<p>Just out of curious, why is Dartmouth called Dartmouth College versus Dartmouth University? It's not a liberal arts school, right?</p>
<p>its because the emphasis is on the undergraduate experience, unlike many other schools offering graduate programs. I can honestly say I’ve never seen a graduate student on campus…</p>
<p>That is what I think anyway. </p>
<p>But yes, technically it is a university.</p>
<p>There’s also Dartmouth College v. Woodward - the state wanted to forcibly take over the college and rename it Dartmouth University, so I guess after the college won they decided they’d never call themselves Dartmouth University, even though that’s what they are.</p>
<p>history of Dartmouth College</p>
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<p>I gotta say, that is a really neat story.</p>
<p>Ok, this is going to sound like a really dumb question…but what’s the difference between a LAC and Dartmouth? From what I’ve read, Dartmouth has a pretty extensive core curriculum (if that’s what it’s called–there’s a bunch of subjects you have to take classes in), a broad range of offered classes…Do you have to apply to separate schools for your major or something? I guess I’m just confused on the difference between Dartmouth and, say, Amherst which, I believe, is considered a LAC.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and my AP USH teacher loves the Darmtouh v Woodward case. It also comes up a lot in our Academic Bowl tournaments!</p>
<p>I like to say that Dartmouth is basically an LAC with some grad schools tacked on. I wouldn’t say we have a core curriculum (it makes me think of UChicago’s scary curriculum), but the distributive requirements are rather extensive and a bit of a pain in the behind sometimes. You do not apply to a particular school (though I think this might be different for engineering majors since they don’t get a BA) - your degree is from the college, and you submit your application for a major to the relevant department.</p>
<p>LACs don’t have grad programs, and are typically much smaller; many are less than half the size as Dartmouth. Chicago and Columbia are know for their core, but distributives exist in nearly every college, with exceptions being schools like Brown & Amherst.</p>
<p>if you’re an engineering major you need not apply to a specific school either … you are accepted to the undergraduate school and then you DO earn a BA in Engineering Sciences …</p>
<p>after that if you want a BE you enroll in Thayer School of Engg, but all ENGS majors from the college are automatically accepted (i think it’s all, there may be some low gpa qualifier).</p>