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2013-2014 Dartmouth College (Geisel) Application Thread
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See above. November 21st.
Congrats dear....
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Nice! First acceptance in a while on this thread! Can't say I'm not jealous... Fingers crossed for good news for all of us still waiting!
Does anyone know what the merit scholarship/financial aid situation at Dartmouth is like?
31,000 in annual base school loans. Then they determine your family's ability to pay. Then the rest is scholarships or grants.
I think I got that right. That's what I remember from the interview day, anyways.
I think that's right, too. I think they outright said they don't offer merit-based aid because they have such wonderful applicants to choose from. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, though - I could be conflating schools.
Accepted this morning by email!!! Interviewed 2/18.
Whaddup future friends and colleagues?!?
Whaddup future friends and colleagues?!?
Ok., thank you very much. I guess I was assuming Dartmouth would have cash to spare. Good luck to everyone!
During the financial aid presentation, Dino told us that our GPA, MCAT, ECs don't matter; that is, I doubt there is merit-based aid. Good fortune everyone.
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Thanks Ahstern, I really hope so.... I guess you are also in this waiting boat....?
Haha--yup!
I figure the only places I can be on the applicant spectrum is on the border between accept/WL or between WL/reject, or else I would have gotten the news already. I'm going to choose to believe I'm on the acceptance border rather than the rejection one because I consider my app to be pretty strong, I had a good interview, and I have good stats (and to believe the alternative would be awfully defeatist!). So, knowing that they are conservative in sending acceptances before May, I consider every day I'm not wait listed or rejected as a sign that they're getting closer to my name on the list.
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You know, The further we have gone, the more I've respected admissions committees. It's a fairly thankless role that tasks members with choosing 100 members out of 500ish equally qualified applicants (once interviews are done). They have to somehow equalize disparate and unique experiences and put them on the same scale.
In summation, I don't need to be the best--just one of the best 😉
Accepted just now via email! Interviewed 12/19.
Congrats, Thanks for sharing....!!!!
What were your stats if you don't mind sharing.... and did you write any letter (s) of intent after your interview? any advice for some of us who are still waiting to hear anything.... thannks
~3.9 GPA, 39 MCAT. Didn't have any communication with the admissions office besides sending my interviewers thank you notes after my interview day. No advice besides patience, as frustrating as that is. I'll defer to people more qualified than me to address any questions about letters of interest/intent.
Congrats on your acceptance! I'm shocked you heard back so late - I'd have thunk with your scores, you would've heard back with the first batch of acceptances.
That worries me about my low MCAT/GPA... and whether I'm in the bad limbo...and resigns me to the fact I wont hear back from my early Jan interview until late April.
Sigh. I've decided I'm going to work out everyday to take my mind off this. Come on Dartmouth - send me some goooood news!
You aren't a lone dear... same here...
Thanks for Sharing, congrats once again....
I just don't think there's much of a rhyme or reason to this process that any of us on this side can see. Just because you're still waiting doesn't say much, if anything, about anyone's suitability as a candidate. Keep your chin up! Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear.
Mid-Sept interviewer here, I'm pretty sure they lost mine! :s
Waitlisted, interviewed in February.
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Just got wait-listed as well ugh not sure whether I want to stay on the WL or not 🙁
I interviewed on their first interview day... haven't heard a thing! I think my app's been lost too...
Nothing for me neither...:-/ (knock on wood)
I was hoping for SOMETHING in my inbox when I saw all these posts..
I wonder if today's the "waitlist inform date," in which case, I hope they're done sending them out for the day...
Here is a link to the Facebook group for the Geisel Class of 2018!
Hi, I've just been accepted by email earlier today! 🙂
I'm a Canadian applicant interviewed on 1/30, sent in a letter of interest two weeks ago (I'm convinced it helped!)
Very excited since Geisel was my top choice. Hope to meet some of you guys soon in August! Good luck to everyone!
I'm a Canadian applicant interviewed on 1/30, sent in a letter of interest two weeks ago (I'm convinced it helped!)
Very excited since Geisel was my top choice. Hope to meet some of you guys soon in August! Good luck to everyone!
Have any March interviewees heard back?
Rejected pre-interview today. It was a long-haul .... but I'm glad to finally have closure.
Anyone have a Dartmouth match list I can see? I should have taken pictures during interview day but did not. Can't find it anywhere online.
I don't believe they disclose them year by year; they have a list of their matches for years 2009-2013 all together.
https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/admissions/match_results/
Yeah I saw this too. It is really unclear though....I want to see, year-by-year, what specialties each and every student goes into. 4 total derms and 3 plastic surg for the past 5 years? O rly?
It does say the places where they most commonly match and it only lists about 300 of the 450ish students from those years... but I agree that a year to year list would be better.
While they do create year-by-year match lists, those lists are protected by an extra level of authentication (a Dartmouth-specific ID and password). One option would be to contact admissions and ask if they will share de-identified versions of the year-by-year lists.
Just to spark some activity, does anyone know how much WL movement there was last year? I know in the letter to WLers, they said that in heavy years, it was almost two dozen, but I don't want to get my hopes up too far!
You samsunimomo... you are my favorite person today.
on a side note as far as the waitlist movement goes the current students in the facebook group would probably have a good sense of what is a realistic # of people who would come off of the list.
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Accepted Wednesday (26th). Interviewed December 5th
So, um, anyone else still not heard anything since complete? Complete in August, still not a peep. Talk about dragged out!
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