How is Dartmouth for business?

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<p>I got accepted to Dartmouth. Great school. Ivy League. Good reputation. We all know that. </p>

<p>Now then, i'm a person who knows that i want to work on Wall Street after graduation - investment banking, trading, etc. </p>

<p>In addition to Dartmouth, i got accepted to NYU Stern Scholars. Business school. #2 in Finance. Internship opportunities. </p>

<p>I'm having a hard time picking which school to go to based on what i want. How is Dartmouth with I-banking and trading? Is the recruitment better than at Stern?</p>

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<p>Its unbelievably strong, along with Williams. I would say Stern/ Dartmouth have similar placements, basically if you can get a semi-decent GPA (3.4-3.7) for the most part you are in.</p>

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<p>How does that work though, since Dartmouth doesn't have an undergrad business school? Do econ majors at Dartmouth go straight to Wall Street right after undergrad?</p>

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<p>I have heard about Dartmouth's alumni network, but i still have trouble seeing how this isolated, traditional liberal arts school can compete against a top business school with more research and internship potential when it comes to Wall Street...</p>

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<p>Yes, and not just econ majors. In fact, undergrad bsns is linda looked down upon in that environment, according to my parents and my cousin who walked into a 90K job as an i-banker on Wall Street with a D anthro degree last year.</p>

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<p>The great thing about Dartmouth is the D-plan which will give you the opportunity to get a jump on internships (before the competion) during times when they will still be in school. In addition to taking advantage of the exisiting srrudy abroad prgrams (that can start as early as summer of your freshman year) the school is begining a new study abroad program in Economics-Dartmouth College – Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) that begins in 2005/2006</p>

<p>Undergraduate Student Exchange Program</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eeconomic/Bocconi/Exchange_program_explanations.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~economic/Bocconi/Exchange_program_explanations.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The Department of Economics at Dartmouth College has initiated a student exchange program with Bocconi University starting in the academic year 2005/2006. This program will enable undergraduates from both institutions to take advantage of the unique academic and cultural opportunities offered by Dartmouth College and Bocconi
University. Initially, the program will enroll four Dartmouth students to spend the Fall term at Bocconi University and four Italian students to spend the Fall term at Dartmouth (or alternatively, two Italian students to spend Winter and Spring term at Dartmouth). If successful, we hope the program could expand.</p>

<p>Benefits: Economics is one of the few departments at Dartmouth without an off-campus program for its majors. Currently, students majoring in Government or Economics can apply to the Keble program at Oxford University in the UK, which is managed by the Rockefeller Center. </p>

<p>This program has been a huge success and has been very popular with our students. We would like to encourage Economics students to study abroad. One major focus of research and teaching in our department is International Economics and studying abroad is very important for better understanding the topics we teach (for
example, the effects of globalization), for exposing students to current economic issues (for example, the effects of a common currency, the Euro, on economic growth) and to different schools of economic thought. </p>

<p>In addition, this program will allow Dartmouth
students to benefit from the experience of a small, urban university in a country with a social and economic system much different than our own. The program will enable our students to become fully affiliated members of Bocconi University with complete access to libraries, lectures, seminars and other facilities. Similarly, Bocconi students coming to Dartmouth will experience an environment much different from their own and will have complete access to Dartmouth facilities. Both institutions will benefit from the crossfertilization process that will result from this exchange.</p>

<p>In the end there is nothing like the NYC Dartmouth alumni, which are fiercely loyal to their undergrads.</p>

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<p>Ibanks often prefer econ (or even English!) majors at the top feeders (Williams, Duke, Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, etc). Only the top 4 or 5 undergrad business schools are competitive with Econ majors from the top schools. </p>

<p>(I go to Columbia Business School and was History at Dartmouth).</p>

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<p>Consider the CEO of Goldman Sachs is a Darthmouth graduate.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth is amazingly connected on Wall Street. Generation after generation. New pres of GE is a Dartmouth alum. As the child of a Dartmouth business person in NYC, I can tell you that the Dartmouth (OK, really Yale's) club is where a lot of deals are struck.</p>

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<p>I was worried about the same thing. I thought maybe I jumped the gun by coming to Dartmouth and didn't consider my future business potential. I'm also interested in going into I-Banking/being an analyst right out of college. I probably want to go to business school, as well.</p>

<p>I know one girl who graduated last year (her brother goes here)- she just signed on with Citi Group with a double major in Government and Geography. Her starting salary was something like 90k with a 10k signing bonus and then of course her bonus at the end of the year which is generally 35k-45k. The number of students that go from Dart into banking is insane, actually. I was really surprised. Now that I think of it- there's this program that I applied to with Credit Suisse First Boston that would only even let you apply if you were from one of twenty schools. Brown wasn't even on that list. I think NYU may have been, but don't remember.</p>

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<p>if you are interested in a job in a wall st firm after graduation, your GPA and class rank are very very very important. an english major with some economic background with a 3.9 will more likely get a job over an econ major with a 3.6. </p>

<p>In light of this, if you know what you want at this early stage you should look into the grading systems of the schools you are going to as this will impact your chance of standing out in the competition.</p>