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Dartmouth College is one of the Ivy League schools, and the admissions
process is highly selective, more so than the others because the school
is the smallest of the Ivy League. Most of the students who go to
Dartmouth are ones who loved the school and wanted to go there more than
any other Ivy League school. You are not going to find many students
there who only got in as their only Ivy League school. Those "nerds"
will be trying to go to other schools. Hence, the student applying to
Dartmouth must show an affinity for the school itself, and not just
because you are applying to all the Ivies.
The best way to get in to Dartmouth is to attack the admissions process
on your own. Do not go to the college interview with your parents. Be
independent and visit the college on your own. Get an interview with an
admissions officer, and maintain contact with that admissions officer
throughout the process. I really think the interview is key because if
you hit it off with the admissions officer, then he/she will be your
advocate all through the selection process. In the essays, be yourself
and talk about one thing that really means something to you. They read
thousands of essays and can smell BS a mile away so your essay has to
reflect the impression you made upon them about yourself. Do well on
your tests and maintain a high GPA and be involved in sports, i.e. they
need athletes for the teams. If you aren't an athlete, then you should
be doing some extracurricular activity. Rather than doing a multitude
of activities, do some and emphasize one. And the one you emphasize can
be the one you write the essay about, like I ran a nursing home and did
x,y&z and I met this old lady and she meant this to me. Blah, blah,
blah. They east that crap up in the essays. But be yourself and be
honest, remember everybody tries to BS them.
Again, just try to connect with an admissions officer and maintain that
contact because they will really have a say on whether you get in.
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