If you were a prospie yawning your way through yet another college tour, wouldn’t you choose the school where a horde of frenzied students, followed by a marching band and a walking keg, suddenly started running around screaming, “It’s drinkin’ time!”?
First-world problems had never been so relevant until a week ago, when I took my phone out of my pocket and realized with horror that it would not turn on.
Outrageous fees are part of the college admissions process — it’s no big secret. With preparation books for every standardized test imaginable, application fees that stop you from adding that one last safety school to your list and pricey volumes with oddly specific titles like “The 437.5 Best Colleges in the U.S.” and “100 College Admissions Essays That Really, Truly, Actually, Honestly, Definitely Worked,” it’s impossible to escape the process with your wallet unscathed.
A weekly discussion group will examine the model minority stereotype, cultural expectations of masculinity and other issues faced by Asian and Asian-American students at Dartmouth.
Pennsylvania gubernatorial contender Tom Wolf ’71 is building his campaign on a platform of economic innovation, calling attention to his background outside the political sphere to gain recognition as an unconventional candidate in the packed race. The 65-year-old Democrat from Mount Wolf, Pa., who has never held an elected position, said he hopes to win over voters with his background as both a scholar and multi-millionaire businessman.
While winter storm Hercules pummeled the Northeast late last week, students returning to Hanover found their trips extended due to weather-related cancellations and delays. Boston Logan International Airport, a transit hub commonly used by students traveling to Hanover, was one of the airports most severely affected by the storm.
Leehi Yona ’16 will champion stricter climate change policies at a United Nations Conference in Warsaw, Poland this week alongside 16 other delegates from SustainUS, a nonprofit advocacy group that encourages youth participation in advancing sustainable development.
As medical schools across the country see a record number of applications and enrollments this year, the Geisel School of Medicine is also seeing an increase in applications, though the school has no plans to increase enrollment.
Alumni Council members convened in Hanover this weekend for the 207th session to represent their constituents and discuss the current state of the College.
While peers Yale University and Princeton University recently announced class size expansions, there are no current conversations at Dartmouth to do the same.