Class Note 1943
Issue
Jul - Aug 2016
The only advantage of being my age that I can think of is that I’m not applying to Dartmouth now. Look at these frightening statistics for the class of 2020: Of the 20,675 applicants, 10.5 percent were accepted; 94 percent come from the top 10 percent of their classes; 37.1 percent are valedictorians; the mean SAT scores are 737 (critical reading), 741 (math) and 741 (writing).
Additional interesting statistics: 51.6 percent are students of color; 63 percent come from public schools; 8.2 percent come from 60 foreign countries; 8.1 percent are children of alumni; 48 percent qualify for financial aid ($40.2 million total scholarships offered).
In a recent survey of more than 13,000 current and former business school students, Tuck ranked No. 1 for best value among the top 25 business schools in the world—students felt they earned the best education for the price.
Student activists at Dartmouth have persuaded the U.S. Library of Congress that the phrase “illegal alien” should no longer be used to describe non-citizens who lack legal residency status. Beginning in May or June all catalogs using English language headings worldwide will replace the word “alien” with “non-citizen.” The word “alien” is outmoded and prone to misunderstanding.
A new, $20 million, 70,000-square-foot field house is planned for a site near Thompson Arena. It will be an indoor facility to allow student athletes a longer window to practice in cold weather. It will particularly help athletes involved with spring sports. The College hopes to start construction in November, with completion in November 2017.
Former Dartmouth President Jim Wright, a former Marine, is slated to join the board of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Founded in 2004, the nonprofit organization has provided more than 1.2 million veterans with resources and access to a community of their peers and given at least 5,000 former soldiers support from the group’s social workers.
We sadly report the deaths of Seth J. Washburn, Roy H. Kirch Jr., Joseph G. Hirschberg and James B. Malley—who led so many of our reunion memorial services. Our condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org
Additional interesting statistics: 51.6 percent are students of color; 63 percent come from public schools; 8.2 percent come from 60 foreign countries; 8.1 percent are children of alumni; 48 percent qualify for financial aid ($40.2 million total scholarships offered).
In a recent survey of more than 13,000 current and former business school students, Tuck ranked No. 1 for best value among the top 25 business schools in the world—students felt they earned the best education for the price.
Student activists at Dartmouth have persuaded the U.S. Library of Congress that the phrase “illegal alien” should no longer be used to describe non-citizens who lack legal residency status. Beginning in May or June all catalogs using English language headings worldwide will replace the word “alien” with “non-citizen.” The word “alien” is outmoded and prone to misunderstanding.
A new, $20 million, 70,000-square-foot field house is planned for a site near Thompson Arena. It will be an indoor facility to allow student athletes a longer window to practice in cold weather. It will particularly help athletes involved with spring sports. The College hopes to start construction in November, with completion in November 2017.
Former Dartmouth President Jim Wright, a former Marine, is slated to join the board of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Founded in 2004, the nonprofit organization has provided more than 1.2 million veterans with resources and access to a community of their peers and given at least 5,000 former soldiers support from the group’s social workers.
We sadly report the deaths of Seth J. Washburn, Roy H. Kirch Jr., Joseph G. Hirschberg and James B. Malley—who led so many of our reunion memorial services. Our condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org