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  • Reflecting on my support and resources at Dartmouth

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    For international students: What resources have proved most helpful for you as a Dartmouth student?

    A: shuyi

    Great question! First, I want to highlight that being an international student doesn't significantly impact your daily life at Dartmouth.

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    Shuyi Jin 2023
  • Greek Life at Dartmouth

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    Can you be a part of the Dartmouth community without joining Greek life?

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    Approximately 60% of Dartmouth's students are involved in Greek life, which includes three gender-inclusive chapters, ten sororities, and fourteen fraternities.

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    Love Tsai 2023
  • Housing Communities at Dartmouth

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    What are housing communities at Dartmouth? What's so special about residential life?

    A: Profile picture of Garrett Crouch

    Housing at Dartmouth is unique—here are the ends and outs from a first-year student's perspective!

    Housing Community Overview

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    Garrett Crouch 2026
  • Working a Campus Job

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    How do campus jobs work?

    A: Chase Harvey

    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.

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    Chase Harvey 2025
  • D-Plan Specifics

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    What exactly is the D-plan? What are some intricacies of academic planning at Dartmouth?

    A: Profile picture of Garrett Crouch

    With the D-plan, planning your academic journey at Dartmouth becomes a fairly nuanced task. Let's talk about it!

    Academic Planning/D-Plan

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    Garrett Crouch 2026
  • Planning My D-Plan

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    What does your D-Plan look like?

    A: Chase Harvey

    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.

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    Chase Harvey 2025
  • Having Fun at Dartmouth

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    What do students do for fun? Are the events mostly on campus or off campus?

    A: Adrian Chimboza '25

    FUN noun

    \ ˈfən \

    Definition of fun

    1: what provides amusement or enjoyment, specifically: playful, often boisterous action or speech

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    Adrian Chimboza 2025
  • Christian Community at Dartmouth

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    Can you describe what it's like being a Christian at Dartmouth?

    A: Adrian Chimboza '25

    "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

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    Adrian Chimboza 2025
  • On Submitting a Peer Recommendation

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    Should I submit a peer recommendation as part of my application to Dartmouth?

    A: Image of Gabriel Gilbert '23; he is wearing a black aloha shirt with a red leaf pattern that runs from his shoulder down the left half of his shirt.

    Short answer: yes. Long answer: absolutely, totally, certainly, most definitely, resoundingly yes. And here's why.

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