<p>After visited and researching lots of colleges, I've realized that my favorite two colleges are Penn and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I really want to apply early decision to one of them and am really confused on which one I should apply to ED. Help!</p>
<p>My son is a Freshman and attending Penn in the EE program. He has found the school very friendly and is fitting in really well. The academics for the EE degree are tough, but seem to be manageable. Dartmouth is a great school too, but if you want the added advantage of a big city, with pro sports and great museums, etc., I'd choose Penn.</p>
<p>I had the same dilemma. Which did you decide?</p>
<p>Heh. Well to complement Penndad's points: Dartmouth has by far the best community in terms of students and alumni connections, the epitome of the college feel, I have no idea where the sports comment came from; Dartmouth's fall sports are ok (with the exception of soccer, which is amazing) but the winter sports are all top, for obvious reasons, and also probably the best student-prof connections/relations out of any college just because the profs are there specifically to teach undergrads, not do their own research.</p>
<p>u talking abt upenn right? or penn?</p>
<p>MYS, he referred to PRO sports. Like the Phillies and the Eagles. To some people, that's important. To others, it isn't.</p>
<p>I had the same problem of deciding between Penn and Dartmouth too. They're completely different schools though - Dartmouth is smaller with a class size of 1,000 or less while Penn's is much larger. Penn is in a city if you like the city life; Dartmouth is the epitome of a small-knit, safe college campus. Freshmen really get the royal treatment at Dartmouth. In the end that's the school I chose and I wouldn't trade it for the world. You really get the full undergraduate experience and get to meet amazing people and professors.</p>
<p>I am deciding b/w Dartmouth and Wharton (and other schools, including Brown, WUSTL, JHU, Northwestern, LACs, etc). I like Dartmouth the most right now!!! :)</p>
<p>upenn and penn are the same. penn state is referred to as penn state</p>
<p>Education quality-wise…there is no comparison between Wharton and Dartmouth. You’ll be set after Wharton. Dartmouth, who knows?</p>
<p>Yeah, if you go to Dartmouth, you might just find yourself homeless and without a job. Be very careful which school you choose.</p>
<p>Let’s take a step back here, teamam and VeryHappy. Dartmouth has the best undergraduate teachings (by US News) in all of the United States. Honestly, Tuck School of Business is nothing to be overly astounded at in a graduate program, so for business I think Wharton, Harvard, or Columbia would all be better. However, Dartmouth has one of the highest starting salaries and places only after Harvey Mudd in highest salary after working 10 years. Homeless? I doubt it, unless you were got no financial aid. Which is rare, due to their 100% covering of all fees if your household makes below $100,000, as compared to $60,000 with the other Ivies. Dartmouth, much like Princeton, is not known for its graduate program, but is one of the best undergraduate programs in preparation for graduate school, with an extreme focus on the undergraduate youth and community. Penn probably has a broader scope of opportunities, but I have not liked the people there from when I visited, or even their cross-country college tours spokespeople. I personally really connected with Dartmouth’s, and they’re now my #1 choice, with likely more specific and focused programs. If you want business, go to Wharton. If you want rural, scenic New Hampshire, a study abroad program 2nd only to a liberal arts college in Iowa, an internationalistic and developed program in Mathematics in the social sciences (personal favorite), and unparalleled teaching of languages such as German and Russian, go to Dartmouth. Hope this helped.</p>
<p>Why are you activating a thread from five years ago? </p>
<p>please use old threads for informational purposes only</p>