WHO WILL YOU BE AT DARTMOUTH?
Maybe you’re best known for your skills as a DJ or as a wok chef. Perhaps you’re the type to spend your weekends lost in a book…or hosting an impromptu dance party. Maybe you’re the person who throws a surprise birthday celebration for a friend or always lends a listening ear to someone in need. Though we learn about who you are in the classroom from your teacher recommendations during the application process, we know that at Dartmouth you’ll be so much more than a student—you’ll be a member of our community. That’s why it’s important to us to have a window into what makes you
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you from someone who knows you inside and out—and that’s where the peer recommendation comes in. An optional but strongly encouraged component of your application to Dartmouth (considered an “other recommender” in the Common App), the peer recommendation can be written by anyone who you view as a peer—a classmate, teammate, lab partner, best friend, sibling, or cousin, just to name a few examples. Curious to learn more? Read on to find excerpts of peer recommendations that were written about current Dartmouth students by those who know them best.