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Helicopter Parents: Hovering to Success

By Reese Ramponi | April 26, 2012

If my dad had never told me about Dartmouth, I wouldn't be here. In the Alaskan town where I grew up, many high school counselors weren't familiar with Dartmouth, so my parents were my most reliable source of information.

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College Confidential Clarified

By Sean Schultz | April 26, 2012

Note: All of the following questions were adapted from CollegeConfidential.com. The answers are our own. Pedobear: Can I get in as a transfer with a 3.3 GPA?Answer: No, and get a new username. cookiedough123: Is Dartmouth really in the middle of nowhere?

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Letter from the Editors

By Casey Aylward and Priya Krishna | April 26, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Justin Cozad / The Dartmouth Staff This week's Mirror is dedicated to a topic that some of us endured gracefully and others have relegated to the darkest recesses of our memory: the hysteria surrounding admission into an elite college.

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Overheards

April 26, 2012

'13 Girl entering Late Night Collis: I can't enter this place without my entire body crying out for mozz sticks. '12 Girl not taking classes: I want to nap now, but then I won't be tired enough to nap later. '13 Girl: His Pick-up line was, "I have a memory foam mattress." It was worth it. '14 KDE: I just want him to see me as more than just a Derby invite. '12 Ski Patroller: I made out in Collis Cafe once.

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Being and Dartmouthness

By Kip Dooley | April 26, 2012

As the end of my student life at Dartmouth nears, I'm finding myself looking for the people, events, significant characters and lessons that have defined the story of my class' four years here. One of the first things I did at Dartmouth was to meet then-College President Jim Wright.

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A Century of Dartmouth Admissions

By Sara Kassir | April 26, 2012

Regardless of how much I might have liked some of the alumni who interviewed me while I was going through the college admissions process, there was always one thing that they would say that immediately made me want to punch them in the face: "You know, back in my day, you would've gotten in for sure.

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This One Time... at Dimensions

By Lauren Vespoli | April 26, 2012

Dartmouth students care an incredible amount about wooing prospective students, so much so that we've even mastered meteorological control for the weekend of Dimensions of Dartmouth, as evidenced by the 20-degree increase in temperature as prospective students flocked to Hanover last weekend.

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Through the Looking Glass: Smoke & Mirrors

By Patrick Chen | April 19, 2012

Editor's Note: Through the Looking Glass is The Mirror's newest feature. We welcome submissions from all members of the community both past and present who wish to write about defining experiences, moments or relationships during their time at Dartmouth.

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Overheards

April 19, 2012

'13 Girl: It sounds like a gang fight every time a frat blitzes out. "Psi U. 11 p.m. Bring IDs." '13 Girl on off-term in NYC: Let's do a juice fast.

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The Gender Games

By Kelsey Anspach | April 19, 2012

If I were to paint a picture generalizing all Dartmouth students' singular high school experience, I'd tell you to listen to John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane." Then, I'd then tell you (as Mindy Kaling '01 does in her book) that our experience was the opposite.

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Prep: Ready or Not

By Erin Landau | April 19, 2012

Almost everyone can conjure up an image of the traditional boarding school student: preppy, competitive and obviously in the 99th percentile academically.

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