<p>I attend a small private school in New York. Dartmouth and Duke are my top choices for college and they seem very similar in fun, fraternity scene, education. I am going to be majoring in economics and my goal is to be on wall street in finance after college.
These two schools are so similar I want to know what makes them different in experience and life in general.
Fun
Frats
Food
Dorms
People
Size
Etc.</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>One of my senior went to Duke and he loves there because of the vibrant sports scene on campus. He is a basketball player and plays on the school team. Maybe u can consider Duke if u like sports?</p>
<p>Many econ and finance and math grads from Dartmouth work in NYC and it’s easy for students to find internship in NYC. I’d applied Dartmouth if they have a better engineering program.</p>
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<p>They are both very selective schools with reputations for attracting many hard-drinking, hard-partying, sports-loving students interested in high finance. One is bigger and southern, the other is smaller and northern. Do an overnight visit to both campuses and observe for yourself. The stereotypes probably do mask a few differences that might matter to you … but when you get into issues like food or people, a lot depends on what you happen to like. </p>
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<p>tk21769, I think that’s a very unfair characterization of Duke. A lot of the undergrads are actually premed and/or interested in graduate school in various disciplines.</p>
<p>That being said, Duke has a lot more off-campus social opportunities than Dartmouth being in close proximity to 2 other universities and just a few hours away from the beach and the mountains.</p>
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<p>Maybe it is. So again, I encourage the OP to go visit and observe for himself. </p>
<p>Should the quarter system vs. the semester system have an impact in my decision? In terms of the frats at dartmouth are they considered “dirtier” than the frats at duke etc. I need all the help and opinions I can get please</p>