Few questions about Dartmouth

rightnotleft
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:46:23 +0000

There are quite a few Biology PhD candidates, actually, compared to the rest of the arts and scientists. Almost all professors are actively engaged in multiple research projects. Almost all my friends were/are Bio majors (I’m not!) but they were all involved in at least one project as an undergrad.
It does if you let it. But if you don’t want it to, it doesn’t have to. Generally, greek houses will have intramural teams, but everything else is pretty independent of that - affiliated students do a lot on campus besides being a brother/sister. That being said, pretty much every other activity on campus is scheduled around Wednesday meetings … probably because around 2/3 of upperclassmen are affiliated.
Um … as a student … there are preppy people here. There are normal “down to earth” people here. there are weird people here. It is what you make of it. Same as everywhere else. I would say the “down to earth” vibe outweighs the “pompous” vibe … but it depends on the company you keep.
Depends on the school. I don’t think it has as much to do with the size of the school as the makeup of the student body. That being said … DSO isn’t very good, you should have a pretty good shot at getting in. I know DSO is not as good as my youth symphony was … and others will back me up on that. DSO is getting better though, the '13s were a good class and the conductor has loosened up a bit, fewer people are quitting.