Admit Party for Dartmouth Class of 14 4/18/10

Arriving guests included students admitted to the Dartmouth College Class of '14, their parents, recent graduates of the college, older alums, and parents of recent students.

Conversations began immediately, even before entering the door. Classmates greeting each other, parents talking with parents, new admits meeting potential classmates.

After about an hour, Jeff Crowe and Linda Swenberg called the meeting to order and greeted the new admits. They are local representatives of the admissions process, the District Enrollment Directors, who contact applying students and arrange interviews as part of the admissions process.

The students admitted to the Class of '14 introduced themselves to the group.

Students stated their name, school, and one thing that attracted them to Dartmouth.

It was quite a crowd (the largest group yet) with admits, new alums, parents, and so on.

Recent graduates (new alums) found themselves under the staircase, observing the introductions.

The students were very attentive as admits (their potential classmates) introduced themselves.

The parents seemed to find themselves nearby in the music room, listening to the discussion.

It was quite a jam.

After the introductions, Jeff invited the new alums to take over the staircase to answer questions from the admits and their parents.

Here are more of the young alums on the stairs. The information flowed freely, and, after questions ran out, conversations continued until late in the night. You could say there was a lot of interest.

Colleen Wearn, the Admissions Officer responsible for selecting the students admitted in Northern California, payed a surprise visit to the event, welcoming the newly admitted students to Dartmouth. She was delighted to see many of the students she had personally reviewed at the event.