The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

On a cold, wet morning, orange clouds fill the eastern sky. I sit comfortably in a worn, damp stock saddle with the five hundred head we just wrangled milling before me. I’ve already been up for three

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There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today”:

As the youngest of four, I grew up never being the biggest, strongest, fastest, or best at anything. Everything was a competition and my siblings won every time. However, my father gave me a different

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Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth’s Class of 1925, wrote, “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” As you wonder and think, what’s on your mind?

Lost in roaming thoughts I often think about Paul Kalanithi's questioning of the purpose of life, in his memoir When Breath Becomes Air. Reading his story sparked my awakening to different “riches”. W

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Dartmouth celebrates the ways in which its profound sense of place informs its profound sense of purpose. As you seek admission to Dartmouth’s Class of 2028, what aspects of the College’s academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? In short, why Dartmouth?

I come from a state where the primary focus is on oil and gas, strip mining, coal bed methane, and feedlots, so the Sustainability Action Project excites me. People in my town often think sustainabili

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