Who Comes To Dartmouth?

DMS students arrive with degrees in everything from neuroscience to English literature to music performance. Some are single, some have partners, and some are parents. About half come directly from college or graduate programs, the rest have worked as professional athletes, journalists, business entrepreneurs, you name it. Their interests in medicine are as diverse as their personal backgrounds. But for all of their individuality, Dartmouth students share certain sensibilities.

They want to go places. Perhaps that's why DMS's unique clerkship program, which encourages students to do rotations at offsite locations around the country and in different parts of the world, is particularly appealing. Dartmouth students also want to make a difference. Now. Not later. In fact, most Dartmouth students arrive with strong backgrounds in community service and activism. At DMS, they find an environment that fully supports their efforts to participate in or launch health initiatives from the local to the international level or to volunteer in other fulfilling ways. At Dartmouth, students care deeply about their causes, their work, their patients, and each other.

By all accounts, the Dartmouth student body is a particularly close-knit group. One reason is the smaller class size, of about 70 students. Here, no one is anonymous. Everyone is part of the peer group. As you are going through medical school, Dartmouth students are the kind of classmates you can count on for inspiration and support. After medical school, they are the kind of people you can count on as lifelong friends and colleagues.