What is there to do at dartmouth?

Colleges & Universities Dartmouth College
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<p>I hope that you answer both of my questions, but if ur runing out of time or something, please answer at least 1!</p>

<p>Hi, I was wondering what there is to do in NH? Is it near any big cities (within 1.5 to 2 hours is near enough)? Are there plenty of social happenings? Any info would be great!</p>

<h2>Also, I know that this will **** the **** out of some of you, but based on my stats posted below this, which ivy should I apply to as a reach ED? I’m debating between Cornell, Dartmouth, and Columbia. And even tho it is a reach, I want it to be reasonable, as in, I should have SOME shot. I know that if I apply to Yale, for example, the mailbox wont even accept the letter because I’d get rejected that easily. And tho thats probably true for the schools I’m considering right now, I still would like ur advice. But if you dont wanna give me chances, fine, but at least answer my ECs at Dartmouth question please!</h2>

<p>demographics
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon, Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school.
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>Please base your recommendation on:
I want to study meds, so I want the ivy (either cornell, columb, or dart) to be good at biology or physiology (perferably physiology). So I’m thinking mentally, not literally factor:
25%- how good is it for physiology (yes I know all ivies are good for this)
25%- Atmosphere ie near a big town (within 2 hours), are there hot girls (lol, but seriously are there?), friendly people, etc.
50%- will I get in to begin with?!</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*Freshman year:
4.0 with honors in 2 classes for both semesters</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
3.8125 overall for both semesters
Bs in AP Chem 1st sem, Precalc 2nd sem, Social Studies 1st sem</p>

<p>*Junior Year (projected)
Human Anat/Phys-A,A
IB Bio HL 1-A,A
Spanish 3-A,A
IB Calculus-B, B
IB Psychology-A,A
Team Sports-A
IB English-B,B (might get "A"s)
IB Tok 1-B</p>

<p>*class rank UW right now = 38/515. Weighted = 30/515 (this should go up because IB = more weighted classes which = higher rank)
*IB Diploma Candidate (that’ll be sad if I’m not)
*Will take AP exams in addition to IB exams, so I could be AP scholar as well.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Team 4 years (will have 4)
*World Quest Trivia 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club VP (2 years)
*Portland Youth Philharmonic (3 years)
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year
*Mathfest Participant sophomore year
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 175-200 volunteer hours done in life science hall)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*will try to get at least 2100+ on SAT, 30+ on ACT</p>

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<p>if ure gnna do ED to any of those schools, i’m sure u should take a visit to the northeast for maybe 3-5 days…or do some heavy research on the settings</p>

<p>cause columbia and dartmouth/cornell have such different campuses…and even cornell and dartmouth are different due to the number of students and such…</p>

<p>Boston is the closest major city to Hanover and theres a shuttle that can take u there regularly, so it is accessible…jst dont expect to go daily to Boston</p>

<p>if ure unsure abt which of the 3 is right for u, dont do ED…it doesnt hurt ure chances too much and in RD, u get a choice between the colleges and then can visit there…at least, that was my mentality</p>

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<p>If you want to be 2 hours from a major city forget Cornell. It’s a half a day from Boston and over 4 hours from New York. It’s surrounded by nothing but farms and forests. It is literally in the middle of nowhere.</p>

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<p>^^Basically. Dartmouth is in a pretty rural area also, though. Columbia, as I’m sure you know is right in the middle of the NYC(there isn’t much of a campus). I would look at them and see what you like because ed actually does raise your chances-- at Cornell especially because they favor ed applicants.</p>

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<p>I transferred from Columbia to Dartmouth and have been to Cornell for three weekends. My PM is full but feel free to ask any questions here.</p>

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<p>honestly, Dartmouth is ten times the college experience of Columbia.</p>

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<p>“It’s surrounded by nothing but farms and forests. It is literally in the middle of nowhere.”</p>

<p>not quite. People seem to forget that Ithaca is large enough to be classified as a city and it’s within 30-45 minutes of an even larger city with plenty of shopping and everything in between. I have been to schools located in the middle of nowhere and Cornell does not qualify.</p>

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<p>There’s certainly more in an urban sense to do in ithaca/cornell than hanover/dartmouth. But people seem to forget that skiing, hiking, and looking at stars without city fog are also “things to do.”</p>

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<p>haha, totally true. </p>

<p>When I give tours at Cornell, I usually guide students to a website (visitithaca.com) and tell them to get the free vacation guide … 60 pages of things to do in Ithaca plus a restaruant and lodging guide. </p>

<p>It’s weird … i’m from a medium sized city, yet had much more fun when I spent the summer in Ithaca - at home, everything closes after 9 or 10 while Ithaca was always full of open cafes, restaurants, and nightly concerts downtown. Going home was boring.</p>