<p>In terms of applicant evaluation and decisions with regards to applicant acceptances and rejections. To what other Ivys would you compare Dartmouth?</p>
<p>I think its closest peer in the Ivy League would probably be Brown…some of the sub-schools at Cornell and Penn are similar in terms of admission as well.</p>
<p>How are you guys basing your evaluation?</p>
<p>brown, columbia, and penn.</p>
<p>It’s in the not-HYP group.</p>
<p>brown, cornell.</p>
<p>Brown, Columbia, Penn.</p>
<p>Well, academics wise it is undergrad oriented, strong in languages, gov, econ, and pre-med, on the smaller end, with an emphasis on international experiences…so I guess Brown would be the closest in that sense, but the average brown student and the average Dartmouth student tend to be pretty different, so I guess it depends what criteria you’re looking at…in terms of the type of students it attracts, I’d say its more similar to a Penn or Princeton, or maybe Cornell.</p>
<p>Harvard=Princeton>Yale>Columbia>UPenn>Dartmouth>Brown>Cornell</p>
<p>According to the U.S. news rankings however, Cornell>Brown</p>
<p>No I would put HYP on equal standing.</p>
<p>HYP > Columbia > Wharton > Dartmouth > UPenn > Brown > Cornell</p>
<p>^ Well according to U.S. news rankings</p>
<p>Harvard and Princeton are equal but are both greater than Yale.</p>
<p>I think the flaws of the US News Rankings have been pointed out enough on this and other sites for people to realize they are not a definitive source.</p>
<p>I would say that Dartmouth is most like Brown & Penn, but it really depends upon the program. Certain programs at even Princeton or Yale could be comparable to those at Dartmouth. As a whole, it’s most like Brown, with the next rung on the ladder being Columbia, which is seen as a bit of a better school. Though, Dartmouth definitely has it’s strenghts that cannot be found at any other schools :)</p>
<p>One of the major ways in which it is more like Brown than the other Ivies is that there is less emphasis on graduate programs than at the rest, which are true “universities” as opposed to “colleges.” I personally tend to think of Dartmouth as being more like a large LAC with some associated professional schools than like a true “research university.” Obviously, this negatively affects D’s rating in the USN&WR universe. It’s not that D is trying and failing to be the #1 “research university,” it’s that it is trying and succeeding to be something else: something for which they don’t have a category.</p>
<p>Broad, perhaps silly, question. Why? All are incredibly difficult to get into and anyone who does should be extremely grateful. To most people, analyzing the competitive differences and similarities is an haughty endeavor. Study, work hard, and have fun when you can.</p>
<p>People think Columbia is more selective than it is because of its weirdly low acceptance rate. Don’t be fooled. Its SATs place it in the Dartmouth/Penn/Brown range, not HYP.</p>