Admitted Student Checklist: On-Campus MPH & MS
Welcome to Dartmouth! We're thrilled that you have decided to join our community of health care change agents and are looking forward to meeting you this summer. See below for a list of action items to work on during the next few months, and please reach out to us by email with any questions.
2023 Key Dates |
To Do |
May 16 |
Incoming Student Survey available |
June 5 |
MPH/MS/PhD Program Essentials |
June 15 |
Incoming Student Survey due |
June 30 |
Immunization Forms due |
June 30 |
MPH/MS/PhD Program Essentials |
July 1 |
Health Insurance Waiver due |
July 7-23 |
Public Health Foundations Course (online)** |
July 31- Aug.2 |
Orientation (in person) |
August 3 |
Classes Start |
*MPH/MS/PhD Program Essentials Modules and PH701
In this entirely asynchronous course, students will work at their own pace through online modules. The course opens in Canvas on June 5, 2023 and students must complete about 18 hours of work by midnight on June 30. There are no intermediate deadlines for portions of the course. Modules will introduce students to essential resources and support, refresh academic skills, and explain expectations and policies. One module fulfills Dartmouth’s professional ethics requirement for all first-year graduate students.
**Public Health Foundations Course
The Public Health Foundations course is about 25 hours of work (0.25 units). This course is entirely online and asynchronous. Although there are no class sessions and students can choose when to do the work, there will be intermediate deadlines. Specifically, assignments are due each Sunday. Students may work at their own pace during each week or submit assignments early for later weeks. This course runs July 7-23. In person courses and Orientation begins Monday, July 31.
To see the days and times that courses are offered by term for the Master of Public Health Accelerated On-Campus program, see the linked document below.
To apply for federal student loan eligibility, all students need to complete the following two steps:
1) File the FAFSA. Dartmouth's school code is 002573
2) Submit the Dartmouth College Graduate Student Financial Aid Application.
We recommend that you submit these forms as soon as possible to ensure the timely processing of your materials. We need both forms to generate the official award package. Please visit Dartmouth's Financial Aid website for more information.
Please note that the process for claiming your Dartmouth account will open in early April.
After you have confirmed your enrollment, a Dartmouth NetID and email will be generated for you. A confirmation email with this information will be sent to your email address that we have on file and have been corresponding with previously. Once you receive the confirmation email with this information, please follow the steps provided regarding setting a password for your account and enrolling in Duo - a second means of authenticating your identity for accessing campus systems.
Future communications will be delivered to your Dartmouth email before classes begin. Please claim your account as soon as possible.
About Dartmouth email addresses
People can look up their full email address using: https://lookup.dartmouth.edu/
Students will have access to their dartmouth.edu account throughout their time as a student. Around graduation you will have the option to keep your Dartmouth email as a forwarding address only.
If you experience issues accessing a specific Dartmouth system, please visit https://login.dartmouth.edu from a fresh/incognito web browser to test your login. If you receive another error message there, please report that error and your Dartmouth NetID to Geisel Computing via email or phone (Geisel.Computing.Support@dartmouth.edu or 603.650.1600). One of our technicians will assist you in getting your account functioning.
Health insurance
All Dartmouth College students are required to have health insurance that meets specific standards of coverage.
If you need the coverage provided by Dartmouth College’s Student Group Health Plan, you can simply skip this step and the plan’s premium will be billed to your student account.
If you have existing health insurance coverage and want to continue with that coverage, you MUST complete the online insurance waiver or you will automatically be enrolled in the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan (DSGHP) and be required to pay the insurance premium. The waiver is due June 30 to avoid late fees. Instructions and form for the waiver are at dartgo.org/studentinsurance.
Questions about the waiver or the Student Group Health Plan? Contact
Phone: 603-646-9438 or 603-646-9449
Fax: 603-646-9410
Email: Dartmouth.Student.Health.Plan@dartmouth.edu
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM; Closed from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: The DSGHP office is currently working remotely
Immunizations
Dartmouth College's Health Services is also called "Dick's House." All students are required to document that they have had specific immunizations. We urge you to complete the following steps with Dartmouth's health services as soon as possible by June 30:
1) Each student must provide a health care provider completed Dartmouth Graduate Immunization Form, or a copy of your immunization record obtained from your home doctor, prior school, or military.
2) Each student must complete a series of Online Health Forms accessed through the 'Health Services Forms' link on your Banner account.
Please review the Graduate Student Requirements here for more information.
Use this checklist to prepare your computer: Dartmouth Institute Computing Requirements
Note that you must complete some steps before completing any pre-orientation assignments.
Dartmouth Real Estate Unfurnished Rentals:
Dartmouth College offers a variety of rental housing for students—all of our available rental listings are posted and applied for online: https://realestate.dartmouth.edu/dartmouth-rentals (search listings for Dartmouth College graduate students from the toggle buttons at the top of the page).
Close to the hustle of the Dartmouth campus and downtown Hanover and close to public transportation, are great housing options in Sachem Village and Summit on Juniper.
You can follow the Dartmouth Real Estate office on Twitter or Facebook to receive updates when we post new listings online. We post listings as they come available to us so new rentals can come up at any moment during the work week (Mon-Fri 8AM-4PM).
Looking for roommates? Connect with current students about housing, or team up with your new classmates!
Visit the Admitted Students Facebook group to connect with current students and incoming students about roommate opportunities.
Other Housing Options:
For a more extensive array of rental housing options, there are non-Dartmouth owned rentals. You can search the Upper Valley Rentals list: https://realestate.dartmouth.edu/dartmouth-rentals. These properties are managed independently and feature a wide variety of properties. Please reach out to the landlords and contacts on the listings directly with any questions or requests to view the property.
There is also Dartlist (http://www.dartlist.com/) which is Dartmouth’s version of Craigslist. If you look under Housing you can often find other rentals not listed elsewhere on here. There is Craigslist https://nh.craigslist.org/ and there are other local landlords such as Purcell Properties, Emerson Place, Timberwood Commons, and Stone Farm. You can also check with local realtors (such as Coldwell Banker Lifestyles and Four Seasons Sotheby’s) for any available rentals through their offices.
Airports
- Manchester-Boston Regional Airport: Manchester, N.H. (MHT) About 75 miles, or 1.5 hours driving time, from campus (Or take Greyhound bus service to Hanover/White River Junction (below)).
- Burlington International Airport: Burlington, VT (BTV) About 95 miles, or 1.7 hours driving time, from campus
- Logan International Airport: Boston, Mass. (BOS) About 120 miles, or 2.5 hours driving time, from campus (Or take the Dartmouth Coach bus service to Lebanon/Hanover (below)).
- Bradley International Airport: Hartford, Ct. (BDL) About 150 miles, or 2.5 hours driving time, from campus
- Lebanon Airport: Lebanon, N.H. (LEB) About 5 miles, or 15 minutes driving time, from campus. Please note that Lebanon is a smaller airport with services offered through Cape Air.
Bus Services
- Dartmouth Coach offers daily service between the Dartmouth Green and Boston's South Station and Logan Airport as well as the Yale Club in New York, adjacent to Grand Central Station
- Greyhound serves White River Junction, Vt. and some routes drop off at the Dartmouth Green.
Driving Directions
From Boston, MA (about 2.5 hours) and Manchester, NH (about 1.5 hours)
Take I-93 north to I-89 north at Concord, NH. Get off I-89 at Exit 18 in Lebanon, NH, and bear right onto Route 120. Head north on Rt.120 into Hanover. Click here for the address to Six South in Hanover.
From New York (about 5 hours), southern New England and points south
Take I-95 north to I-91 north (or I-684 north and I-84 east to Hartford, Connecticut, then I-91 north). Take I-91 north to Exit 13 in Hanover, NH. Turn right and head straight into downtown Hanover. Click here for the address to Six South in Hanover.
From Burlington, VT (about 1.5 hours)
Take I-89 south to I-91 north (just past Exit 1). Take I-91 north to Exit 13 in Hanover, NH. Turn right and head straight into downtown Hanover. Click here for the address to Six South in Hanover.
We look forward to hearing from you! When you are ready to take the next steps, all the information you need to know for enrolling is located within your personalized account. You can log in to your account at the link below with your username and password.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Office of Education by email at Geisel.MPH.MS.Admissions@dartmouth.edu. We would be happy to assist you in any way.
CONTACTS & RESOURCES
General Admissions QuestionsGeisel.MPH.MS.Admissions@dartmouth.edu
Financial Aid Office
1-800-443-3605
financial.aid@dartmouth.edu
Dick's House Health Services
1-603-646-1110
health.service@dartmouth.edu
Academic Programs Registrar
Liz Koelsch
elizabeth.a.koelsch@
dartmouth.edu
Housing Office
1-603-646-2446
real.estate.office@dartmouth.edu
Student Accessibility Services
William Eidtson
William.Eidtson@Dartmouth.edu
Dartmouth NetID and Email Support
Geisel Computing
Geisel.Computing.Support@dartmouth.edu
Technology Support
TDI Learning & Technology SupportTDI.Learning.Tech@dartmouth.edu
Office of Visa and Immigration Services (OVIS)
1-603-646-3474OVIS@dartmouth.edu