Interesting times at Dartmouth

sjmom2329
Mon, 28 May 2007 11:27:40 +0000

Shelf-life, you are entitled to your opinion, of course, but it seems rather general based on your experiences as a visiting faculty member. Did you teach only the one course? I would imagine that your experience would be different from that of tenured faculty or students.

I’m not an alumna of Dartmouth. But as a parent, I can tell you that I have yet to meet a student who was not extremely enthusiastic about his/her time at Dartmouth. In fact, I’ve sometimes said that the kids’ enthusiasm seems like a throwback to the 1920’s or something – they lack the cynicism that I remember from my college years.

If you read any reviews of Dartmouth, you will find that very few students regret attending college there. For example, on one website, 91% of students would matriculate at Dartmouth again, as compared to Harvard, where only 76% would choose to repeat their experience there. If you had a negative experience, that’s unfortunate, but no college is perfect. Most people would disagree with you that “something is just not right at Dartmouth.”

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