How is Dartmouth STEM different?

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I know there have been similar threads in the past, but I went through them and couldn’t find anything that really answered the question.

I’m planning on majoring in CS and Econ, probably with a minor in math. I often hear that if you want to be an engineer (or similar field), then Dartmouth probably isn’t the place for you. However, I’m not really sure what people mean by this. I don’t want to work in a formal comp sci career (i.e. coding) my whole life, and instead intend to look to entrepreneurship. So when people say Dartmouth isn’t a school for dedicated engineers, is this what they mean? Or is it more about having other options for students who might transfer out of an engineering major altogether? If people have direct experiences in CS at Dartmouth that would be great, or even general information about the culture/career prospects of students.

General differences are more than welcome too.

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Dartmouth doesn’t have a traditional engineering program. It’s a more liberal arts focused program that requires at least an extra year to get a BE.

I’m not familiar with their CS program so hopefully others will chime in. I know ranking wise, they aren’t that well regarded but I don’t put that much stock in rankings.

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I haven’t paid much attention to rankings either, especially given programs like computer science where they’re similar at the vast majority of undergraduate schools. I know you can get a CS major in four years, and a masters with one extra year. I’m very interested how it differs in terms of culture/style of classes though too.