Dartmouth Admits 15 Percent Overall

Dartmouth received 14,159 applications for the Class of 2011.  2,165 applicants, or 15 percent, were admitted.

The average Math and Verbal SAT scores were 726 and 723, respectively.  37.2 percent were valedictorians, and 94.4 percent were ranked in the top 10 percent of their class.

134 of the admits are legacies.  41 percent of the admits are minorities, with African American and Latino admits comprising 10 percent and 9 percent, respectively.  201 of the admits are international.

Early Decision Admit Rate Approx. 24 Percent

Dartmouth received 1,285 early applications, compared to 1,317 last year, representing a slight decrease of 2 percent. 308 applicants, or 24 percent, were admitted. The accepted students will represent one-third of the new class.

58 of the accepted students were legacies, compared to 60 legacies admitted early last year. 120 of the accepted students, or 31 percent, were recruited athletes. 70 of the accepted students are minorities, compared to 71 last year.

Valedictorians made up 27 percent of the admits, salutatorians 10 percent and students in the top tenth of their class 90 percent. Among Accepted students had an average SAT verbal score of 702, math score of 713 and writing score of 701.