Dartmouth College Financial Aid (universal need-blind international admission)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
Dartmouth became need-blind for all international citizens starting with the Class of 2026 and meets 100% of demonstrated need with no loans, including a travel allowance for international students.
What the scholarship covers
No-loan policy. No first-year summer earnings expectation; thereafter a ~$1,500 student work contribution plus roughly $2,450 term-time work income is expected as part of the family/student contribution.
What you need
- IELTS or TOEFL or DuolingoNo official minimum; most successful applicants score above 7 (unofficial benchmark cited on the glossary page, not a hard cutoff). Most successful applicants score above 100 (old format); not a hard minimum. Most successful applicants score above 135; not a hard minimum.
- First-year applicant via Common App only.
- CSS Profile (school code 3351) or ISFAA if the CSS fee is a hardship
- Common App
- Common App personal essay
- 100-word 'why Dartmouth' supplement
- Two additional 250-word supplemental essays (choice of prompts)
- Testing REQUIRED, reinstated from the Class of 2029; SAT/ACT, or 3 AP exams, or IB, A-Levels, or another equivalent national exam.
- Interview optional.
Deadlines
- Date not published Early Decision, fall 2027 entryPage states 'November 1' but does not print the year; treat as ~1 Nov 2026, verify directly.
- Date not published Regular Decision, fall 2027 entryPage states 'January 1' but does not print the year; treat as ~1 Jan 2027, verify directly.
Things to know
Need-blind for all international citizens since the Class of 2026 (announced policy change, confirmed via Dartmouth's own news release).
Strongest-sourced need-blind entry in this set -- multiple official pages opened directly (via a research sub-agent; facts cross-checked). Deadline YEARS are not printed on Dartmouth's own pages, so treat 1 Nov / 1 Jan as unconfirmed-year and verify before quoting.
Sources
- financialaid.dartmouth.edu/apply-aid/international-students International aid policy, travel allowance, work contribution
- home.dartmouth.edu/news/2022/01/universal-need-blind-international-admissions-faqs Announcement that admission is need-blind for all international citizens from the Class of 2026
- admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/testing-policy Required testing policy
- admissions.dartmouth.edu/glossary-term/writing-supplement Essay supplement requirements
- admissions.dartmouth.edu/glossary-term/early-decision ED date (year not printed)
- admissions.dartmouth.edu/glossary-term/regular-decision RD date (year not printed)