<p>Well, now that most college decisions are currently out, I am beginning to think about which school would be best to attend. So, given the info below, what school do you think would be best for me to spend my four UG years.</p>
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<li><p>Currently, my goal is to become an Ibanker. However, I am not set on this. For most my life, I was hardset on medicine. However, after talking a chem and bio class at a local university, I found out I wasn't as naturally gifted in chem as I thought. I am not sure I could handle labs as my skillz there really suck. Yet, I LOVE econ and am fairly good at it. Nothing is really set in stone though.</p></li>
<li><p>I feel most comfortable in a small, safe (affluent?) town. However, Wharton was bearable when I visited. </p></li>
<li><p>I absolutely hate grade deflation. I dont wanna spend nights locked up in my room stressing about possibly dropping below a B in a class because of some messed up curve. I'm fine with some B's. However, if I spend every hour of the day studying and can't pull off mostly A's, I dont wanna go to that school.</p></li>
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<p>None of the above match your description of a small, safe, affluent town. Take out affluent though and that’ll be Dartmouth. </p>
<p>I personally hated the area around Wharton when I visited, but I know there are many who disagree with me. I grew up near what I consider a much nicer major city, so I have high expectations for an urban living enviroment. </p>
<p>I’ve never sat in on a class at Dartmouth (although I have been there and spoken to my friends who attend), so based on my knowledge I would say that none of the above schools have the grade inflation of a Harvard except for possibly some classses at Wharton, but none have grade deflation as bad as UChi, Princeton, or Cornell either.</p>
<p>IvyPBear has Dartmouth on similar footing with Wharton and Princeton, a statement with which I simply do not believe. </p>
<p>I have seen a clear edge go to Harvard and Wharton students, with Yale, Princeton, and MIT occupying the tier below that. I wouldn’t strongly disagree with any argument against Princeton = Dartmouth as it most certainly can be included in that tier (in my opinion along with Columbia and possibly Cornell), but I would not go as far as to say that Dartmouth is on the level of Wharton or Harvard.</p>
<p>If we are talking about a typical student at one of these school, I totally agree that Harvard, Wharton > Princeton, Stanford, MIT > Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, etc.
However, I strongly believe that a very top student, if Rtgrove123 is one, would have an easier time getting to where they want to go at a less competitive school (in this case Dartmouth against Wharton). Attending Wharton (where curves are prevalent) or deflation plagued Princeton, someone (among the smartest of the smart students) would spend productive energy engaged in somewhat pointless competition for that GS internship. At Dartmouth, Stanford, or Williams, that student would be more likely to spend more of his/her productive energy on enjoying reading books while still securing that GS internship. That’s what I mean by “>=.”</p>
<p>I would agree with IvyPBear’s reasoning-- go to Dartmouth. They send plenty of grads into finance, as it is well recruited and regarded, but actually have fun for four years.</p>