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The Dartmouth
May 21, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

The Perfect Application

The ideal teacher recommendation
The ideal teacher recommendation

In typical fashion, upon verifying the positively incredible details of his application, Leland Stanford VII was accepted to Dartmouth, if only because his application reminded them of Mark Zuckerberg as portrayed in "The Social Network" (2010). After all, the movie made clear how his future at Dartmouth would pan out he would attend for a year, get a great idea, drop out and donate lots of money. In other words: small investment, big return.

They called it "The Perfect Application."