<p>I’m definitely considering Dartmouth for ED</p>
<p>@salina234: “Greeks aren’t that big of a deal”</p>
<p>Like half the people at Dart go Greek. It’s a huge deal. The greek presence is the bigger at Dartmouth than any other Ivy.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is one of my first choices, but I’m afraid I don’t have the credentials to get in. I have a 28 ACT, 1940 SAT. My unweighted GPA is 3.7, weighted 4.1 (this should go up as I am taking 5 AP courses senior year). My extracurriculars are decent…I mostly stand out in the political organization I am involved in…nothing absolutely incredible but I am pretty well rounded. What do you all think?</p>
<p>^Unless you have a significant hook, admission to Dartmouth is highly unlikely. Both your UW GPA and test scores are too low.</p>
<p>Hello everyone. I’m applying too. Though the extreme cold is a bit scary, as my country is HOT to say the least.</p>
<p>Can anyone explain how to focus on international relations under the government major? I can’t find anything about it on Dartmouth’s website.</p>
<p>You can choose a concentration within your government major.</p>
<p>The IR faculty here is outstanding - Wohlforth, Press, etc. - so you should definitely apply if you are indeed an “IRFreak.”</p>
<p>Ok, I just posted a thread about this but havn’t got many answers. Are commuter students allowed at Dartmouth? Thanks to anyone who answers.</p>
<p>IR does look really good at dartmouth but I can’t find any requirements if I choose to focus on IR under government. How many languages do I have to take? How many econ classes? etc… I can’t find any of this info.</p>
<p>I was very impressed with Dartmouth, The D plan sounds great. I am torn between Dartmouth and Cornell. I attended the Pre-Vet Cornell summer college this and it was great too! I plan on applying ED to either Dartmouth or Cornell. It is just a really hard choice. Financial aid is not a factor.</p>
<p>IRFreak, I honestly know very little about our gov department, but try e-mailing the gov department and asking them. I’m sure they’ll be able to answer any questions you might have.</p>
<p>I need to decide who to ask for a peer review.</p>
<p>I’m 99% sure that I’ll be applying ED. I’m attending the Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth for a week (heading up tomorrow morning!), so maybe that will give me the extra 1% I need. I’m excited. Now I just hope that I have the credentials for acceptance. I’m from NH, and I don’t know if that will help me or hurt me. I’ll probably be competing with a bunch of Phillips Exeter Academy students, which is a bit disconcerting, considering I go to a largely unknown public high school. Also, Dartmouth has one of the lowest in-state acceptance rates of all the Ivies (3%), if not THE lowest of the Ivies, so we’ll see. I would love to go.</p>
<p>jersey, why who are you thinking of asking?</p>
<p>Deciding between two close friends of mine.</p>
<p>ATTENTION DARTMOUTH PEEPS: </p>
<p>Anyone know what the intro. science classes at Dartmouth are curved at? I am by no means saying I will get in, but I am just trying to compare the curves at diff. Ivy League/top state schools. I am thinking about ED at Dartmouth…but if the curves are as bad as at UPenn (B-/C+) then I won’t ED.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Who to ask for a letter when you don’t really think any of your friends would do a great job? </p>
<p>I don’t mean to sound mean, but my group of friends consists of kids with GPAs ranging from 76 to 90 and SATs of around 1400-1600. I don’t know who to ask! They aren’t exactly the best writers either. There’s a group of smarter, overachiever students in my school but I’m not close enough with any of them to ask.</p>
<p>@Viggy:
[Median</a> Grades for Undergraduate Courses - Spring 2010](<a href=“This page has moved”>This page has moved)
Looks like the median grades are flat B’s in intro physics, biology, and chemistry.</p>
<p>@tb0mb93:
I recommend asking someone from your group of friends that asks you for help a lot w/ school work (as long as you actually help them, I think you will find that they admire you–academically); someone who thinks you are brilliant. As long as they can convey that, the admission officers don’t care how good the peer recommender is at writing.</p>
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<p>Sameeee. I’m not pre-vet, but I’m torn between ILR and Dartmouth. Both have their completely different pluses.</p>
<p>@2 people torn between Dartmouth and Cornell:
Apply to Cornell ED, that way, you won’t have to compete w/ the people on this thread! (well, you will have to compete w/ me, since I’m applying to both… but most people on this thread then)</p>