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<p>Two points:</p>
<p>On diversity, I couldn’t be more happy with Dartmouth’s international student population. They are absolutely AMAZING people and provide an incredible amount of refreshing/deep insight… It’s really hard to describe, but when you talk to them, there’s a certain sense of maturity…and a different world view than Americans (Not being Anti-American here, I’m from the states obviously, just saying they’re different). If you want an indication of the diversity here. I live in a Cluster that’s pretty small as it is, and on my floor there’s a total of 20 kids. One’s from Israel, another Pakistan, Afghanistan, Norway, and last one’s from Uruguay. The floor above me (also freshmen) has a Venezuelan, girl from London, guy from Nigera, and then a girl from Shanghai. Also 20 kids total.</p>
<p>In short, there are a crapload of internationals…and I absolutely love it. I met a guy from Shanghai who’s Muslim (and believe me, they’re rare in mainstream China). I’m surprised that Dartmouth doesn’t stress the diversity factor more… I mean I understand people of different races (fine) but in my opinion, a college’s main asset is being able to conglomerate all of these international beliefs/values and channel them towards some higher end. </p>
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<p>As for the social scene, some kids said that colleges put on a show. That’s not true at all for Dmouth. During Dimensions I was absolutely blown away, but that sense of school pride definitely continues as the year goes on. J</p>
<p>Just a sidenote: I was in NYC for the Harvard v. Dartmouth b ball game, and during Harvard’s foul shots one random guy kept standing up and reading lines from Dr. Seuss (alumni).</p>