<p>^^ Well, I can at least understand why it’s a legitimate concern, even if I personally would hands down favor Stanford over Dartmouth. The reason being, professors are kind of ridiculously brilliant at a school like Stanford, dpatz. Frankly, in some departments they’re so scarily brilliant that one would be amazed to meet even 1-2 current undergraduates who legitimately would become so academically accomplished. And these guys often may want to stick to their graduate students who’re well read and ready to begin the daunting research process…and may find little desire to talk to the undergraduates. Especially since, no doubt, the Stanford graduate students are going to be a hugely qualified lot, it’s very conceivable that they could overshadow the undergraduates almost entirely. My attitude is that one should be deeply thankful to the professors who do treat undergraduates well, because they really don’t have to.</p>
<p>Don’t forget Stanford’s amazing study abroad program, which the OP said is very important. They have study-abroad centers in Oxford, Paris, Berlin, Santiago, Moscow, Madrid, Kyoto, Beijing, Australia, and maybe one more that I’m forgetting. A huge number of Stanford students will go to one of these centers during their undergrad careers, and it’s widely considered an important part of the “Stanford experience”. Also, all your credits completed abroad transfer. Also, you can study almost anything you want when abroad, although your options might be a bit limited. (I, for example, wanted to do math abroad, and my only choice was Oxford.)</p>
<p>^Yeah, I’ve been looking at the Bing Overseas program because I’m really interested in studying abroad, and I’m impressed.</p>
<p>[Bing</a> Overseas Studies Stanford University](<a href=“http://bosp.stanford.edu/]Bing”>http://bosp.stanford.edu/)</p>
<p>Another cool thing is that it costs almost the same amount to go overseas as it would to stay on campus, according to the website.</p>
<p>Stanford, hands down.</p>
<p>OP, it does not seem you really are undecided. You are only seeking comparison on the Stanford discussion board. I think you really prefer Stanford and are seeking good solid reasons to convince your parents that it is a better choice. The mere fact that it is your preference is probably the best reason to pick it. However, if you head to the Dartmouth board and ask about research opportunities, quality of classroom experience, faculty credentials, extensive study abroad opportunities, your actually might find you do have a real dilemna.</p>
<p>“However, if you head to the Dartmouth board and ask about research opportunities, quality of classroom experience, faculty credentials, extensive study abroad opportunities, your actually might find you do have a real dilemma.”
^You weren’t supposed to tell her that!</p>
<p>I’ve read that Stanford’s graduates have a weak acceptance rate (75%) into medical school. Is that true or made up by some Stanford rejects.</p>
<p>^75% isn’t really low, considering the national average. But nevertheless I agree, I’m sure that statistic is made up. Stanford’s probably in the 90s in terms of acceptance into medschool alongside its ivy peers.</p>
<p>ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
Stanford. No brainer. </p>
<p>If youre doing something in science, GO TO STANFORD!!</p>
<p>The Ivy League is nothing more than just a sports conference. Dartmouth is just one of those brand-name schools. But seriously, STANFORD FTW!!</p>
<p>Acceptance rate into medical school can be a misleading statistic. Some schools (Cornell was one back in my day) had strict grading curves in some of the pre-med courses freshmen took. Which is a better place to do pre-med: a school that weeds out two thirds of its premeds but has a 90% acceptance rate for those who actually apply to medical school, or a school that doesn’t weed out pre-meds and has a 75% acceptance rate?</p>
<p>I’m not sure of the answer to that question, by the way. It doesn illustrate, however, that the percentage of pre-meds who are accepted to medical school in the end isn’t the only relevant question.</p>
<p>Its Stanford and Yale for me…da former’s finaid isnt dat good as Yale’s but they are re-evaluating da finaid offer afta my complaints…I wanna go for astrophysics and astronautics…and as I could get from this thread that Stanford would be best for dat…but Yale has a very close knit community…I wont be just anotha face in da crowd…I could easily do Bsc. in Mechanical engineering at Yale and do Msc on aeronautical engineering at any other school…I am so darn confused now…please guys, help me out from this confusion…wud love to hear ur opinions on this…</p>
<p>Yale is not even remotely as good as Stanford in any engineering field.</p>
<p>@ navidx682268
USnews did not even rank Yale in the top 10 for that major, while they did give Stanford a place in the top 10</p>
<p>navidx682268, how about going to Stanford for undergrad, and MIT for your MS. If you go to Yale, you could be the number one – and the only one – to study mechanical engineering. Nobody goes to Yale for engineering, even the school tries to improve their programs.</p>
<p>I think I’ve read that Stanford students can take classes at Dartmouth. Is anyone familiar with the program , that is, if it even exists.</p>
<p>Never heard of it. Stanford is on the opposite side of the country from Dartmouth.</p>
<p>^Ayden speaks the truth. It’s a really small program for those interested in Native American studies only though. Stanford students can register at Dartmouth for a quarter but I’m not sure if it works the other way around.</p>
<p>You can just plain old apply for a transfer term. You can do this at any college.</p>
<p>I think Native American students at Dartmouth can go to Stanford pretty easily through the already established program.</p>
<p>^If I’m at Stanford why the hell would I want to go to Dartmouth? Lol.</p>
<p>Actually, I’m pretty sure the acceptance rate is 75% into med school. I’ve heard that stat before. But then again, the average accepted gpa is a 3.5 (meaning you could do lower and still have a good shot of getting in) and seeing as that’s about the average GPA here, I think that shows that Stanford does well w/ med schools, not poorly.</p>