<p>id pick dartmouth :D</p>
<p>Duke for pre med definately. Duke has an edge for engineering and a slight edge for economics and premed. For almost everything else I would lean towards Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Honestly all this “Dartmouth is better/ Duke is better” pre-med is nonsense. Just as Duke has its top primary care hospital, Dartmouth has Dartmouth-Hitchcock one of the best cancer hospitals in the US with C. Everett Koop actively involved. Truth is none of this matters. Both are easily among the top 7 schools in terms of med school and graduate school placement. There honestly is going to be ZERO difference in this area. I have friends who graduated and went to med school from both and they all ended up at exactly the same types of med schools depending on GPA/ MCAT.</p>
<p>Its all about fit. Duke has major sports, is bigger, is warmer, has some beautiful facilities (tennis center anyone), is closer to a town, is perhaps more “cliquey”, and is in North Carolina. </p>
<p>Dartmouth is more cozy, tightknit, has seasons, has more outdoor activity, is more undergrad focused like a LAC, has awesome study abroad, has sophomore summer (a big plus in my book), and is in the Northeast.</p>
<p>Choose which one you like more. For every person that says Dartmouth is better, you will find a person saying Duke. Both are right and both are wrong.</p>
<p>Totally agree with slipper1234…but I would still pick Duke</p>
<p>Duke 8th in US, 13th in World
Dartmouth 11th in US, 54th in World</p>
<p>[National</a> Universities Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/national-search)</p>
<p>[World’s</a> Best Colleges and Universities: Top 200 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-colleges/2008/11/20/worlds-best-colleges-and-universities-top-200.html?PageNr=2]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-colleges/2008/11/20/worlds-best-colleges-and-universities-top-200.html?PageNr=2)</p>
<p>Maybe I’m just biased because Dartmouth deferred then rejected me (Big Green A**Holes) and Duke said yes (thank you Mr. Devil)???</p>
<p>“It doesn’t factor into account grade inflation, the fact that Dartmouth might limit those who can actually apply to medical school by weeding out unqualified students”</p>
<p>This is ridiculous, grade inflation/deflation is a myth and no one coming out of Dartmouth is at a disadvantage when applying to med school.</p>
<p>These are both great schools. I would decide based on money and fit as in how you feel on each campus.</p>
<p>Agree.</p>
<p>However,most people prefer Dartmouth over Duke, just like the Revealed Preference Study showed in 2004 and again when revised in 2006. Don’t blame them. Durham is a dump.</p>