<p>I wonder how strong is the economics department in Dartmouth.</p>
<p>If compared with Columbia, which one is better?</p>
<p>any differences in departmental quality between these two schools is trivial compared to the difference in big city vs rural campus setting. If you have a choice choose on the basis of where you want to live for 4 years.</p>
<p>For economics, probably the only step up in a pure academic-research sense is Yale or MIT, maybe Chicago, in my opinion. For career or professional preparation, banks and consulting firms lust after dual econ-math majors from Dartmouth. Col’s best econ-business programs are at the grad level?</p>
<p>AT Dartmouth, not “in.”</p>
<p>Have you taken TOEFL?</p>
<p>You have discontinuity in your notation of emphasized words. Your sentence should either be “AT Dartmouth, not IN” or “‘At’ Dartmouth, not ‘in’”.</p>
<p>Have you not familiarized yourself with the intricacies of the grammar of the English language?</p>
<p>(I’m being however sarcastic you were.)</p>
<p>FYI, the OP posted the same thing–with the same error–in multiple college forums. It’s the kind of mistake frequently made by international students whose English may not be up to snuff, especially those who are native speakers of Asian languages. A surprising number of international students are unaware of the TOEFL requirement. Hence my question regarding TOEFL.</p>
<p>To clarify, I was writing to you, Consolation.</p>
<p>And your point would be? I explained that I mentioned TOEFL because the student sounded to me like someone who might have to take it. You seemed to think that the suggestion required some explanation or was offensive.</p>
<p>The TOEFL is not a requirement at Dartmouth.</p>