College Confidential Clarified

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?

Verbum Ultimum: Matching Words with Actions

Last Monday, copies of "pledge notes" were distributed anonymously throughout the Choates residence hall cluster.

Ex Libris 2012-04-27

Helicopter Parents: Hovering to Success

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.

Through the Looking Glass: Disappearing

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.

Hollisto's World

A couple weeks ago I discovered a new passion. Surprisingly, Hanover decided to give us one good week of weather, so I spent an entire Saturday afternoon enjoying the gorgeous sunshine.

The REAL Dartmouth Report Card

It's time for Dartmouth to get a report card. Prospective students need an easier and more legible way of understanding Dartmouth before they seal their four-year fate.

Being and Dartmouthness

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.

Top 5 Reasons Why You Probably Wouldn't Get into Dartmouth 50 Years from Now

There's a '14 who harnessed the wind and a '15 who won an Olympic medal. Inevitably, there will be a '16 who cured cancer, a '17 who won the Nobel Prize and an '18 that foiled a plot to assassinate the U.S.

Caldwell '12 named Skier of the Year

Although Sophie Caldwell '12 began skiing "as soon as [she] learned to walk," she said she never expected to be honored as the 2012 Collegiate Nordic Skier of the Year by Ski Racing Magazine.

A Century of Dartmouth Admissions

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.

Pelaez gains two-year deportation reprieve

Last weekend, Daniela Pelaez, who has committed to Dartmouth as a member of the Class of 2016 and whom news outlets have dubbed the "poster child" for the DREAM Act, came to Dartmouth along with over 530 other prospective students for Dimensions of Dartmouth last weekend.

This One Time... at Dimensions

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.

Pedde: In Need of a Few Ground Rules

It is no secret that, three years since the official end of the recession, many of the world's economies are still in terrible shape.

Salty Dogs 2012-04-26

TFA founder Wendy Kopp to deliver 2012 Commencement address

Founder and CEO of Teach for America Wendy Kopp will deliver the Commencement address to the Class of 2012 on June 10, according to a College press release.

Husband-and-wife team picked to redesign Hood

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, an architecture firm based in New York, was chosen by a College selection committee to design and renovate the Hood Museum of Art and Wilson Hall, according to a College press release.

Online forum aims at transparency

Palaeopitus Senior Society launched an online forum on Tuesday that makes use of Google Moderator, a program through which students can submit and vote on questions addressed to Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson.