<p>Is it extensive in the TV, Film and Journalism world? </p>
<p>Also is the alumni network helpful to grad students (non-Tuck)?</p>
<p>I have a friend who’ll be interning for Sony’s Legal department in the fall. He got the internship by talking with some of the people in the Legal Department @ Goldman Sachs (I believe Dartmouth has an annual trip there every Spring - nevertheless…it’s a great opportunity if you approach it from the right angle. Most people came away with nothing). </p>
<p>Also, the last President of the Film Society here (an '08), will be going to LA soon to start a career in screenwriting. That’s a bit risky though (it’s better to start off your career in New York…but sometimes, you have to take some risks in your career. If she makes it in Hollywood…well, what better place to be?).</p>
<p>I’d say there are only a small number of (but very serious) people in Film and TV Studies at Dartmouth. The department here is excellent in Film Theory (I’d say Harvard edges us in History, USC and NYU in Production, and Columbia in Performance - the first 3 at least having a slightly better alumni network) - but I’ve greatly enjoyed the Film classes here. If you’re a graduate student, I think you’ll have the same access to the alumni network available to us undergraduates…not like the alumni network should be your primary concern if you’re interested in Film anyways.</p>
<p>Also - Shonda Rhimes. Wikipedia.</p>
<p>She’s a Dartmouth alumn? That’s great. I looked up some of the alumni from Dartmouth in the Media world and its pretty big. Not just for screenwriting, directing and the like but for production too. </p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I am sure Dartmouth alumnit network is pretty extensive enough to land something if I push for it.</p>
<p>Are alumni of the school helpful to (non Tuck) graduate students or is the alumni network and community only more helpful toward former undergrads?</p>
<p>A post of this nature has been made at a rival site, Auto Admit. I cannot link directly there because CC censors the link, but if you do a bit of snooping on google you should be able to find it. The post’s title is “Dartmouth’s alumni network” and the last post was made fairly recently. The below link will be blocked, but if you replace the asterisks with x.o.x.o.h.t.h you should be able to access it (without the periods). The internet is a dirty place, this page is no exception, please use discretion:</p>
<p>http://*******.com/thread.php?thread<em>id=829053&mc=66&forum</em>id=1&PHPSESSID=0fb82c6614ce111380987785b8f9e0f7</p>
<p>Woody, the link you posted didn’t work. Can you post it again?</p>
<p>I appreciate the link but it didn’t really help as much as I thought it would. The topic delved off into a childish spat between a Columbia student and a well meaning Dartmouth sophmore. Besides that, I think only one person actually addressed the question. </p>
<p>Even then I gathered that:</p>
<p>The alumni network is very extensive, especially in the NY/NE area. Non-Tuck graduate students get access to it but it seems like they don’t get as much help as former undergrads do. </p>
<p>Is this true? I mean, since former undergrads make up the bulk of the alumni network, would it be that hard to network with them as a former grad student? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Texassoccer- Have you checked out [url=<a href=“http://alum.dartmouthentertainment.org/]this[/url”>http://alum.dartmouthentertainment.org/]this[/url</a>] link yet? (the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media site)</p>
<p>Now that’s a site! Thanks!</p>
<p>But still, does anyone know if Dartmouth alumns are generally helpful toward non-Tuck grad students?</p>
<p>Dartmouth’s network is very extensive as it pertains to undergrads because that is what they focus on.</p>
<p>Remember the grad schools are very small.</p>
<p>From your posts you state that you are all set and ready to go to Columbia for grad school.</p>
<p>Reservations???</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Duke, Columbia or Penn…</p>
<p>Columbia will cost me a lot. Penn too. Dartmouth offers a lot of aid and I do not want to pass up a chance to work with the Nelson Rockefeller Center. Also I’ve heard that a person (whether u-grad or grad) can really take advantage of everything the school has to offer minus the red tape. </p>
<p>Duke is also on the list. But I was hoping that Dartmouth’s amazing alumni network would have also extended into grad school.</p>
<p>" Remember the grad schools are very small. "</p>
<p>I understand this. But the question still stands: </p>
<p>If I call or email an alumn in a field I am interested in pursuing after my studies, would he or she be reluctant to help me because I’m a former grad student and not a former u-grad?</p>
<p>With all due respect, I don’t think anyone here can really answer that question to your satisfaction, because it depends on the actions of 60,000 different people. Will some see your grad student status and be more reluctant to help? Probably there will be a few. Will there be many who will see ‘Dartmouth’ and go to the mat for you? Assuredly. </p>
<p>But I don’t think there’s any way to say for certain what specific people (i.e. the individuals you call) will do.</p>
<p>I would also say that even if there could be an answer for your question, I don’t think it would be found here. Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t think there’s anyone who has a grad degree from Dartmouth who posts here regularly.</p>
<p>So all we can do is look at undergrad experiences with the alumni network, which, at least imho, is absolutely outstanding.</p>