<p>Can someone could list them please? :)</p>
<p>Brown/Tufts/Colgate/Rice/William & Mary/Notre Dame are just a few in terms of size and undergrad focus. Dartmouth is a very rural school which gives it a unique environment similar to Williams or Cornell.</p>
<p>Middlebury college</p>
<p>in terms of Academics/Social experience/grad placement - Princeton, Duke, Williams</p>
<p>I'll second Middlebury.</p>
<p>Schools that are similar are Midd, Bowdoin, Williams. Tufts is very different - it's urban and I don't know...somewhat claustrophobic. It's a great school though.</p>
<p>Do you want similar selectivity or less-selective fallbacks with similar characteristics?</p>
<p>Tufts, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Brown are some that come to mind. All pretty much very highly selective though. For some less-selective similar options consider Trinity, Skidmore.</p>
<p>They say that Davidson College is the Dartmouth of the south. Very prestigious and selective while offering a great LAC education.</p>
<p>While they are similar, Dartmouth and Davidson aren't academic peers. </p>
<p>Duke and Dartmouth are the most similar out of any top 20 college. I had such a similar experience at both of these schools when I stayed over as a high school senior. The social climate has a large fraternity presence. Tons of school spirit. Academic caliber of the two schools' undergrads are near identical. Both have diversity, undergrad opportunities like few other schools, and have a strong campus social scene in comparison to students leaving campus to find things to do.</p>
<p>I'd say Dartmouth and Davidson are academic peers, other than for the larger scope of majors at Dartmouth. PrincetonReview rates them equal in selectivity. USNews ranks Davidson about the same among LACs as it does Dartmouth with universities. The lower SAT range at Davidson probably reflects the lower trend of its geographic region.</p>
<p>Bates, Colby, Hamilton and Colgate (already mentioned ) are slightly less selkective alternatives.</p>
<p>As far as similar to Dartmouth - In terms of mentality and close to size - Middlebury is a near perfect match. However, If you weree to look at size and liberal arts college type universiitys - william and mary comes to mind. In terms of academcis Dartmouth is on par with all the top schools such as HYPS duke all the ivys amherst and williams.</p>
<p>What about Wake Forest?</p>
<p>If I had to choose one school similar to Dartmouth it would be: Williams.</p>
<p>Similar rural environment
Similar prestige and great placement into grad/business/etc
Both outdoor-ish student body
Similar superb academics
Similar selectivity</p>
<p>I loved Dartmouth. Other schools I really liked for some reason or another (great mix of school spirit, academics, liberal student bodies, campus) were Brown, Stanford, Amherst, Williams, Princeton, and Duke.</p>
<p>I liked Dartmouth a lot as well when I was visiting schools other schools I found similar for one reason or another were Brown, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, and William and Mary.</p>
<p>Williams (same selectivity, placement, strong academics, rural environment), Middlebury (rural environment, strong academics), Colgate (rural environment, strong academics, similar sports level/social scene, large for a LAC), Bucknell (rural environment, pretty strong academics, similar sports level/social scene, large for a LAC), Washington & Lee (rural environment, strong academics, similar social scene) I would say are the closest to Dartmouth. </p>
<p>I would say that all the people I know from Dartmouth either apply ED or are rejected from Princeton in the same manner that most from Colgate either apply ED or are rejected from Dartmouth; so I think Princeton is the most similar Ivy to Dartmouth in terms of non-urban environment, small size, UG focus, but think if you're looking for alternatives to Dartmouth because it's iffy if you'll get in that these other schools are better choices than Princeton, Brown, Stanford and personally from what I've seen their environments are more similar too.</p>
<p>I never understand the W&L connection. </p>
<p>Dartmouth is 80% left-leaning/ liberal, in New England, and 33% minority with 10% international. </p>
<p>W&L is very conservative, southern, and less than 10% minority. These schools share nothing in common in my book. Bucknell is also far being as liberal or diverse as Dartmouth, but its socially similar.</p>
<p>Are we assuming this person can only be male? Let's not.</p>
<p>Vassar, Amherst, Williams. Brown (coed)</p>
<p>Smith, Mt.Holyoke, Wellesley (female)</p>
<p>Also New England rural, and perhaps a shade easier to gain entry: Wesleyan,
Bowdoin, Bates.</p>
<p>Outside of New England, still great intellectual environments: Swarthmore, Oberlin, Grinnell, Carleton, MacAlester, Earlham, Reed.</p>
<p>In New England, often misunderstood, decide for yourself: Tufts and Brandeis</p>