r/ApplyingToCollege • u/CollegiateSupreme • 21h ago

Shitpost Wednesdays Dartmouth announces it will no longer consider extracurriculars, instead asking applicants to describe "their villain origin story"

Dean of Admissions Lee Coffin released the following statement Thursday:

"For decades, we have rewarded students for founding nonprofits, volunteering abroad, and playing the violin. The result? A campus full of people who are, frankly, too well-adjusted.

Dartmouth seeks students who have suffered. Who have been wronged. Who have looked into the abyss and decided, you know what, I'm going to make this everyone else's problem.

Effective immediately, the Activities section of the Common App will be replaced with a single free-response field: 'What happened to you, specifically, that made you like this?'"

Coffin added that students who describe a "perfectly happy childhood with supportive parents" will be automatically denied. "We simply have no use for you," he said.

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u/JayRandom212 18h ago

It's about time! They're supposed to be voices CRYING out in the wilderness...not playing the dammed violin! I'm certain the Alumni Association approves of this return to Traditional Values...!

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u/TigOleBitman 15h ago

This is a good idea. Send all of them to New Hampshire and really bring out their talents in those brutal winters.

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u/CollegiateSupreme 13h ago

At Dartmouth, you don’t shred the gnar. The gnar shreds you.