great place for anyone who wants to come alive, grow and get involved.
I cant imagine any better.</p>
<p>There are many impowered women at Dartmouth - but I understand the "older" viewpoint. I would even say until the early-nineties Dartmouth was perhaps not the best environment for a woman, but times have changed significantly. Dartmouth also was a "conservative" school in the eighties, now its the opposite.</p>