Yale or DYE (Q: What’s that stick for? A: Your ass)
So maybe you didn't get into the Ivy of your choice. Maybe you're gorging yourself on extracurriculars at Cornell to make that Harvard transfer app shine a little brighter. Or maybe you're a Barnard girl covertly sitting in on CC Lit Hum lectures in a Columbia sweatshirt. Of course, bemoaning your enrollment status at one of the best colleges in the country isn't usually the purpose of a student organization. At least, it wasn't until DYE came along.
Meet DYE, the Dartmouth Yale Enthusiasts, who, according to a recent email they sent to fellow Dartmouth students, "is a group of aspiring Yale undergraduates, providing support to one another during our (hopefully brief) intermediary period here at Dartmouth. We provide transfer application support, interview preparation, and standardized test reviews. Additionally, we have social events that make the experience at what is not Yale a little bit more like if it were Yale."
More about DYE, after the jump:
Okay, so DYE isn't actually for serious. But we at IvyGate commend the DYE for making dozens of confused Dartmouth freshies mournfully raise their hands at Club Faire in answer to the question, "who here applied to Yale and got rejected?"
Now, the idea of setting up an absurd group at Club Faire to mock the freshies is plenty appealing, but wait, it gets better! The pranksters behind the DYE actually filmed the thing and pulled off another, related stunt which elevates this caper from pretty good to pretty damn awesome.
And so, if there are any actual Dartmouth Yale Enthusiasts reading, fear not, for, "on the eve of yet another painfully plebian year at Dartmouth College --that hovel in the woods -- we understand that your spirits might get a little down. Fret not! You may yet gain acceptance to a real university: Yale."
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September 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Best ivy video since drinking time.
Fuck Dartmouth for being funnier than the rest of us. Which is why I am now announcing my pioneering club PDE
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
They forgot to mention in the article that the Jackolantern people who did drinking time were behind this
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
that was fucking great
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Also, the majority of this was filmed at Dartmouth’s accepted student weekend. I wonder how many people chose Yale after seeing this fake booth at the activities fair, or vice versa.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Fucking hysterical. Arguably better than Drinking Time.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
This is what makes me miss Dartmouth here in New Haven.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
They sure do know how to keep themselves entertained in the woods of New Hampshire.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Shoes, they all wear shoes… we need young boys to polish our shoes.
lmfao
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
True story: when I applied, Yale didn’t process my application, because my fee waiver was lost. Of course, they never told me until after they began to send out admissions letters. While I’m sure it was a mistake, it would be funny if Yale simply “lost” all of the files of applicants too strapped to pay the application fee…
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
The Akash reference made it totally amazing.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Hi there, Schlosser.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Speaking as one of those “mournful” freshies in that video, I can tell you, we found it to be pretty hilarious too. So, unlike what your post seems to imply, the joke wasn’t really at our expense. Just to put some perspective on it.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Um, Club “Faire?”
September 24th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
loved the last scene revealing the brown pot smokers.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Dartmouth FTW…as always
September 25th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Why can’t the Yale Record be that funny and inventive? Totally not fair.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
DYE who successfully transferred: Victor Cazares
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 am
i had no idea Victor Cazares was a former dartmouth student. what a crazy…