'Likely letters' sent to relieve college tensions
"Senioritis" may infect a few select applicants to the Class of 2009 earlier than their peers, as Dartmouth's Office of Admissions once again sends out "likely letters" in February and early March.
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"Senioritis" may infect a few select applicants to the Class of 2009 earlier than their peers, as Dartmouth's Office of Admissions once again sends out "likely letters" in February and early March.
About 70 percent of junior applicants for coveted senior interviewer positions are still searching for summer employment after the Office of Admissions recently awarded half of the available spots to this term's applicants.
Over 60 students searching for insight into the mysteries of corporate job hunting found a valuable source of advice Tuesday at a marketing, advertising and public relations panel held in Carson Hall.
Applications to most Ivy League schools swelled this year, reaching record highs at several schools including Dartmouth.
In the wake of Dartmouth football's disappointing season and the departure of head coach John Lyons, former Big Green quarterback and head coach Buddy Teevens '79 has returned to rebuild a program that once ruled the Ivy League. Winning, however, is not Teevens' only goal.
Despite an impressive 15.7 percent rate of return last year, the College's endowment dropped to 21st in a ranking of the country's largest university endowments, according to a survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Freshman application numbers hit record highs this year, more than making up for a slight dip in Early Decision applications, according to preliminary numbers released by Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg on Tuesday.
Dartmouth College will pay more than $50,000 to bail out students who will lose portions of their Pell Grants in 2005-2006 because of changes in the way the federal government calculates need for its largest financial-aid program, which offers up to about $4,000 to five million students each year.
As the application deadlines for many grants approach, the scholarship advising office remains in turmoil after the departure of former Scholarship Adviser Marilyn Grundy. Although many students are happy to see Grundy go, her exit leaves the office without an experienced staff.
Tucker Murphy '04 will be leaving Bermuda's sunny beaches for England's hallowed halls this October as a Rhodes Scholar. Murphy will study for a master's degree in integrative bioscience at Oxford University.
Looking to become a part of the only two-year cartooning program in America? You're going to need rent money for "dorm-like apartments" in White River Junction, Vt., a two-page comic about yourself, a snowman, a piece of fruit and a check for $28,000 made out to the Center for Cartoon Studies for tuition.
Repeated faculty votes to abolish Dartmouth's Greek system suggest that many professors think fraternity and sorority houses damage the College's academic reputation. Jere Daniell '55, history professor emeritus and a member of Alpha Theta fraternity, begs to differ.
The Wolfgang Schlitz Adventure Fund took some of the pressure off sophomore Adam Patinkin's parents and his poker game -- two of his fundraising mainstays -- when it decided to help defray the costs of his expedition to climb the tallest peak in the Americas this fall.
Democratic and Republican party challengers questioned few students' right to vote at the polls at Hanover High School Tuesday, despite reports of 500 same-day registrations and widespread speculation that challenges would be common.
Although Homecoming has been celebrated at Dartmouth for 100-plus years, it remains shrouded in mystery for this year's freshmen until tonight. Most '08s have heard the basics of what is perhaps the most exciting weekend of the year. But having yet to experience the weekend for themselves, the specific goings-on of Homecoming weekend are still unknown.
A Dartmouth psychology professor's research is playing an important role in a case on juvenile capital punishment currently before the Supreme Court.
A group of 30 Dartmouth women met to take an important step toward professional success Sunday morning. They threw on spikes, tucked in their shirts and headed to Hanover Country Club for a golf clinic, run by Leslie Andrews Tu '90.