2015-2016 Dartmouth College (Geisel) Application Thread

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Sorry guys :( Anyone still waiting for a decision? I still haven't heard anything back
 
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Also waitlisted just now, interviewed October. 6 month wait for a waitlist spot, sigh.
 
Sorry all :( haven't heard anything yet. Maybe they're going chronologically? When did you interview?
 
Seems like there are quite a few of us still waiting. If all decisions have been made, I don't know why they can't just send all of the emails at once!
 
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Rejected by email today (interviewed in Nov). Honestly I'm ok with this because I probably wouldn't have matriculated here, so they probably made the right call (even though I don't think my interview went poorly).
 
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emma2015 said:
Seems like there are quite a few of us still waiting. If all decisions have been made, I don't know why they can't just send all of the emails at once!
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Per people's calls today into the office, they may still make acceptance offers. I think they work through the list slowly to make decisions. I don't believe that the actual decision is made in committee, but rather they score everyone as a committee, and then the Chair decides where the rejection/WL/acceptance cutoffs are on a regular basis. This is how it was explained to us at my interview, anyway.


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Rejected. Oh well. Good luck to those who are still waiting!
 
They say that to stay on the waitlist you should re-affirm your interest, and that decisions to accept those on the waitlist likely won't begin until mid-May. Think I'm going to be honest and tell them I won't be able to change plans by then since the other school I'm accepted at starts so early, even though I'm super curious to see if I would ever get accepted. I wish some schools didn't start much earlier/later than others so nobody would have to be in this position. Dartmouth, you are a heart breaker.
 
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hopefully those of us who didn't hear back hear some good news tomorrow... although I don't want to get my hopes up
 
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I'd guess that if you haven't heard back yet, you're probably right on the WL/acceptance line. They're probably getting a lot of withdrawals from accepted students who already got into schools they prefer. I'd imagine that they're just trying to be cautious to not overenroll and are therefore waiting for the official withdrawals. But, just as a disclaimer, I know nothing about anything.
 
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Limbo123 said:
I'd guess that if you haven't heard back yet, you're probably right on the WL/acceptance line. They're probably getting a lot of withdrawals from accepted students who already got into schools they prefer. I'd imagine that they're just trying to be cautious to not overenroll and are therefore waiting for the official withdrawals. But, just as a disclaimer, I know nothing about anything.
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Yes, I would agree with this. I'd imagine anyone who hasn't heard was not a "for sure" WL or acceptance. So probably good news for you all either way, as you're probably high on a WL if not accepted first.


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Limbo123 said:
I'd guess that if you haven't heard back yet, you're probably right on the WL/acceptance line. They're probably getting a lot of withdrawals from accepted students who already got into schools they prefer. I'd imagine that they're just trying to be cautious to not overenroll and are therefore waiting for the official withdrawals. But, just as a disclaimer, I know nothing about anything.
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what what you're saying is.... we're in LIMBO

...pls accept me Dartmouth
 
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Limbo123 said:
I'd guess that if you haven't heard back yet, you're probably right on the WL/acceptance line. They're probably getting a lot of withdrawals from accepted students who already got into schools they prefer. I'd imagine that they're just trying to be cautious to not overenroll and are therefore waiting for the official withdrawals. But, just as a disclaimer, I know nothing about anything.
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skiman3210 said:
Yes, I would agree with this. I'd imagine anyone who hasn't heard was not a "for sure" WL or acceptance. So probably good news for you all either way, as you're probably high on a WL if not accepted first.
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Omg I really hope this is true
 
Limbo123 said:
I'd guess that if you haven't heard back yet, you're probably right on the WL/acceptance line. They're probably getting a lot of withdrawals from accepted students who already got into schools they prefer. I'd imagine that they're just trying to be cautious to not overenroll and are therefore waiting for the official withdrawals. But, just as a disclaimer, I know nothing about anything.
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Really want to believe this haha :) also that seems like it would explain why people reported being told conflicting things when they called yesterday ("only waitlists are going out now" vs. "some acceptances might still go out now")....like they're supposed to only be doing waitlists by now, but they are also having new spots open up. At least, it makes sense in my head....COME ON DARTMOUTH
 
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beyoncepadthaii said:
Really want to believe this haha :) also that seems like it would explain why people reported being told conflicting things when they called yesterday ("only waitlists are going out now" vs. "some acceptances might still go out now")....like they're supposed to only be doing waitlists by now, but they are also having new spots open up. At least, it makes sense in my head....COME ON DARTMOUTH
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I don't know if it's good or bad, but Dartmouth seems to be conservative with ANY decisions that they make, and this goes for waitlisting as well as accepting people. Based on speaking with friends who have applied in the past, they really seem to like to see what shakes out in very small batches before categorizing applicants with decisions (last year, they actually slowly shrunk the waitlist all summer, keeping some people without any answer until the day before classes as there might have been even the slightest chance of admission, even then). So those who were not waitlisted yesterday are probably on the WL/A line, and they have to see what continues to happen as those already accepted decide where they'll be going.
 
What you're saying sounds very reasonable to me, but the fact that there were no reported outright acceptances after the first week of April (that I could find) in the past ~5 years of applicant threads here was a little disheartening to say the least.
 
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What you're saying sounds very reasonable to me, but the fact that there were no reported outright acceptances after the first week of April (that I could find) in the past ~5 years of applicant threads here was a little disheartening to say the least.
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Fair point. However, there were acceptances in mid-late April off of the waitlist last year, so I would assume that those who have not yet heard about WL are likely closer to the acceptance line than those who heard already. This is obviously conjecture, but I can think of no other reason as to why they'd do it in batches.
 
Has anyone who interviewed in 2016 been WL'd yet? Or is this just a tidal wave of WLs moving chronologically forward until it gets me :(
 
I interviewed mid-January. seems like they might be moving chronologically ah
 
I was mid-December and still nothing here. So I don't think it's entirely chronological

Well, scratch that - Just waitlisted as I submitted
 
This is so agonizing. I'm a late Feb still waiting.
 
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I'm afraid to post. I don't want to be hit with a WL but then again haven't heard anything since November. Oh the humanity.
 
Any ideas on # of waitlist spots? I remember MSAR reporting like 270 acceptances for 90 spots, and I'm guessing that includes WL?
 
Also waitlisted. Early December interview. The joys of waiting another month. or two. or three.
 
Okazaki Frag Grenade said:
Any ideas on # of waitlist spots? I remember MSAR reporting like 270 acceptances for 90 spots, and I'm guessing that includes WL?
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The new MSAR says 10-30 WL spots, but not sure if this means the number of accepted from WL or the actual number of WL spots.
 
skiman3210 said:
The new MSAR says 10-30 WL spots, but not sure if this means the number of accepted from WL or the actual number of WL spots.
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Based on this thread, I'm sure that means the number accepted.
 
Just waitlisted as well... Woof. Wanted to share that the waitlist is unranked, so I would try to not read too much into the timing of this very "meh" news. I really appreciate how transparent they're trying to be, but god damn this whole application process thing has been going on for waaaaay too long.

EDIT: I interviewed in early Feb. I know how much everyone likes to try to find order in tidbits like that :)
 
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Just waitlisted as well... Woof. Wanted to share that the waitlist is unranked, so I would try to not read too much into the timing of this very "meh" news. I really appreciate how transparent they're trying to be, but god damn this whole application process thing has been going on for waaaaay too long.

EDIT: I interviewed in early Feb. I know how much everyone likes to try to find order in tidbits like that :)
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