Below is a list of all blog posts from the People Places Pines blog by Dartmouth College.
How do you combat homesickness?
Under the fears of making new friends, dealing with college academics, and being in a new environment lies a common but often underrepresented worry: homesickness.
How is the experience at Dartmouth as an international student?
As someone who grew up in Montreal and Shanghai, I definitely know that it's like to come to a new country and start school as an international student.
Is the Greek life overpowering? Can you make friends through clubs or other ways?
This is definitely a question I had as an incoming freshman, especially because I had pre-conceived notions of what Greek life was like based on stereotypes from media, other colleges, etc.
What are some out-of-state tips? Anything to know about moving in, weather, etc?
Coming from Pennsylvania, my experiences moving into Dartmouth differed greatly from my friends who are from places like Arizona, British Columbia, or California. However, there are a bunch of different tips that still apply to everyone!
What do you wish you knew before attending Dartmouth?
Going up to Dartmouth, I had an idealistic view of how college was going to go.
Where can you eat on campus?
There are 5 primary places to eat on campus: FoCo, Collis, the Hop, Ramekin, and Novack. All menus can be found online at Dartmouth Dining!
Does the community ever feel too small? Because there are only about 1,000 students in each class, how do you create a community of familiarity and privacy?
Dartmouth is known for its close-knit community of just over 4000 undergraduates, but even in comparison to our other, larger, Ivy siblings, the school feels pretty big!
How can I do research on the social sciences?
I wasn't expecting to do research when started at Dartmouth.
Did you experience culture shock when you first arrived at Dartmouth? If so, what type of culture shock did you experience (i.e. was it relating to socioeconomic classes, ethnicities, etc) and how did you deal with it?
Although I'm an international student and certainly dealt with culture shock when I arrived at Dartmouth, which spanned from words I didn't understand all the way to games I had no idea how to play, I was hesitant to answer this question as I beli
