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What are the different houses at Dartmouth?

The student body is divided into six houses: Allen House, East Wheelock House, North Park House, School House, South House, and West House. Each house has a number of bonding activities throughout the year, from weekly dinners to out-of-state ski trips. Dartmouth students are busy, so everything is 100% optional.
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What are the Dartmouth houses?

West House
  • About the House System.
  • Our Houses. Allen House. East Wheelock House. North Park House. School House. South House. West House.
  • Resident Fellows.
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How many houses are there in Dartmouth?

Each of the six House Communities is co-lead by a live-in Residential Education professional staff member and a House Professor who lives nearby. In addition, each House Community leadership team consists of four Resident Fellows and a team of Undergraduate Advisors (UGAs).
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What are the different types of rooms at Dartmouth?

There are two- and three-room triples, a few quads on campus, suite style living and three- and four-bedroom apartments.
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Is Dartmouth housing random?

Every Dartmouth student is randomly assigned a membership to one of the six House Communities. Most incoming first-year students will live on a first-year floor with other members of their House Community. Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are a way to deepen your engagement at Dartmouth around a particular topic.
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Dartmouth's Housing System

Is Dartmouth a fake Ivy?

Though there are many prestigious colleges across the United States which are mistaken for Ivy League schools, the eight original schools which make up the Ivy League are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, ...
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What is the best dorm at Dartmouth?

Fahey and McClane are joined, and are two of the best dorms for upperclassmen to live in. They are centrally located, and most of the rooms are either singles, two-room doubles, or suites, so you're guaranteed at least some privacy. Seniors and some juniors typically take the rooms in these dorms.
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Where do freshmen live at Dartmouth?

This cluster that first-years reside in consists of Bildner, Rauner, and Berry that is located north of the Green and closest to the Geisel Medical School; the Bildner, Rauner, and Berry cluster is one whole building but interiorly separated by the three halls.
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Are Dartmouth dorms coed?

Welcome home. Nearly 90 percent of Dartmouth undergraduates live and learn together in residence halls; approved co-ed, fraternity, sorority houses, or undergraduate society houses; and affinity houses centered on academic or personal interests.
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Does Dartmouth have a pretty campus?

Frequently ranked one of the most beautiful colleges in America, the Dartmouth campus, located on traditional, unceded Abenaki homelands, is renowned throughout the world for its mountain vistas, towering pines, and pastoral setting in the deep green Upper Connecticut River Valley.
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What is the famous house in Dartmouth?

Agatha Christie's Greenway: 'The Loveliest Place in the World' 'A white Georgian house of about 1780 or 90, with woods sweeping down to the Dart below, and a lot of fine shrubs and trees – the ideal house, a dream house.
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What percent black is Dartmouth?

Students at Dartmouth

The student body at the schools served by Dartmouth is 84.3% White, 1.7% Black, 1% Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander, 5.9% Hispanic/Latino, 0% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
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What is the oldest house in Dartmouth?

The Quaker Whaler House is the oldest building in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1785). Built by William Ray, a Quaker and cooper from Nantucket who moved to Dartmouth in 1785-86 as a whaler.
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What type of students go to Dartmouth?

Dartmouth really seeks students who are risk-takers who will contribute to campus life, as evidenced by the fact that many Dartmouth freshmen start clubs and organizations on campus related to their interests and passions.
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How does Dartmouth housing work?

When you first become a Dartmouth student, you are randomly assigned to one of the housing communities—North Park, South House, School House, East Wheelock, West House, and Allen House. Once you receive your assignment, you are part of that house until you graduate.
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What's the acceptance rate for Dartmouth?

Dartmouth College has an acceptance rate of 6%.
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Can guys and girls dorm together?

Other schools that allow men and women to room together include the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Riverside, Stanford, Humboldt State and the University of Oregon.
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Can guys and girls be in the same dorm?

People of different genders are allowed to be part of the same suite. Multiple rooms connected by a common room create a suite, kind of like an apartment. It is intended as a measure for people who identify as a different gender from their biological sex. However, anyone can avail themselves of this system.
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Where do Dartmouth students party?

Besides small room or flat parties, Dartmouth students usually get together at fraternity and sorority houses. Although these spaces may seem intimidating at first – especially when you just arrived to campus – there are visible efforts to make everyone feel welcome, especially for freshmen.
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Is Dartmouth a dry campus?

Possession, consumption, or service of hard alcohol (30 proof or higher) by undergraduate students and organizations is prohibited on campus and at events held by College recognized undergraduate organizations and athletic teams both on and off campus.
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Can you pick roommate at Dartmouth?

Dartmouth does random roommate selection with great intention.
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Why is Dartmouth so prestigious?

The Ivy League affiliation immediately bestows upon Dartmouth an aura of excellence and academic rigor, solidifying its status among the nation's top-tier universities. The Ivy League consortium is synonymous with a long-standing tradition of educational excellence, and Dartmouth upholds this legacy with pride.
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What is the most popular major at Dartmouth?

Top five most popular majors at Dartmouth
  • Economics.
  • Political Science and Government.
  • Computer Science.
  • Engineering.
  • Mathematics.
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Is Dartmouth or Brown better?

Dartmouth and Brown both have a lot to offer but will appeal to different students. If you're looking for the freedom to explore different interests and choose your own curriculum, you'll find it at Brown. Meanwhile, if you prefer a more structured approach to your education, consider Dartmouth.
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