<p>Says Dartmouth's new President:</p>
<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Kim speaks at Dimensions event</p>
<p>I like how he said that his job was to be “chief inspirer” to the students. More likely, he will need to be chief inspirer to alumni so that they will open their pocket books. Fundraising is always a top priority for any college president.</p>
<p>Still, his emphasis on global issues and his goal of getting Dartmouth students involved internationally must have been inspiring for the high school students to hear.</p>
<p>…and inspiring for International students like me too</p>
<p>What Kim has done in his life to date is downright inspirational - PIH are innovative and flexible in their approach- and hence successful. Dartmouth already has some great international affiliations that undergrads can get involved with and students are encouraged to initiate their own programs. It will be wonderful to build even more connections Here are some links of interest- [Dartmouth</a> Coalition for Global Health|](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcgh/]Dartmouth”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcgh/)
[Ben</a> Campbell ‘10 in Tanzania W09|Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcgh/?p=67]Ben”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcgh/?p=67)
[Fellowships</a> and Internships](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/fellowships/]Fellowships”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/fellowships/)
[Educational</a> Service Trips](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/servicetrips/]Educational”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/servicetrips/)</p>
<p>My son said Kim’s talk at the prospective students session was inspiring and that the talk sealed the deal for a number of students. As they left his talk, they said, “I’m going to Dartmouth.” I’d say his appointment by Dartmouth’s board was an inspired choice.</p>
<p>That’s pretty impressive to hear, considering that the talk was done within 2 or 3 hours after students arrived on campus.</p>
<p>Normally, the clincher comes after a certain event the first night.</p>
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Best quote from the talk by far: “I hope my sons aren’t too loud for the neighboring fraternities.” Apparently he also made a few well-placed Harvard jabs as well. (As far as I heard, he didn’t specifically mention Brown, but he did say that Dartmouth was the best in general.)</p>
<p>The kids arrived on Thursday and he spoke from 2-3 on Friday.</p>
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<p>Oh, I didn’t realize that you were talking about President Wright/Maria Laskarias’s talk… We had previously been discussing President-Elect Kim who spoke the first afternoon. (from 3-4 PM in Collis).</p>
<p>Anyways, I hope they videotaped either/both talks, because I don’t believe current students were allowed to see either.</p>
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<p>I wonder if the summer reading book for freshman will be Mountains Beyond Mountains again this year (it was what the '09s had to read). It is partially about Dr. Kim, and even better, the follow-up faculty lecture could be done by Dr. Kim.</p>
<p>My mistake then, Dartmoose. I read the schedule as Kim talking on Friday. maybe I was wrong. I’ll ask my son.</p>
<p>Kim spoke on Thursday. I’m pretty sure about this, since I was working at the admissions office both Thursday and Friday. Friday was when President Wright and Dean Laskaris spoke.</p>
<p>johnleemk, do you happen to know if they videotaped the talk?</p>
<p>My son go to Dimensions late on Thursday and didn’t get to hear Jim Kim speak-too bad.</p>
<p>yup, the summer reading is “mountains beyond mountains”, as they put it on the 2013 site.</p>
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<p>That’s awesome. That means I’m probably going to read the book this summer, too, and then go to the lecture.</p>
<p>Dartmoose,</p>
<p>We are going up to visit your college soon. I find your comments very helpful, and you have been generous with your thoughts. Would you be willing to accept private questions (PM)? I’m sorry if this is somehow considered inappropriate by others on CC (I am relatively new here, and don’t know all the etiquette,) but I find all the weighing in on minutiae distracting. I get impatient with some of the tangents in these threads. I’d like to ask some frank questions without having to qualify what I write or get onto time-consuming tangents.</p>
<p>I know many people would be crazy to go to any school other than Dartmouth. But I am at present concerned about just one person, for whom the fit might or might not be good.</p>
<p>If there are any current or past engineering majors (by which I mean D students who actually want to be engineers, or D grads who became working engineers) who would also be willing to accept PM’s, I (and my son) would appreciate the chance to write to you, too.</p>
<p>To others, I’d rather not respond to the whole “why Dartmouth if you want engineering” questioning routine at the moment. We are looking at a broad range of schools and have our own reasons for looking at Dartmouth. Maybe on this thread we can avoid that question? Seems like a great school!</p>
<p>Thanks so much.</p>
<p>What a stupid thing to say.</p>
<p>P.S. sorry - did not mean to sound snippy or rude to ANYONE. The playful commentary can be fun. I myself wonder why some schools make someone’s list. I have found some high quality snarky remarks on these D threads. I just want to get some pretty specific help at the moment. Thanks.</p>
<p>Sorry, Nigiri, I wrote my note before seeing your comment. I see I was too late. Oh well. Perhaps it was a stupid post. I never suggested I was smart.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you PM Dartmoose directly. That seems to be what people do. Traffic on this board is a little slow in the summer. My neighbor graduated Dart a few years ago with an engineering degree but he then went to Tuck and now has a consulting job of some sort, making a ton of money of course. I should see him in the next few days and I’ll ask about friends of his from undergrad that are working as engineers. I know that he loved his time at Dart and his influence was one of the reasons my son chose to go. My son will start as an engineering major.</p>