<p>Which one would you pick and why?</p>
<p>It would help me a lot. thanks.</p>
<p>Don't know much about Dartmouth, but they're very different schools. Georgetown has a very political/international feel and is a CITY school. Darmouth is kind of in the middle of nowhere haha.</p>
<p>i suppose one of the huge things in Georgetown's favour........is well, they are in Georgetown, one of the nicest neighbourhoods in the country. That and they are Catholic, so they aren't as hard-nosed on academics</p>
<p>Two very different schools. Dartmouth also has a unique D plan...a sort of hyper trimester. And offers a summer session too. Some like it and some despise it. Dartmouth kids take 3 classes a trimester but they move VERY quickly and are VERY intense. </p>
<p>Visit both and see where you fit the best, what you like the best and the least about each.</p>
<p>Georgetown is killer for IR studies and government work. But Dartmouth grads do very well as well and you see lots of them on Capitol Hill running around and getting into top law schools.</p>
<p>You might find some useful comparisons in the following:</p>
<p>O B J E C T I V E D A T A </p>
<p>UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT<br>
Dartmouth 4085 Georgetown 6853</p>
<p>% AND # OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN-STATE<br>
Dartmouth 3% (123) Georgetown 1% (69)</p>
<p>% OF FEMALE STUDENTS<br>
Dartmouth 51% Georgetown 55%</p>
<p>% OF WHITE/NON-HISPANIC STUDENTS<br>
Dartmouth 59% Georgetown 65%</p>
<p>% FROM PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS<br>
Dartmouth 61% Georgetown 51%</p>
<p>% OF STUDENTS IN GREEK LIFE (Male & Female)<br>
Dartmouth 38%/38% Georgetown No/No</p>
<p>TOP MAJORS AT EACH SCHOOL (acc to collegeboard.com)<br>
Dartmouth 30% Social Sciences, 10% Psychology, 9% History, 8% Foreign Language, 6% English, 5% Engineering, 5% Biology, 5% Physical Sciences, 5% Visual & Performing Arts, 5% Area & Ethnic Studies<br>
Georgetown 31% Social Sciences, 26% Business & Marketing, 8% English, 7% Foreign Language, 6% Health Professions, 5% Psychology</p>
<p>IS & OOS COST (Tuition & Fees)<br>
Dartmouth $35,288 Georgetown $35,964
Dartmouth $35,288 Georgetown $35,964 </p>
<p>TOTAL COLLEGE ENDOWMENT AND PER CAPITA (undergrad and grad)<br>
Dartmouth $3.092 bn ($537,476) Georgetown $834mm ($73,569)</p>
<p>AVERAGE HIGH/LOW IN FEBRUARY<br>
Dartmouth 34-12 Georgetown 53-30</p>
<p>GRADUATION RATES<br>
-% OF STUDENTS EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN 6 YEARS:<br>
Dartmouth 93% Georgetown 90%
-% OF STUDENTS WHO DO GRADUATE IN 6 YEARS:<br>
Dartmouth 94% Georgetown 94%
-% OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE IN 4 YEARS:<br>
Dartmouth 84% Georgetown 88%
FRESHMAN RETENTION RATE<br>
Dartmouth 98% Georgetown 97%
USNWR GRADUATION & RETENTION RANK:<br>
Dartmouth 7th Georgetown 9th </p>
<p>FACULTY RESOURCES<br>
-% OF CLASSES WITH <20 STUDENTS<br>
Dartmouth 64% Georgetown 58%
-% OF CLASSES WITH 50+ STUDENTS<br>
Dartmouth 8% Georgetown 7%
-FACULTY/STUDENT RATIO<br>
Dartmouth 8/1 Georgetown 11/1
USNWR FACULTY RESOURCES RANK<br>
Dartmouth 15th Georgetown 38th</p>
<p>STUDENT SELECTIVITY<br>
-% ACCEPTANCE RATE<br>
Dartmouth 16% Georgetown 22%
-SAT/ACT RANGE (Middle 50%)<br>
Dartmouth 1350-1550 Georgetown 1290-1490
-% OF STUDENTS RANKING IN TOP 10% IN HS CLASS<br>
Dartmouth 90% Georgetown 84%
% OF STUDENTS WITH HS GPA > 3.75 (Unweighted)<br>
Dartmouth 62% Georgetown na</p>
<h1>OF NMS FINALISTS IN 2005 (% of student body)</h1>
<pre><code>Dartmouth 69 (6.72%) Georgetown 48 (2.86%)
</code></pre>
<h1>OF 1500 STUDENTS ENROLLED (% of student body)</h1>
<pre><code>Dartmouth 1486 (36%) Georgetown 1478 (22%)
</code></pre>
<p>USNWR SELECTIVITY RANK<br>
Dartmouth 7th Georgetown 19th</p>
<p>USNWR FINANCIAL RESOURCES RANK<br>
Dartmouth 11th Georgetown 35th</p>
<p>ALUMNI GIVING %<br>
Dartmouth 52% Georgetown 31%
USNWR ALUMNI GIVING RANK<br>
Dartmouth 3rd Georgetown 23rd</p>
<p>S U B J E C T I V E D A T A </p>
<p>PEER ASSESSMENT<br>
Dartmouth 4.3 Georgetown 4</p>
<p>Thank you for your detailed info, hawkette.
I'd almost say that students at Georgetown are forward looking (toward career paths) in a cosmopolitan setting, whereas Dartmouth students live more in the now with a cohesive social identity, perhaps due to an isolated location- more the classic "college years". Of course graduates from both are successful over time.
The much maligned "alumni giving rate" tells the tale for me. I have to believe that people are happier spending four years at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>These two are in my top three despite their differences.
The way I see it:</p>
<p>Georgetown
Pro- Washington DC, killer IR (applying to SFS), internships, insane guest speakers, jesuits (go to an all-male jesuit highschool), policy debate team is recruiting pretty heavily, kind of not as old boys clubby as dartmouth
Con- middle of a city, little bit larger, not as much of a community feeling</p>
<p>Dartmouth
Pro- beautiful area, rural (love it), pretty healthy social scene, one of the best debate teams in the country, good community, smaller, barely any grad students, everyone does intermurals
Con- can get a little boring (lived there for 5 weeks both of the past two summers), its location=less guest speakers</p>
<p>The only reason that I would choose georgetown over dartmouth would be SFS, but even then, i can go there for grad school. I prefer rural over urban, but not that much. I feel your stuggle over the two. If I wasn't looking at gov, then I would hit up dartmouth.</p>
<p>One friend's daughter was admitted to both Georgetown and Dartmouth. She picked Dartmouth, figuring he could go to Georgetown for graduate school, if she felt like it.
I think she had it right.</p>
<p>Dartmouth-cold weather.</p>
<p>I would pick Dartmouth mainly because the strong areas of Georgetown arent' really the ones I'm interested in. However, Georgetown would come up on top in terms of location and weather.</p>
<p>Dartmouth just because it will give you more opportunities.</p>
<p>i know geogetown is a great institute. but Dartmouth is what it is. It's Ivy status speaks for itself. hope you make a wise decision and go for Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Go to Dartmouth because you like the features of the school more; not because it's in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>I would pick Dartmouth, but man, "it's in the Ivy League" isn't a very convincing argument. I'd pick Amherst, Williams, and Stanford before any of the Ivy League!</p>
<p>One difference in these two great colleges is the nature of the fun that they offer outside the classroom. Outside of Georgetown's basketball, neither offers much of an athletic scene, but the type of other activities that the students engage in differs pretty dramatically. </p>
<p>At Dartmouth, go down Main Street and if you are looking for that to keep you entertained, then you're gonna be in for a long four years. There just isn't a whole lot going on and that's probably a major reason that drinking and the bars (and the frats) can be such a big part of the social life for some students. However, if you are a winter sports enthusiast (Dartmouth has its own skiing) or enjoy the great outdoors (eg, pond skating) and the late spring/summer/early fall hiking/exploring opportunities and experiences, then few places are as great as Dartmouth. And as for summers, you will be required to spend one there, but most folks I know think that Hanover is wonderful in the summer months. But the big caveats to Dartmouth are its remote location and the long, cold, snowy winters (spring often does not show up until May which is locally called Mud Season). Some find this idyllic, others don't. </p>
<p>Contrast this with Georgetown which is located in one of the premier neighborhoods in the country and offers one of the best social scenes in the entire USA. You will NEVER lack for things to do at Georgetown or in Washington. There is always something (even a lot) going on and students won't need to create a lot of their own fun. And if you're into government and politics, this is unquestionably the place to be. But it's an urban scene and thus very, very different from what you'll experience at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>As for the academic comparison, the numbers above pretty clearly show Dartmouth to have the upper hand, but is this really a knock on Georgetown or just a reflection of how academically strong Dartmouth is? I think it is the latter-IMO, Dartmouth is one of the top 5-10 undergraduate colleges in the nation, but Georgetown is no slouch and would likely rank in the next group of 10-15 colleges. So still very, very good on a national scale. The good news is that both schools are exceptional, both schools attract very high caliber students, both offer wonderful undergraduate educations, and both engender strong lifelong loyalty from their students/alumni.</p>