worried ED applicant - Page 2

sneamia · 11-18-2007, 10:25 PM

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re: Your Early Decision Application

Dear ---,

We have received all materials necessary to begin the review of your Early Decision application. Should we have any questions or require further materials from you, we will contact you directly via email or telephone. If you have not already done so, please check your email address to be sure we have your current email on record.

Early Decision candidates will be notified of their admissions decisions on or before December 15.

We appreciate your interest in Dartmouth and are pleased to be evaluating your application.

Sincerely,

The Dartmouth Admissions Staff

Ugh... I don't want to have to do an alumni interview...

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From: TheDartmouth.com | ‘Busiest year ever’ for Early Decision apps. flood 41

Instead, the Office of Admissions has created new student forums in which prospective students are able to meet in small groups with two current Dartmouth undergraduates on campus. Admissions officers and parents are not permitted to participate in the forums, allowing students to ask candid questions about academics, extracurriculars and student life at Dartmouth, Laskaris said. All applicants are also offered an interview with a Dartmouth alumnus in their area.

Umm what student forums?

sameer785 · 11-18-2007, 11:55 PM

Its already Nov 19 here, and my application status has not yet been updated. Are there any others whose app statuses say that the admissions staff is still assembling your file or sth? I am just too worried, is it that my entire app has not been recieved or something like that.

Yeah, I had my interview yesterday. It was just horrible.

5757 · 11-19-2007, 08:03 AM

Horrible in what way? I would make sure the teacher rec, counselor stuff, and peer review was sent and if it was, i would contact admissions with your concerns.

sameer785 · 11-19-2007, 10:04 AM

Horrible because, well, because I could not impress the interviewer that much. He was a Jesuit father, and my long hair and extra long beard just did not leave me in a good light right from the beginning. Well, I answered fine enough, but fine will not get me into Dartmouth. I need to be good or even excellent, for the matter.
I just contacted the admissions office and they replied that my school forms and commonapp havnt reached there. My counselor reco, 2 teachers recos and my commonapp, was sent in a single packet and it seems this was the biggest mistake I ever made.

They say that there could be a possibility of everything having reached the admissions office but not yet kept in a file because they havnt completed sorting out everything. And she has asked me wait for a followup email they will me sending out this week.
Well, I just cannot wait for one whole week. The postage, even when using the best courier service, will take atleast 4 days to reach to the USA from Nepal.
Would I be better off requesting my teachers and counselor to send everything once again or should I wait as the admission officer has advised?
I donot want to be ruled out of applying early to Dartmouth by any means.

CProspect2008 · 11-19-2007, 07:02 PM

I live in NYC and I haven't had an interview either. I called the Admissions Office and they said I should be contacted at the end of November. Don't worry, thesparetire.

sameer785, don't send your recs in again. It'll confuse the admin officers and also **** them off.

CProspect2008 · 11-19-2007, 07:12 PM

whoa since when is p.iss censored?

ajayc · 11-19-2007, 09:42 PM

^ haha CC sure is weird. You cant qoute and now they have removed the quote link completely!

I was thinking of starting another board, but yeah thats a different story.

01jttma · 11-20-2007, 05:16 PM

i havent heard anything yet. should i be worried? i know i sent everything in on time...

VeryHappy · 11-20-2007, 07:36 PM

"Should I be worried?"

What good will that do?

I guess what that question really means is, "I'm worried. Someone reassure me."

sameer785 · 11-20-2007, 08:28 PM

When exactly do the admissions staff begin reviewing the applications? Or have they already started doing so?

CProspect, I take your word for it. I will be resending things only after the review email comes. I just hope they accept it.

Regarding couriers, I heard you have to name a specific person who will receive our package. Office of Admissions, Dartmouth College would be too ambiguous and those ppl at the courier service wont accept to deliver such packets. These are thing I have heard. Could anyone please confirm or contradict?

ajayc · 11-20-2007, 10:08 PM

^ I didnt name anyone specifically. And they have got my app. Yep I DHLed it.

rainmama · 11-21-2007, 11:23 AM

sameer - if this is for ED, and they don't receive your first packet, I suggest applying online at commonapp.org, and asking your school if they would fax the school report and teacher rec's. The latter are the only parts that need to be submitted on paper, and it seems that Dartmouth would be willing to work with you on this problem once they emerge from the pile of applications they're sorting.

frenchfootballer · 11-21-2007, 02:20 PM

I live in philly and Dartmouth told me that they received all of my materials, and they also said that all applicants get interviews (ED btw). I haven't been contacted yet. It would be nice to get an interview, I hope i get one.

Utopia19 · 11-21-2007, 11:51 PM

Guys stop fretting over this. You guys get notified on Dec 15 right? They'll be working on early applications until two days before then, that's when schools finalize their early results so as long as your interviewer submits the report a week before then, it will be considered. Also consider how busy these alumni are (which is a good thing in my opinion cause it puts things in perspective). My interviewer was a vice president at a consulting firm in New York. We had the interview in her company's conference room (60 something floor right next to Grand Central) during her lunch hour because that was the only time she had. I was really nervous but she was such a sweetheart and we still keep in touch today. So don't think of your interview as something that must be done for admissions, think of it as networking and enjoy it because the alumni who want to be interviewers are really interesting people.

Imfrommaine4 · 11-22-2007, 12:32 AM

If it is any consolation the interview plays virtually a very miniscule role in the admissions process at dartmouth. Alumni responses are generally all positive so it is hard for the adcoms to take what they say with too much authority.