<p>Hey. I’ve applied to Dartmouth and I was wondering if anyone can tell me if its the place for me. I’m an African-American female from NJ. I would like the college I go to to have:</p>
<p>-beautiful campus
-students from all over the country
-great professors; ones i can relate to on a personal basis
-a swimming program or at least a pool that i can just swim laps in for fun
-a strong chemistry/mathematics/music/education program
-suburban/rural area
-safe campus
-option to have a single dorm room</p>
<p>These are my main concerns. Do you think an African-American female from NJ, like myself, would have a great time at Dartmouth. Please be honest. Is Dartmouth for me?? Thanks in Advance!</p>
<p>You can research all of these by yourself, seriously. Look in some sort of guide book, go to their web site. You are actually asking whether Dartmouth is in a “suburban/rural area”? Did you research Dartmouth at all before you applied?</p>
<p>I would say that, given your criteria, you would absolutely love Dartmouth! Profs are in general amazing (though there are, like always, a few bad apples). I’m not sure what kind of swimming opportunities exist for non-swim team members, but I know there are two pools (I used one for the swim test) and the Connecticut River, which I’ve already swam across. I don’t know how much control you’d necessarily have over a single; you can state this in your preferences, but I’d remain open to having a roommate too. I personally am great friends with mine, and with our whole floor in general.</p>
<p>Completely perfect! Amazing undergraduate focus! World class profs! Don’t know about the single dorm room freshman year… but what the hec you dont want to be isolated anyway do you?</p>
<p>I’m grinning a little reading these responses - makes Dartmouth students sound like they are just not the single dorm room types, doesn’t it? In fact, my daughter was told they actually had fewer 09s request singles than they had single space - so at least this year, someone requesting a single would have had a good shot. New dorm space is coming open this fall, so who knows what it will be like, particularly if you are a junior now.</p>
<p>I’m sure if you have medical reasons for a single, that housing will work to accomodate you.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen it discussed on this forum - amazingly - but the new dorm space is enough on track, that housing has been guaranteed for sophomores for fall 06 - this is a big improvement for recruiting, although we had gotten the impression that housing generally worked out for sophs, it was only after some anxious weeks on waiting lists. Students - speak up!</p>
<p>Although sophmores are at the bottom of the food chain as far as housing is concerned, it does always seem to work it self out by the time school starts in the fall. </p>
<p>One of D’s former suitemates along with roommate for sophmore year, did not have housing when they left campus spring of freshman year, but they did have housing before classes started in the fall. with students leaving for study abroad, they were both able to something more “centrally located” for the winter term. Some sophmores alsp moved into their frat/sorority houses winter term as they were now eligible to live in the house.</p>
<p>From what I read also the new housing virtually guarantees housing fro the sophmores (normally last on the list for room draw) so even though they are closing down the treehouses next year and tearing down one of the river dorms, it should be no problem.</p>
<p>side note: D has a single this year and misses having a roommate:)</p>
<p>Yes, Sybbie, we received a letter over Christmas break announcing that the Admin was guaranteeing housing for all students, particularly all sophomores, for Fall 06.</p>