Oh, The Place You'll Go....(with a Dartmouth degree).

I have always known of the uniqueness of Dartmouth and have learned even more these past two years of how incredible it is to be a part of the Dartmouth Experience.

Here are some of the things that set Dartmouth apart:
1) The D-Plan. Dartmouth is on the quarter system. This mean that we have four 10-week terms (fall, winter, spring, summer). Volleyball is during the fall term, which means that our players have the freedom to travel abroad during the winter term or have an internship, etc. The option is theirs for the winters of the sophomore and junior years.

2) Limited missed class time. Given all the hype of March Madness and how much is said in the media about how poorly Division I college students perform in the classroom - we are just the opposite. Being an Ivy League institution means that we hold ourselves to the highest standards and take our academics seriously. If our players schedule their classes for the mornings and early afternoons in the fall term, they could potentially only miss two Fridays of classes while we are in season. Additionally our team GPA consistently hovers around 3.2.

3) Best Undergraduate Teaching Institution. In 2009 U.S. News and World Report's ranked Dartmouth as #1 in the category of "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among national universities.

4) A Few Famous Dartmouth Alums:
-Theodor Seuss Geisel '25 (aka Dr. Seuss) - Children's author and illustrator
-C. Everett Koop '37 - former Surgeon General of the United States
-Sandy Alderson '69 - CEO of San Diego Padres baseball organization
-Jeffery Immelt '78 - CEO of General Electric
-John Donahoe '82 - CEO of eBay
-Timothy Geitner '83 - United States Secretary of the Treasury
-Rachel Dratch '88 - Actress, cast member of Saturday Night Live
-Connie Britton '89 - actress; best known as Tami Taylor on Friday Night Lights
-Andrew Shue '89 - actor, best known for Melrose Place
-Sondra Rhimes '91 - Screenwriter, director, and producer; best known for producing Grey's Anatomy (ever wonder why Meredith wears a Dartmouth shirt?)
-Gillian Apps '06 - two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice hockey
-Cherie Piper '06 - three-time Olympic gold medalist in ice hockey

5) Dartmouth is a liberal arts college. We offer 35 majors that cover a wide range of possibilities once your graduate. You can find a physician that majored in Physics and a high school teacher that majored in Environmental Studies.

For the smallest school in the Ivy League, we have a lot going on!



-Heather Somers, assistant coach