There’s no one Dartmouth story. People Places Pines is here to share the lives of Dartmouth students — and offer a little admissions advice along the way.
This past fall, I interned at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA for short)! It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. So despite my love of New England falls, I packed my bags for Washington D.C.
Looking back at my housing selection process, I realized there is very little information available about the LLCs. I wrote this blog post to tell you five reasons why I love the Humanities LLC.
As a southerner, my biggest concern about Dartmouth was how I was going to cope with the cold. Luckily, I have a lot of friends that are also excited to embrace the snow with me, so I wanted to share how we've been enjoying winter term so far!
Being in West House means Tuk-Tuk dinners and fun house events almost every week, but this month it also means having the opportunity to join West House's Intramural (IM) basketball team.
I've taken to sitting and watching, treating myself to the slowness of green tea and silence of an uninterrupted morning. But that's one of the best things about college—it offers ample moments for reflection.
Coming to Dartmouth, I already had a plan of the types of communities I wanted to get involved with. One thing I didn't expect was meeting some of my favorite people at the Tucker Center for Spiritual Life.
Come the 3-day weekend, the eight of us rented two cars and drove off from Hanover in the morning. Our destination? Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire.
Collis gets two million visitors a year – why wouldn't you be one of them? Come join the fun and read on to learn how to make the best use of Collis as a socializing space!
The idea of Dartmouth's unlimited snow used to be intimidating, but the past two weeks have been full of peaceful coexistence between students and seasons like no other. Winter's here and we love it.
Coming from a boarding school, I didn't get to work during the weekends. Coming into Dartmouth, I was excited at the prospect of being able to finally get into the workforce. There are many reasons why you would want to work.
How did you become a blogger? What was the process like?
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Great question! First of all, let me just say that becoming a blogger for the Admissions Office was something I never planned to do (or frankly, even knew about before coming to Dartmouth).
When I was heading into Dartmouth, one of the things that I was most afraid to ask about but most curious to learn about was social life, parties, and what students did for fun!
Dartmouth's a pretty rural campus. What do you do for fun?
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This was definitely a question on my mind as I was looking into Dartmouth. We've all heard of the idea that Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere, and that there isn't much to do.
In what ways has the Dartmouth community helped you balance academic and personal pursuits?
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At Dartmouth, academics require a large time commitment. Because of the quarter system, classes move fast, covering what is a semester's worth of content at most schools in only ten weeks.
With course selection for the upcoming Winter term bearing down on students, a lot of my friends have been asking each other what cool classes they should take, what upcoming distributive requirements they can fulfill, and talking about how they a
