"Peer" Recommendation on Dartmouth app

born2dance94
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:42:08 +0000

First of all, I know a few kids from this year alone who got in without doing the peer rec. They mistakenly thought it was optional and didn’t do it yet still got accepted.

Second, Dartmouth requires very little in terms of a supplement… and the peer rec requires very little from the applicants themselves. So using the peer rec as a reason for not applying just reflects laziness on the student’s part.

Third, if you don’t like it… don’t apply. Don’t worry, they aren’t hurting for applicants. Apparently there are many kids more than willing to do the peer rec. In fact, there are so many that every year they have to turn away more and more amazing applicants.