<p>Which would be harder to get accepted into for engineering:</p>
<p>university of michigan or dartmouth?</p>
<p>michigan has a much better engineering program, but dartmouth is a much better school in general. When applying for engineering would the standards for dartmouth be lower than that of michigan because it is not as good for engineering? Or will dartmouth be more difficult because it is better overall?</p>
<p>Also, which school would be a better choice for an engineering major, the better engineering school, or the better overall school?</p>
<p>The schools are so different that which one is “better” depends a lot on the student.</p>
<p>However, Dartmouth’s engineering is rather limited, and they suggest needing more than four years to get the full ABET-accredited version of the engineering degree for students without a lot of credit coming in or taking overload schedules.</p>
<p>I would advise you not to compare schools in general… that’s a fatal flaw. For example, my friend accepted a full ride to Carnegie Mellon CS easily over full-ride Harvard. I mean, if you’re just going to look at one ranking (UofM whoops D in world rankings) and base everything off that, no one’s gonna stop you… but Michigan is the school known for engineering, not Dartmouth.</p>
<p>It could be argued that the average “intelligence” of a student at Dartmouth is higher than what you’d find at U of Michigan. However, there is no doubt that Michigan’s engineering program is superior to Dartmouth, in terms of the range of course offerings, engineering students, and breadth of faculty/departments. Dartmouth, however, will be able to offer you much closer professor attention, and much, much, much smaller classes (Dartmouth is well-known for being almost like a LAC in that respect).</p>
<p>Dartmouth still has single-digit admit rates. Even if engineering did raise your chances of getting in (a doubtful proposition), Dartmouth would still be very difficult to get into.</p>
<p>What do you want to get out of engineering? What do you want to do with your engineering degree? Both schools are very different.</p>
<p>USNWR rankings are arbitrary and circular; it is helpful for those using them to be familiar with the methodology. This article is a good place to start:</p>
<p>As well, asserting that students on the campus on one great university are more intelligent than any other fine university is absurd. SATs are not a reliable measure of fine gradations of “intelligence.”</p>
<p>These are two fine schools, neither is “better” than the other any more than Sweden is “better” than Germany. As others have noted, U of M’s Engineering program has outstanding faculty, programs, and facilities, and Dartmouth has an educational approach similar to LACs. You will have to decide what school is best for you.</p>