<p>major differences between dartmouth and yale? your opinions on both? which would you prefer??
And also, is there a page on the dartmouth website about Dimensions?? That would be helpful.
Thanks!</p>
<p>oh cmon. if you have to ask that question you need to just hand me your Yale acceptance letter, thank you very much lol. But no really, Yale is the most incredible place ever. If you have the chance to go there, for goodness sakes, go. There is just so much to it, and it has this atmosphere, and the opportunity, and I promise you you will fall in love with it within the first month and think it's heaven on earth and never ever want to leave. I'm lamenting my rejection, literally, sackcloth and ashes up in here.</p>
<p>bleh...i got rejected from yale too!....but rocketgerl, i suggest u go visit both colleges and see which one is more like home....u don't want to waste 4 years of ur life in a place u don't want to be at</p>
<p>*congrats to u!!!! u rock my socks</p>
<p>both colleges being...? lol. I was rejected from yale, or did you mean a different school you read about in a different post of mine. And I will be spending 4 yrs at a place I dont particularly care to be if I dont get in princeton now, my last hope. Oooooo well. I'll try applying as a transfer to Yale I suppose if Princeton's crash and burn too, we'll see.
But you know what's soo cool. I can say "u rock my socks" in Afrikaans (albeit a literal translation, but it's still cool!) it's "ye schpiel met mey sokkies" !! Thought I'd share because it's enriched my life immeasurably heretofore. Spreading the blessing. ;)</p>
<p>hahaha YE SCHPIEL MET MEY SOKKIES!!</p>
<p>My bottom-line is that anyone who has to ask "Dartmouth or Yale" should go to Yale. I knew very few - actually none that I can remember - during my time at Dartmouth who wanted to go somewhere other than Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I got an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Good school but living in New Haven was unpleasant.</p>
<p>yessss lemmethink, isnt it enthralling??! your life...will be changed... guaranteed-ish</p>
<p>My relative absolutely hated Dartmouth when he was there, and is really pressuring me not to go. It's a hard call to make because I've never actually visited Dartmouth; I've only spoken to several alumni and current students to get my feel for the place.</p>
<p>I have the Dartmouth or Yale question too, and I'm leaning away from Yale. I'm not worried though. Not until the end of the month, leastways.</p>
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My bottom-line is that anyone who has to ask "Dartmouth or Yale" should go to Yale. I knew very few - actually none that I can remember - during my time at Dartmouth who wanted to go somewhere other than Dartmouth.
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That logic is awful. There's nothing intrisically wrong with analyzing one's options. Just because Dartmouth isn't someone's automatic-first-choice doesn't mean that it can't ultimately be the best place for them.</p>
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I will be spending 4 yrs at a place I dont particularly care to be if I dont get in princeton
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<p>From a person who is obviously book smart, that is the dumbest comment I have heard today. Why go to Dartmouth if ig is really not where you want to be. I am sure you have been accepted someplace else so this sounds a little like prestige whoring -that you will attend the best "named' school you got into. Not the best reason to attend. I hope everything worls out for you.</p>
<p>Wellesleygirl,</p>
<p>I was accepted to both Yale and Dartmouth (and Harvard, raven=Byerly). Obviously both have a great deal to offer. The way I look at it, when you are at this point, that is, looking at a great education no matter what you do, you have to consider where you will be your best, not which school is better in itself or as determined by popular culture.
Here is my thinking about Dartmouth, seeing as I chose it over what many say are the more prestigious schools I will only deal with, why dartmouth.</p>
<p>-Dartmouth offered the opportunity to take top-flight courses from top-drawer professors in any easy going environment--as opposed to the perhaps more cut-throat nature of the other two.</p>
<p>-Few people, I believe, choose dartmouth because they are blind prestige-hounds. Most people that I know who wanted to go to, or went to dartmouth did it because that was where they saw themselves, not where they saw education's next "American Idols." For this reason, I felt the dartmouth student body was more likely to have a real sense of who they are, and that's the kind of people I wanted to spend the next 4 years with--people who are like me, or people I would like to be more like (Ive got a lot to learn, and not just from books but from people and places).</p>
<p>-I love dartmouth's natural and unpretentious setting. Dartmouth does not seem so full of itself and ipso facto neither do the students who end up living and studying there. Where will you--be you; or, where will you most likely become the person you want to be. A lot of people are talking about the Boston Globe article which indicates that people at places like Harvard view there education there as having been something of a sinking downer--to me, that is what 'speaking truth to power' is all about, and its straight from the horses mouth, not from somebody trying to bash Harvard.</p>
<p>By the way, my sister went to Wellesley and she encouraged me to go to dartmouth based on the happiness issue. At this point, I would consider your happiness, not what prestige-hounds think you should do. Who are you? Who do you want to be? Answer those questions and you will no longer have to worry over your choice--you will have your answer as if from god herself!</p>
<p>Be real...</p>
<p>Kalidescope: Excellent comments.</p>
<p>Raven: There's a book out called "Blink" (same author as The Tipping Point). His point is that some decisions are better made based upon instinct and gut feelings. Dartmouth and Yale are so different - size of classes (when with a full professor), how often you'll see a professor, Hanover vs. New Haven, rural vs. urban. These factors should speak volumes to you and the decision should be easy. Unless the issue is "status" - and if that's pulling you in any way - go to Yale. I'm sure there's some villager in Bolivia or Lesotho or a blue-collar worker in Iowa who hasn't heard of Dartmouth and that might be upsetting to you. Finally, if you have time - go to Hanover and New Haven and walk around in the late evening.</p>
<p>It's kind of strange that people are talking about the Dartmouth vs. Yale question as if Dartmouth has no prestige whatsoever. It sounds like this student is trying to pick between Arizona State and Harvard or something. The bottom line is that both the schools have prestige. You can't claim that you are completely down to earth and blind to prestige if you go to Dartmouth, it is in the ivy league. </p>
<p>I'm going to Dartmouth next year, and one of the primary reasons I decided to go was because of the student body. An alumni told me that 90 percent of your experience in college has to do with the people you are surrounded by. Think...Yale people or Dartmouth people? Who would you want to be in a classroom with, have lunch with, and hang out with on a Saturday night?</p>
<p>I think you guys are stereotyping yale people too much. From all I've heard, the people at yale are amazing. In fact, that's why most people choose to go to yale over similar places (harvard, princeton): the people, the tight-knit community, and the overall undergraduate experience are excellent. I'm not bashing Dartmouth, because I've heard that it's community is very good too, probably better than Yale's in some ways. However, if you are looking for community, Yale should not be simply put aside.</p>
<p>I just love it when people label others' sincere comments as "stupid".<br>
Also, for my 2 cents, you've got a conservative student body at D and flaming liberals at Y. Take yer pick.</p>
<p>Kiwi,</p>
<p>Make sure your relative isn't too old. Dartmouth has changed a lot in the last ten years. Its gone from preppy WASPY Ivy, to diverse cool fun people Ivy.</p>
<p>do you even have to ask? the answer of course is dartmouth</p>
<p>hehe whenever i went to yale i thought i was in hogwarts and was waiting for hermione to pop out of some dark corner and say wingadium maviosa or whatever it was</p>
<p>Dartmouth, for me anyways. I would much rather go to a school of genuine, down-to-earth people like those at Dartmouth. Plus, I love the campus and the "outdoorsy factor". I know that many people have never heard of Dartmouth (compared to, say, Yale). And you know what? I don't care! I know I'll be having the time of my life at Dartmouth, and that's what's important to me.</p>
<p>If you're not into the Great Outdoors, and you like the urban environment and name recognition of Yale, go there. Otherwise, Dartmouth all the way!!</p>
<p>Oh, and I <3 Dartmouth</p>
<p>*Wingardium leviosa!</p>
<p>Accio* hiking boots!</p>
<p>Dartmouth is famous for being one of the best undergard schools in the country.
Yale is famous for being one of the best grad schools in the country.</p>
<p>Which kind of school are you looking into now?</p>
<p>wellesleygirl ,</p>
<p>I think that the only way you are going to know for sure is to visit both schools, check out classes and see which environment you most want to be in. Ihope that you sign in on the Dartmouth board where you can talk exclusively with prospective students, go to dimensions and see for your self. Most people choose Dartmouth for the amazing sense of community and focus on undergrad education which the only other Ivy this happens at is Princeton. The D-plan provides you with an excellent opportunity to study abroad, do internships beginning in your sophmore year (a full year ahead of other schools). Dartmouth has a whole complement of things to do both on and off campus. In the end, how many times can you commute in to NYC (unless you have family or friends there)?</p>