Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH, US🇺🇸

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Stories from students at Dartmouth College

My path to Dartmouth as a social activist, entrepreneur, and dreamer

Dartmouth College 🇺🇸

Hanover, US

My path to Dartmouth as a social activist, entrepreneur, and dreamer

by Alejandra from Peru 🇵🇪

From Islands to Ivy: My Journey to the King Scholarship at Dartmouth

Dartmouth College 🇺🇸

Hanover, US

From Islands to Ivy: My Journey to the King Scholarship at Dartmouth

by Angelica from Indonesia 🇮🇩

Getting into Dartmouth Class of 2029 from Indonesia

Dartmouth College 🇺🇸

Hanover, US

Getting into Dartmouth Class of 2029 from Indonesia

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by Ryan from Indonesia 🇮🇩

Dartmouth College 🇺🇸

Hanover, US

How I got into Dartmouth College as a Peruvian student with fully-funded Beca Cometa Scholarship

by Maia from Peru 🇵🇪

Dartmouth College 🇺🇸

Hanover, US

My Journey from Rwanda to Dartmouth College with full financial aid

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by Pacifique from Rwanda 🇷🇼

Location & Campus

Gender Distribution

Fall 2023 undergraduate

% of International Students

2024-2025 undergraduate

Dartmouth College is located in Isolated Town of Hanover, NH, US🇺🇸

Admissions

Deadlines

- Nov12024
  Early Decision
  Fall 2025
- Jan22025
  Regular Decision
  Fall 2025

Acceptance Rate

Fall 2024 undergraduate

International

Overall

Test Scores SAT/ACT

Test Policy for Fall 2026: SAT/ACT Required

SAT

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

740780

Math

760790

ACT

Composite

3335

The range shows 25th - 75th percentile scores of students enrolled in Fall 2023

Relative Importance of Factors in Admission Decisions

Academic Factors

Factor	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Rigor of secondary school record	✓
Class rank	✓
Academic GPA	✓
Standardized test scores	✓
Application essay	✓
Recommendation(s)	✓

Non-Academic Factors

Factor	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Interview			✓
Extracurricular activities	✓
Talent/ability		✓
Character/personal qualities	✓
First generation			✓
Alumni/ae relation			✓
Geographical residence			✓
State residency				✓
Religious affiliation/commitment				✓
Volunteer work			✓
Work experience			✓
Level of applicant’s interest			✓

Supplemental Essays

Required of all applicants, please respond in 100 words or fewer:

As you seek admission to Dartmouth’s Class of 2029, what aspects of the college’s academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? How is Dartmouth a good fit for you?

100 words

Please respond in 250 words or fewer:

Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:

There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today.

“Be yourself,” Oscar Wilde advised. “Everyone else is taken.” Introduce yourself.

250 words

Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:

It’s not easy being green…” was the frequent refrain of Kermit the Frog. How has difference been a part of your life, and how have you embraced it as part of your identity, outlook or sense of purpose?

What excites you?

Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta recommended a life of purpose. “We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things,” she said. “That is what we are put on the earth for.” In what ways do you hope to make—or are you already making—an impact? Why? How?

In “Oh, The Places You’ll Go,” Dr. Seuss invites us to “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” Imagine your anticipated academic major: How does that course of study sync with Dr. Seuss’s advice to you?

Celebrate your nerdy side.

The social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees have been the focus of Dame Jane Goodall’s research for decades. Her understanding of animal behavior prompted the English primatologist to see a lesson for human communities as well: “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” Channel Dame Goodall: Tell us about a moment when you engaged in a difficult conversation or encountered someone with an opinion or perspective that was different from your own. How did you find common ground?

Buddy Teevens ’79 was a legendary and much beloved coach at Dartmouth. He often told parents: “Your son will be a great football player when it’s football time, a great student when it’s academic time, and a great person all of the time.” If Coach Teevens had said that to you, what would it mean to be “a great person”?

Please respond in 250 words or fewer.

250 words

Costs & Aid

$87,565Total Cost on Campus

$3,398Average Cost After Aid on Campus

2023-2024 for international students

Estimated expenses	Academic year 2023-24
Undergraduate tuition and fees	$65,511
Books and supplies	$1,005
On-campus housing	$19,009
On-campus other expenses	$2,040
Total	$87,565

Rankings

#15U.S. News Best National University Rankings 2025

#=168Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

#243QS World University Rankings 2025

Fields of Study

Students graduated in 2022-2023