" If you're a student who values close partnerships with professors and small classrooms where you feel free to speak up, then Dartmouth is the place for you."
QuestBridge is a platform that connects motivated and bright high school students from low-income backgrounds with some of the nation's leading colleges and universities. We encourage you to explore the QuestBridge Program's website to learn more and discover if this is the right application process for you.
All QuestBridge Finalists, regardless of participating in the National College Match, can use their QuestBridge application in the Early and Regular Decision programs at Dartmouth College. If you apply to the National College Match, feel free to check out our resources and our FAQs .
You can also find this information on Dartmouth's QuestBridge page .
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Transfer is an admission round in which current college students submit their application by March 1 and receive an admission decision mid-May. Learn more about the Transfer admission round.
Transfer Admission US Citizen or Permanent Resident International Students Undocumented StudentsYou can also find this information on the QuestBridge website .
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You are able to apply as a Regular Decision applicant to Dartmouth using your QuestBridge application if you do not receive a binding match.
If you would like to apply as a Regular Decision applicant to Dartmouth, you must request to forward your application to Dartmouth using the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form by early-December. This way, your entire QuestBridge application, including your recommendations and essays, will be sent to us and you do not have to submit the Common Application. As an applicant to Dartmouth, you must also fill out the Dartmouth Writing Supplement , which will be available on your Dartmouth Applicant Portal once we have received your QuestBridge application. We also encourage you to submit the Peer Recommendation (also found on your Dartmouth Applicant portal) and to participate in an Alumni Interview should you be contacted for one by a Dartmouth alum.
If you have any other application updates (new essays that you want us to see and/or awards and achievements), you may upload those through your Dartmouth Applicant Portal.
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If Dartmouth is your top choice college, we encourage you to consider applying to Dartmouth through our Binding Early Decision program . Dartmouth's financial aid program will meet your family's demonstrated financial need.
QuestBridge Finalists who opt out of the National College Match (i.e. do not rank any colleges) may apply to Dartmouth for consideration in our Binding Early Decision round using their QuestBridge application .
If you choose to apply Early Decision, please email apply@dartmouth.edu for information about how to apply to Dartmouth using your QuestBridge application. Please note that Early Decision applicants must complete the Dartmouth Writing Supplement and the Early Decision Agreement by November 1.
Regular Decision
QuestBridge Finalists who opt out of the National College Match completely (i.e. do not rank any colleges) may apply to Dartmouth in our Regular Decision round using their QuestBridge application or the Common Application. Students should submit only one application.
If you choose to apply Regular Decision using your QuestBridge application, you must request to forward your application to Dartmouth using the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form by early-December. You will also need to fill out the Dartmouth Writing Supplement , which will be available on your Dartmouth Applicant Portal. We also encourage you to submit the Peer Recommendation (also found on your Dartmouth Applicant P ortal) and to participate in an Alumni Interview should you be contacted for one.
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Students who are not named QuestBridge Finalists may still apply to Dartmouth for Binding Early Decision or Regular Decision . In order to do this, you must submit the Common App . Students who are not named QuestBridge Finalists may not share their QuestBridge National College Match Application with Dartmouth. Dartmouth has no preference for one application option over another, and all students are eligible for the same need-based financial aid, regardless of how or when they apply. For more information about applying to Dartmouth, revisit the Apply page and select Regular Decision instead of QuestBridge in the "Start Your Process" section.
The Binding Early Decision deadline is November 1 and the Regular Decision deadline is January 2.
