All Dartmouth undergraduate students, beginning in the fall of 1999, will be able to retain 100 percent of any outside scholarships they might receive. Approximately one-third of the financial aid recipients at Dartmouth will benefit from this change in policy. Dartmouth is committed to enabling families to use this additional resource to further reduce loans. Dartmouth will increase the scholarship budget for first-year international students by 6 percent. The enrollment of international students has been an admissions priority at Dartmouth for many years.
International students contribute to the diversity of the educational experience.
The generosity of Dartmouth alumni and others enables us to enhance our aid programs so they accurately reflect the needs of families. We are proceeding with the multiple aims of offering financial aid awards that make a Dartmouth education affordable for students and their families, preserving our need-blind admissions program, and ensuring equitable treatment of all financial aid recipients at Dartmouth.