Need Your Advice: Dartmouth Vs. WUSTL (Full-ride) Vs. NU, Cal, etc

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<p>Need Your Advice: Dartmouth Vs. WUSTL (Full-ride) Vs. NU, etc </p>

<p>I am planning to transfer to Stanford next year (not certain). But, of course, I do want to go to the best school in my list and they are as good as Stanford (or could be even better fit). I just prefer Stanford because I like CA and its education and facility.</p>

<p>here is my final college list:</p>

<p>Dartmouth (Less than 12K--family has to pay less than 12K/year: Pending)
U Penn (Wharton School: Fin-Aid Pending)
Brown (No PLME: Pending)
Northwestern (Fin-aid Pending)
WUSTL (Full-ride)
JHU (No Financial Aid)
Emory
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
UC Berkeley (Pending)
UCLA (about 20K)</p>

<p>My intended major is Biology or Economics. I am a pre-med student but I may change my mind to go to business or Law school. I still want to have an amazing pre-med program at college. On the other thread, many people recommended me Dartmouth or WUSTL.</p>

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<p>I’d probably take WUSTL in a heartbeat.
WUSTL is a great school, and to be provided an admission for free is an opportunity difficult to pass.
I have a friend in WUSTL as a premed (I forget her major, sorry) and she loves every bit of her school/program.</p>

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<p>Ivy League Schools??? Especially, Dartmouth and Wharton.</p>

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<p>WUSTL is a great school, so I would definitely consider it with the full-ride. Don’t even bother with the schools you’re not getting financial aid from; they’re not worth it.</p>

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<p>Here’s how I would personally rank them:</p>

<p>U Penn (Wharton School: Fin-Aid Pending)
Dartmouth (Less than 12K–family has to pay less than 12K/year: Pending)
WUSTL (Full-ride)</p>

<p>UC Berkeley (Pending)
Brown (No PLME: Pending)
Northwestern (Fin-aid Pending)</p>

<p>Notre Dame
UCLA (about 20K)
JHU (No Financial Aid)
Emory
Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>^ I Agree Although, I have not visited any of the schools, except for UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley is huge (In CA, in terms of reputation, it is like Ivy League=Stanford>=UC Berkeley>UCLA). </p>

<p>BTW, I am a regent scholar of UC Berkeley. What if Northwestern comes up with full-ride?</p>

<p>I have other free ride options, including Chapman University in Orange County, Wake Forest in NC, College of William and Mary in VA, UVA Echols Scholar, Fordham University in NYC,etc. I think WUSTL can easily beat all of them though.</p>

<p>I got into NYU as a DDS (Dentist) Program honor student with some merit aid (about half-tuition).</p>

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<p>WUSTL (free) Vs. Brown (almost free)?</p>

<p>My main concern is Dartmouth Vs WUSTL Vs Northwestern (depending on financial aid) Vs. Wharton and Brown Vs. UC Berkeley (Not appealing b/c UCs are too big for me)</p>

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<p>I would go with the ivies over any public schools (Cal, UCLA, etc). WUSTL is a great and awesome school, and it has great pre-med programs. I would personally pick that or UPenn in a heartbeat, regardless of the financial aid and stuff.</p>

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<p>Transferring to Stanford will be very tough…I read on these boards that 'furd only accepts ~ 20 transfers per year.</p>

<p>You have some great options - congrats. A full ride to a school like WUSTL or low cost Dartmouth would be hard to pass up. I’d pick a place and enjoy it, and not worry about transferring to 'furd.</p>

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<p>Wait, what are you planning to major in?</p>

<p>Are we talking about engineering here or computer science at Cal?
If you’ve applied to engineering, for example, and got in + Regents, then that’s almost equal to Wharton and better than a full ride to WUSL.
Berkeley engineering is certainly highly valuable and top class.</p>

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<p>^
He said “My intended major is Biology or Economics. I am a pre-med student but I may change my mind to go to business or Law school. I still want to have an amazing pre-med program at college.”</p>

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<p>Wow, there’s no biology at Wharton. lol
Anyway, I’d still recommend Wharton then Dartmouth.
If either school would be expensive for him/her, WUSL wouldn’t be a bad alternative to those schools, especially if we’re talking about a full ride at WUSL here.</p>

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<p>I am a very ambitious guy. I know Wash.U. is amazing but I have never imagined it as my Alma Mater. In fact, I always imagined myself going to Harvard (whether it is undergraduate or graduate school). I heard of some rumor that big companies are not hiring many Wash.U. business student than those from Dartmouth, Wharton, and Harvard (they have amazing alumni connection in the business field, including Wall Street.</p>

<p>Concerning its endowment rate and academic quality, I am very confident that Wash.U. will become even more prestigious. In my opinion, I will soon ranked top 10 in a near future.</p>

<p>I want to find my career interest during my years at college. It will probably be Medicine or Business (or combination of both). As I said before, in medical science field, Wash.U. is one of the very best. I heard Olin Business School is good but not the best (top 10), though.</p>

<p>I know tons of Dartmouth graduates who lead many major companies like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Washington Mutual. For example, Henry Paulson, 74th United States Treasury Secretary, previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs. It was succeed by Timothy Geithner, who is also a Dartmouth graduate. Lots of employers visit other campuses too. Also, according to Wall Street Journal, Dartmouth alumni earn higher salary than any other schools in the United States.</p>

<p>I am not too sure about whether places like Dartmouth (or Princeton-btw, I heard Princeton kids are suffering from grade deflation) the best place for Pre-Med/Pre-Law.</p>

<p>I think I don’t just want to be a doctor or businessman. I want to do something more than that; Perhaps, I want to do both (please correct me if you think I am wrong). I want to make a positive influence to the world.</p>

<p>In addition, as a California resident and Regent Scholar, Berkeley looks always nice to me.</p>

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<p>Wow, you have great options! In your position, I would probably choose WUSTL, followed by Dartmouth, U Penn, Berkeley, and Brown. I wouldn’t even consider the rest.</p>