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The D-Plan refers simply to a student’s enrollment pattern – which term(s)
s/he will be on campus, which term(s) s/he will be doing an off-campus program
(i.e., registered for classes but not in Hanover), and which term(s) will be
off.
A student is required to be on campus Fall, Winter, and Spring of the first
year, their sophomore summer, and Fall, Winter and Spring of their senior
year. Typically a student will be “off” (i.e., not registered) for one
term during their sophomore or junior year. A student may also be
off-campus but registered, either participating in one of Dartmouth’s LSAs or
FSPs, or doing one of the 12-College Exchanges.
First-year students must register a plan with the Registrar’s office in the
Spring of the first-year (April 11 for '11s). D-Plans
can be changed as a student’s plans change, though a student is strongly
encouraged to register changes two terms in advance of when those changes would
come into effect. Students do not always get their first choice because of
space constraints on campus (particularly Winter term), and thus students are
asked to submit first, second, and third choices.
A typical residence pattern may look like the following:
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Fall
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Winter
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Spring
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Summer
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First Year
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On Campus
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On Campus
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On Campus
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Sophomore
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LSA/FSP
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On Campus
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On Campus
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On Campus
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Junior
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Off (Internship)
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On Campus
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On Campus
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Senior
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On Campus
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On Campus
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On Campus
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The “off-term” represents one of Dartmouth’s unique opportunities, and
students should be encouraged to begin thinking about how they might make use
of it during their first year. They should be encouraged to use Career
Services to explore some of the thousands of internships available to
them. They may be unaware that various offices here at Dartmouth also
sponsor internships and offer competitive grants to support students during
their off terms, including the office of the Dean of Faculty, the Dickey
Center, the Ethics Institute, Outdoor Programs, the Rockefeller Center, and the
Tucker Foundation. For a list of these opportunities, see http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/undergrad/other.html.
During advising sessions (especially during the Winter term), students
should be invited to think about when they want to be off campus, and what they
might want to do during that time. Advisors should discuss this
explicitly with their advisees during the Winter term meeting in advance of
Spring course selection.
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