<p>My son is interested in general engineering & science. Been giving thought to engineering as it may open many career oportunities or options (engineering, medicine, business, or combinations of several)</p>
<p>Hows D engineering vs. other more traditional programs? </p>
<p>D engineering appears to have more focus on LA study and requires 5 year. A more traditional program (say cornell or other university) tends to be more technical and 4 years.</p>
<p>I can see benefit for more LA study, but question how the two approaches compare technically and then ong term career op?</p>
<p>If medicine is an option, is there benefit for starting at D? Any dual major type programs?</p>
<p>Dartmouth (like most Ivy engineers) engineers tend to go into high finance or consulting, which tend to be far more lucrative paths than actually practicing engineering. When it comes to placement into the most elite firms, Dartmouth is easily among the top 7, if not 5, schools in the country. For someone looking to make it in business (i.e. venture capital, banking, CEO track) its hard to do better than Dartmouth. For someone looking to go to med school, Dartmouth also is among the top 7 schools when it comes to grad placement, much of this having to do with undergrad research opportunities.</p>
<p>A B.A. Engineering science is a four year degree. The five year degree gives you a B.E. which is a graduate degree. Some choose to do it, some don't.</p>
<p>I think that is incorrect. A BE is like a BSE; they are both undergraduate degrees. The difference is that at most engineering colleges, a student will take fewer non-science courses and graduate in four years. As a liberal arts college, all students take distribs at D, including engineers. Thus, Dartmouth's BE is more similar to other colleges' 3/2 programs. Nevertheless, it's still an undergrad degree. </p>
<p>The one plus is that Dartmouth provides finaid for the fifth year for the BE students.</p>
<p>That said, it is definitely possible to also finish the B.E. in four years--many of my friends did. </p>
<p>And agreed with slipper, research opportunities for undergrads are amazing. Presidential Scholarships, DoF funds, Dickey research grants...I got over $2,000 to work on my senior thesis, and I know Slipper got far more.</p>
<p>sry, didn't mean to imply that all students received $ for the fifth year, just that need-based finaid will cover a 5th year for Eng students who are already on finaid. Otherwise, need-based aid is capped at 12 quarters.</p>