The Word on the Street

Sports Illustrated has dubbed Dartmouth the best school For winter sports—a place where students go to class in ski boots and frat brothers play ice hockey in the living room. The FiskeGuide to Colleges claims, "Dartmouth students are as bright as they come, but their intelligence tends to be used for figuring out how to be successful..." TheLos Angeles Times promises a diploma with "snob appeal."

How does Dartmouth play in your hometown? The Alumni Council wants to know. .

Gathering in Hanover in May, Council members held a "buzz session" about Dartmouth's image, generally agreeing that the word on the street is pretty good these days. Among the College's better known accomplishments: the applicant pool keeps getting stronger, student satisfaction is high, magazine ratings put Dartmouth among the best, and the Will to Excel campaign was a big success.

What's your sense of Dartmouth's image? What do you read or hear in the media? Among alumni? Outside the Dartmouth family? Let us know what the buzz is—fill out: the form below and send it to the magazine.

You also may contact your class, regional, or affinity group councilor directly by mail or e-mail. Call the College's toll-free alumni relations number—(888) 228-6068—for names and addresses or find them at the Council's website at .

Council members will bring up your thoughts about Dartmouth's image at their meeting in December and pass them on to the administration and Trustees;

Pass the word.