Dartmouth 2023-2024 Supplemental Essays - What You Need to Know

Dartmouth College has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants hoping to join the college's Class of 2028. In this video I discuss how you can make the most of these opportunities to further differentiate yourself and your application for the Dartmouth admissions committee.

For more information on how to get into Dartmouth, watch my previous video, "How to get into Dartmouth" here:    • How to get into Dartmouth College  

Dartmouth's 2023-2024 Supplemental Essay Prompts
1. Required of all applicants. Please respond in 100 words or fewer:
Dartmouth celebrates the ways in which its profound sense of place informs its profound sense of purpose. As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2028, what aspects of the College's academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? In short, why Dartmouth?

2. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:
A. 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. (New this year)

B. "Be yourself," Oscar Wilde advised. "Everyone else is taken." Introduce yourself.

3. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:
A. What excites you?

B. 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?

C. Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth's Class of 1925, wrote, "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." As you wonder and think, what's on your mind?

D. Celebrate your nerdy side. (New this year)

E. "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 and outlook? (New this year)

F. As noted in the College's mission statement, "Dartmouth educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership…" Promise and potential are important aspects of the assessment of any college application, but they can be elusive qualities to capture. Highlight your potential and promise for us; what would you like us to know about you? (New this year)

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Bonus 3: INTERVIEW if invited to do so!
While interviews are not required, if you are invited to take part in a virtual or in person interview with a member of Dartmouth's alumni community, jump at the chance! Here are my past videos specifically about college admissions interviews:

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