What are housing communities at Dartmouth? What's so special about residential life?
Housing at Dartmouth is unique—here are the ends and outs from a first-year student's perspective!
Housing Community Overview
How do campus jobs work?
Whenever students are on campus, the odds are that they have a campus job where they work several hours a week. Almost all of my friends have a job of some sort on campus.
What exactly is the D-plan? What are some intricacies of academic planning at Dartmouth?
With the D-plan, planning your academic journey at Dartmouth becomes a fairly nuanced task. Let's talk about it!
Academic Planning/D-Plan
What does your D-Plan look like?
If you have not heard already, Dartmouth's academic calendar runs on a quarter system called the D-Plan where you take 10 week terms. There are four terms in a year, where you must be enrolled in classes for three of the four terms.
What do students do for fun? Are the events mostly on campus or off campus?
FUN noun
\ ˈfən \
Definition of fun
1: what provides amusement or enjoyment, specifically: playful, often boisterous action or speech
Can you describe what it's like being a Christian at Dartmouth?
"But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin." – 1 John 1:7 NLT
Should I submit a peer recommendation as part of my application to Dartmouth?
Short answer: yes. Long answer: absolutely, totally, certainly, most definitely, resoundingly yes. And here's why.
What is the process for finding an internship and how do I go about finding one?
It can be difficult to find an internship on your own. You're in luck because Dartmouth offers many resources to help you get started on your internship search.
How do you look after your mental well-being?
When you leave home for college, you encounter new people, new experiences, new temptations, new fears, and new decisions, and you are no longer guided and protected by your parents. At the same time, it's thrilling, liberating, and terrifying.
