<p>Dartmouth is amazing. But NYU Econ is also a top program.</p>
<p>Save the money and go to New York.</p>
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<p>Uhā¦prestige, which i was making a comment about. Iām also not sure to what degree being the āstronger school at the undergraduate levelā really accounts for. Dartmouth may feed more students into top programs, but i imagine that their students are also quite a bit more competitive. (the same being true for the students in other top LACs) And this, rather than its undergraduate education, might easily account for the success of Dartmouth students.</p>
<p>Simply, I donāt think Dartmouth is worth 200k more than NYU.</p>
<p>This is the FIRST time Iāve seen a thread in which NYU features as the cheaper option.</p>
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Thatās an obscure statistic that has nothing to do with prestige of a university, at least at the undergraduate level. Most people win Nobel Prizes like 50 years after they graduate from undergrad and thus a number of other factors including graduate school, luck, personal drive, etc. are more related to Rhodes Scholar production. Itās like giving my elementary school credit for the fact that Iām going to Harvard Law School next year. Obviously, a lot of things that happened to me in the 15 years between my elementary schooling and my acceptance to HLS.</p>
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No, not really, there are probably 3-4 times as many 2200+ scorers on the SAT at UCLA rather than at Dartmouth but the WSJ Feeder Ranking shows that despite the preponderance of high scorers at UCLA, Dartmouth grads are still represented more at even an absolute number than UCLA alums at the top 5 law schools, medical schools, and business schools.</p>
<p>NYU is simply not in the same league as Dartmouth at the undergraduate level. It is an overpriced private school with a few standout programs, an excellent business school, and a world renowned school of the arts and theater.</p>
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<p>Okay, point taken.</p>
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<p>So UCLA students score higher than Dartmouth kids but theyāre still more represented? sounds like evidences some Ivy bias to me. (which we both know is well documented.)</p>
<p>Still curious how Yale is in the middle of nowhereā¦ New Haven has a population of 130k. If that is considered middle of nowhere, what do you call my hometown of 10k?</p>
<p>Someone here mentioned Dartmouth as a more prestigious school name than NYU is. Really? I thought NYU is more prestigious than Dartmouth as a whole. Half the people in Texas that I have asked havenāt heard of Dartmouth but heard of NYU, lolā¦</p>
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<p>^ but if they had an educated knowledge of dartmouth and also NYU they will consider dartmouth more prestigious.</p>
<p>^ Thatās the problem. In the real world, the world outside of CC, Dartmouth is somewhat unheard of and NYU is somewhat popular. </p>
<p>That said, I would - personally - go for Dartmouth, not because I belong to the educated class, but because I prefer a campus-based school to a school that only has buildings scattered across many blocks.</p>
<p>If you are sure you want to do high finance (think trading, IBanking) then MAYBE there is an argument to be made for Dartmouth. For anything else, I would choose NYU.</p>
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<p>To be honest, i probably have a big-city bias. </p>
<p>That being said, I wonder what percentage of that population just lives there because itās cheaper than living in New York though, and commutes there.</p>
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<p>I guess. Iāve never been given a compelling argument for what makes Dartmouth particularly prestigious. Your counter-factual seems suspect.</p>
<p>I also donāt think that prestige necessarily correlates with ubiquity. I think Caltech is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and itās highly unknown.</p>
<p>What doesnāt make Dartmouth particularly prestigious in your estimation beyphy? Lets start there. Itās extraordinarily selective, its graduates to very well in the graduate/professional realm, and its one of the wealthiest universities in the country if you look at per capita endowment (after HYPSM, Rice, and UChicago). It pulls off the hybrid research university/LAC model very well.</p>
<p>^ To be honest, iām not quite sure. Maybe iām just biased towards research universities; or maybe i just need to learn a lot more about Dartmouth :shrugs:</p>
<p>Who cares about Dartmouth, go to NYU, and live in vibrant NYC. Great opportunities. Save your parents a bundle. Use that money for potential graduate school. Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere.</p>
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