More than students admitted into this cohort were either the valedictorian or salutatorian of their high school class. Dartmouth is looking for young people who are among the best, or, have the potential to be among the very best at something in the world.
They are less interested in a jack of all trades, master of none type of individual. Seuss, Robert Frost , scientists Samuel Katz, inventor of the measles vaccine , intellectuals countless , and actors and actresses Meryl Streep, Mindy Kaling. For advice about how to stand out on the extracurricular front, check out our previous blog entitled How Many Extracurricular Activities Do I Need for College? Outside of the classroom, Dartmouth is not going to be impressed that you filled the ten spaces on the Common App Activity List; they are looking for genuine excellence in one or more activities.
For example, you won a prestigious international math competition, you are one of the top cellists in the United States, you published original scientific research, or you started a charitable organization that made a monumental impact. Of course, being a star athlete can also help.
Recruited athletes will enjoy an edge in the admissions process. If you hail from the Deep South or a less-populated state like Montana or Idaho, your location is more likely to provide a boost to your admissions chances. This is a huge setback, so it's normal to feel sad, angry, and confused.
But it's also important to remember that all Ivy League schools are extremely hard to get into , so much so that the vast majority of applicants get rejected.
So you're definitely in good company! And getting rejected says nothing about your intellectual ability or academic promise.
Once you've come to accept your rejection, it's time to weigh your options: the schools Ivy and non-Ivy you have been accepted to.
If you got into your second-choice school and know for sure you want to go here, get started on accepting your offer of admission here and on declining any admission offers you received from other schools. On the other hand, if you don't have a second-choice school or are doubting where you'd like to go since getting rejected from your dream school, take some time to really consider which college you'll be most satisfied at.
The rule of thumb is to wait until you've heard back from every school you've applied to and then look at your acceptances. As you consider your options, here are some key questions to ask yourself to help you figure out which college will be the best fit for you:. Ivy Day isn't a happy day for everyone, especially if you got rejected from all the Ivies you applied to. This is certainly much more of a setback than if you got rejected from one or two Ivies but still got into at least one.
It's important at this time to take care of yourself before you make any college decisions. Allow yourself to be upset, sad, or angry or all three! That said, try to also remind yourself that college admissions are really a mixed bag , especially when it comes to the Ivy League.
Many qualified applicants are turned down each year. Indeed, the acceptance rates for Ivy League schools are extremely low, so you're certainly not in the minority if you get rejected!
Moreover, know that Ivies aren't the be-all and end-all of colleges. There are tons more schools that are just as good as, if not better than, the Ivies , and if you've been accepted to any of those, that's a huge accomplishment! Once you've had some time to mentally process the rejections, it's time to start looking at your other college options. Take a look at the colleges you have been accepted to.
Are there any you want to attend more than others? If so, get rid of the schools you're not as interested in and start doing some research on the schools you are thinking of going to. If, on the other hand, you're at a total loss as to where to go to college now that you haven't gotten accepted to the Ivies you applied to, it's a good idea to buckle down and start doing research on each school you've been accepted to.
I suggest going online to each school's official website; you can also check out real student opinions on websites such as College Confidential , Reddit , and Niche. If possible, try visiting the campus directly to help give you a more direct look at what kind of environment and amenities a particular school offers students.
Finally, be sure to consider the financial aid packages you've received from each school. If one school is offering you a lot more aid than your other schools are—and cost is a huge factor for you —the amount of financial assistance you get might be the main reason you pick a certain college.
Doing all of this should help you narrow down your choices and eventually find the best college for you! Want to learn more about the Ivy League? Check out our expert guides to learn how to get into Harvard , what kinds of admission rates Ivy League schools have , and what the current rankings of Ivy League schools are. We can help. She focuses on something that only Dartmouth can offer her. Angela uses her essay to home in on a part of Dartmouth that both academically and culturally is not offered at other similar schools, underscoring why she wants to go to Dartmouth and not just any Ivy.
Dartmouth gives applicants a choice of six different prompts to answer for their second essay. Each essay should be between and words. Use one of these translations to introduce yourself. If not, they should simply focus on the aspect of storytelling. In my family, translation itself is always unclear. The family stories imported from Kerala have sometimes been bruised or reshuffled in transit, so my siblings and I are always asking ourselves: Is this our history?
Our legend? Is it important that we know the difference, that we find our truth, or can we just take what serves us and move on? In Portland, my family largely focuses on the present: the practical nature of life in the US and the logistics of having another home in India. In Kerala, the same story sounds completely different.
I realized environment can change the way people think and speak about themselves—a story told by my mother in the steady rain with Mount Hood peaking just over the clouds sounds different than the same story told by my grandmother in the dense humid tea plantations of the Malabar Coast. But as I grew older, I learned that history is written by humans and is subjective. It changes based on language, new discoveries, personal accounts. Family history that spans two continents is really no different.
Now I can look at both stories as equally true. She centers the idea of translation. She shows intellectual growth. Leena mentions learning that history itself is subjective and applies this to her own change in perspective about her familial history.
As a highly open-ended prompt, this essay can take many different directions. This makes it a good choice for applicants who want to paint a fuller picture of their interests and motivations. Sometimes I study in the coffeeshop in the famous D. But once I was zoning out on my homework, and I started listening to a poetry reading happening in the next room. I was really struck by the way the poet used language, how he was able to say so much about the state of the world using so few words.
I found out that poet was named Eduardo C. Corral and I picked up his book Slow Lightning from the store. Listening to Corral speak and seeing the poems on the page felt like two completely different experiences.
I usually think about border politics in terms of current events and policy, but this book really made me reimagine the legacy of the border from a different perspective. The language of the book felt fluid and not necessarily tied to events, or even orientation on a page.
It made the discussion around immigration feel less reductive to me in general. Corral also switches between Spanish and English, without translation. I was influenced by his book to incorporate more Persian, which my grandparents still speak at home, into my everyday life. Reza focused on how a chance encounter with a book helped him reimagine the world, influenced a change in his personal life, and introduced him to a new interest. Deviated from our preconceptions of a STEM student.
What they might not have known is that he is also a reader of poetry. Prompt 4: In The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind , William Kamkwamba, Class of , reflects on constructing a windmill from recycled materials to power the electrical appliances in his family's Malawian house: "If you want to make it, all you have to do is try.
This prompt is perfect for students who love to create things—perhaps physical objects like artwork or food, or non-tangible creations like community, dialogue, or home. The applicant is invited to talk about their past accomplishments of creation, or aspirations for the future. Use one of these angles or incorporate them both! I was a shy kid, mostly nonconfrontational. If someone hurt my feelings, I would probably never tell them and just sit with it until those feelings went away.
When I joined the newspaper, I realized that as a reporter I would have to start talking to people more and sometimes confront them about their actions or perspectives. So, when my lab partner in AP Bio, who is white, was disappointed to be paired with me, a person of color, I decided I was no longer going to sit with hurt feelings, especially in a context I viewed as racism.
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