Is Dartmouth is a sub-standard school?

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<p>spencer, you couldn't answer my question regarding UT Austin and Dartmouth. But please, at least do one thing before you leave.</p>

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How many times have you ever cited (if you have even cited at all) except all your so-called evidence from your father's plumber's sister's friend?

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<p>Apologize to my family. Right now.</p>

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Who started offensive comments first?</p>

<p>Case closed.</p>

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Of course not. All I want to hear are constructive comments by people like slipper1234, ammarsfound, albert87, aw5k and vitalism, and not your confrontational posts. </p>

<p>In fact, people like slipper1234 and ammarsfound have convinced me that Dartmouth is worth more than its ranking on THES and Shanghai Jiaotong, hence I refuse to answer your question comparing UTAustin and Dartmouth.</p>

<p>Big Brother 1984, confrontational attitude will get you nowhere.</p>

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<p>"Big Brother 1984 is a communist."</p>

<p>haha was that a george orwell reference?</p>

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<p>Spencer, in America Dartmouth is a top school. For international students trying to come to America (since its the best country in the world), you should probably learn something about American schools.</p>

<p>One of the Best ranked by US's most popular ranking:
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>One of the best at sending kids to top professional schools:
<a href="http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Attracts many of America's brightest students, I think Dartmouth is 9th overall for National Merit Scholars (scroll to end)
<a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/06_annual_report.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nationalmerit.org/06_annual_report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Please, Spencer, lets talk sense. You just don't know much about America. And you assume British schools are great, when Americans could care less about Oxbridge when Ivies like Dartmouth are in America.</p>

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when Americans could care less about Oxbridge when Ivies like Dartmouth are in America.

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Americans are just ignorant, anyway ;)</p>

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<p>thethoughtprocess, I have something to tell you. Go count the number of countries that are ex-British colonies. Then count the number of countries that are under heavy American influence.</p>

<p>I can safely tell you, that an Oxbridge degree would serve you better than a Dartmouth one in most places around the world bar North America.</p>

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<p>hmm no. the average american is just as 'well informed' as his international counterpart. The sole reason there are disagreements between subjective stuff like perceived prestige is because they're 'well informed' about different things. A guy in britain will obviously find cambridge more prestigious than duke. A guy in north carolina will find duke more prestigious than dartmouth. A guy in new hampshire will probably find dartmouth more prestigious than stanford. Its human nature. My cousin goes to mcgill in canada, and he says for canadians thats a big 'wow'. He says Harvard is called the mcgill of the USA :-). Big brother 1984 will probably know more about this though and whether its true or not.</p>

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If you are just going to stay within America, Dartmouth would be fine. If you want to venture out to the world, to Europe, to Asia, then Oxbridge would serve you much better.</p>

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<p>I can safely tell you, that an Oxbridge degree would serve you better than a Dartmouth one in most places around the world bar North America.</p>

<p>Agreed. but America is a pretty powerful exclusion wouldnt you say? The jobs are very high paying there, the atmosphere VERY liberal and open (i say this from experience, i was on a 2 hour coach ride from london, and NO ONE said a WORD through the trip), people (i'm generalizing) are nicer and more willing to stick up for you. And despite all the crap it gets on television (though i'm not saying thats unwarranted), its still THE best country to live in.</p>

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<p>Hey ammars, you ever had that annoying kid in high school that you keep telling to shut up, but he keeps going on about stupid stuff like Spongebob?</p>

<p>It's also interesting that spencer11111 asked you for SAT tips. You know that's funny, I thought the guy was going to college.</p>

<p>Alright guys, put this troll on ignore.</p>

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<p>he is lol. He said he needs them to prepare for gmat. But spencer, gmat is for AMERICAN colleges isnt it?</p>

<p>touche :-p</p>

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<p>ammarsfound, I found the British are generally very nice and easy going.</p>

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<p>Not really. GMAT are used for all the business schools around the world.</p>

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<p>so what were we talking about again?</p>

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<p>again, its subjective. You and i probably like different kind of people. But youre still probably going to be screwed if you decide not shut off your US options. Theres a reason its facing an immigration problem. Cheesy as it sounds it IS 'the land of opportunities'.</p>

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<p>From what I know Americans value the ability to "say it in your face". Whereas for the British, they would be nicer to you up-front but would "hack you in the back". </p>

<p>That's generalisation.</p>

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<p>i didn't really know much about Dartmouth College before this thread came up but I have to say I'm darn impressed with all the good reviews on the internet...</p>

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Firstly, are you a female?</p>

<p>Secondly, I would say the statement is probably true 20 years ago. But I must also say that US has really declined a bit wrt the world in the past 10 years. EU is definitely getting stronger. China is another big headache.</p>

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<p>albert87, which country are you from?</p>