<p>ya, so how is dartmouth different form the other ives? and y did ya'll pick it over other schools?</p>
<p>just curious, i reallly like dartmouth, but i dont know much about the other ivies, so i was wondering how they compared.</p>
<p>andd... is dartmouth easier to get into than the other ivies? b/c thats what i've heard.</p>
<p>No it's not.</p>
<p>Its comparable to Penn, Brown, perhaps easier than columbia, harder than Cornell. Its the most community oriented Ivy, with the most attention from Professors, Most LAC-like, ie strong alumni bonds, discussions not taught by TAs, most spirited (most big weekends), most rural, etc.</p>
<p>I think Dartmouth is 4th or 5th hardest to get into. I know Cornell is the absolute easiest without doubt, Brown is easier I'm fairly sure- and most people look at it that way, Columbia.....I don't know, I would say it's easier, but that's the one we rival with. Penn might be harder.</p>
<p>I'll let someone else take why it's different. It's amazing, I can't describe it. I wouldn't want to go to another ivy.</p>
<p>imo, the ivy pecking order is:</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton
Wharton - upenn
Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn (college)
Brown
Cornell</p>
<p>hmm ... I would not focus on admission stats or prestige ... but the college experience itself. Dartmouth is in a small college town pretty far from anything else (most like Cornell in that regard ... Princeton is pretty small but sort-of-close to NYC and Philly). Dartmouth itself is small compared to the other Ivies ... almost the size of a big LAC. Dartmouth does not have as many graduate programs as most of the other Ivies ... or said the other way Dartmouth fucusses on the undergrads. I can't say much about the various majors other than it does not have an extensive engineering program. It's a great place!</p>
<p>doesnt it have an engineering school? ( i forget the name right now) but it sounded like there was a pretty good engineering program</p>
<p>The Thayer School of Engineering? I don't know much about it besides the name, and that it's not a conventional engineering school, a la Caltech/MIT.</p>
<p>i think it is better for people who want a more liberal-arts based education, but also want to major in engineering....or else that the impression i got.</p>
<p>Its basically for engineers who want to become bankers, consultants, whatever, less Haliburton or Boeing.</p>
<p>Does Dartmouth has Biomed Engr?</p>
<p>Is Dartmouth considered to be more selective than Amherst?</p>
<p>I would think so, if for no other reason than the Ivy-brand nametag. Not that how selective a school is considered to be should be a big factor in deciding where to go, but the question was asked.</p>
<p>Amherst and Dartmouth, Williams and Swarthmore run pretty much neck and neck in the 17-25% range, Amherst, I think is usually the lowest, Swat the highest. The relative positions may change from year to year, location may hurt D'mouth and Williams while Swarthmore has a fair amount of self-selection</p>
<p>how do bowdoin and wesleyan compare?</p>
<p>Amherst and Dartmouth are pretty similar, Dartmouth might be a little harder now. Bowdoin and Wesleyan are much easier than both of these.</p>
<p>Bowdoin is a small, outdoorsy, preppy liberal arts school in Maine. Excellent skiing, beautiful scenery, and very natural, down-to-earth people there, from what I've seen. People usually apply to places like Middlebury and Bates as well as Bowdoin.</p>
<p>Wesleyan's a little more quirky. Students say it's very open to all sorts of sexualities, and even offers transgender housing. It's known for being a more crunchy school on the East Coast. A little like Brown and Oberlin in that way.</p>
<p>Keep in mind these are generalizations. You will find urban city-slickers at Bowdoin and preppy WASPs at Wesleyan.</p>