<p>Does anyone else think Dartmouth and Princeton are more comparable than Princeton and Harvard/Yale?</p>
<p>my friend are you happy with the data?</p>
<p>legendofmax: no, not really, because princeton is just as well known as harvard/yale. when people hear "ivy league" they think harvard, yale,and princeton prolly comes up, too. Dartmouth is an afterthought. Or, no one has ever heard of it. One or the other.</p>
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Does anyone else think Dartmouth and Princeton are more comparable than Princeton and Harvard/Yale?
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<p>In respect to what? Number of trees on campus? Gallons of beer consumed per capita?</p>
<p>SwordMaiden: I'm not talking about prestige or how well the school is known</p>
<p>Then, I'm going to have to agree with Playfair: comparable in respect to what?</p>
<p>Undergrad focus, size of student body, frat/eating club scene, preppiness.</p>
<p>Yeah, I also think the campuses are similar as well.</p>
<p>Well, Dartmouth is way more rural/isolated than Princeton, but architecture-wise, maybe. Idk I haven't visited Dart or done much research on them...and I think there are still more people who apply to both Princeton and Harvard/Yale than P and D.</p>
<p>What some kids say about the professors at Harvard and Princeton</p>
<p>Harvard</p>
<p>It seems like the professors at Harvard think that they're too good for their students. They have TA's do all the work for them, and only occasionally will they actually come up with an interesting lecture for the day. I have hated every professor I've ever had at Harvard. I'd rather saw off my head with a rusty spoon than go to another class at this ****ty ass school.
Bill, Class of 2006
Harvard University</p>
<p>The first year, classes are mostly intro classes, so they are big. Ec10, the intro economics class taught by Marty Feldstein has over 800 people. However, there are teaching fellows (TFs) for such large classes, and they are all right. Some are really good, but some are awful--my friends complain that they can hardly understand some of the TFs. The professors are pretty friendly outside of class and very open as long as you seek them out. My anthropology professor joked that he always waited expectantly in his office for students, but no one came. I think a lot of us are really intimidated, but once you get to know the faculty well, they can be great.
Kate, Class of 2007
Harvard University</p>
<p>Princeton</p>
<p>My Professors are the most amazing, and intelligent people in the world. The classes are interesting and I actually learn. We have the top cited professors in the world, nobel prize laureates, and all others in between. They wear samurai costumes, blow up gunpowder, and bring vegan sushi to class. I've been to other universities in the world, and I can comfortably say our academics are unrivalled.
CK, Class of 2008</p>
<p>The professors at Princeton put in as much as the students do themselves. If you want their help, they aren't going to give it unless you ask, once you ask they're amazing.
Nicole, Class of 2005
Princeton University</p>
<p>Half of my professors this semester are celebrities, at least of the academic sort. Put simply, they deserve their fame.
Anonymous</p>
<p>They are so brilliant and they are very intelligent.
Daniel, Class of 2007
Princeton University</p>
<p>I love them all!
Anonymous</p>
<p>My friend this is of Course from my trusted source campusdirt.com</p>
<p>I'm not a Harvard booster, but fact of the matter is, these are random quotes from a random site. Moreover, students will still pick Harvard over Princeton at a 75% clip that has only been rising. I don't think the teaching at Princeton is significantly better than it is at Harvard (or Yale or Stanford for that matter).</p>
<p>I think there was a lot of sarcasm that you missed...</p>
<p>zephyr151: calm down. The site may be random, but doesn't it reflect what you have said in the past that Harvard students consistently rank their student experience lower.</p>
<p>and besides who cares. This post is working like a mosquito net - keeps the mosquitos out.</p>
<p>Simba: You're right, the quality of life measured by the student engagement is lower. That's part of the reason why I like Stanford so much, and part of the reason that convinced me to go there--students are content and happy at the school.</p>
<p>Byerly's tactics, as you have probably noticed, are merely to interject his H-bomb boosterism where he can win, and ignore posts when he can't. When people devastate his claims, he doesn't rebut.</p>
<p>Don't be sillly. The great bulk of applicants gaining admission to both Harvard and Stanford are quite "happy" to choose Harvard.</p>
<p>But indeed, as in your case, most applicants are quite "happy" to go to the best school that accepts them.</p>
<p>Most applicants are quite happy to go the best "name," you mean.</p>
<p>Why is it "Harvard, Yale, Princeton" instead of "Princeton, Harvard and Yale"? Is that the traditional order or does it have to do with the ranking?</p>
<p>Both. Plus, it reflects the order in which the schools were founded.</p>
<p>The net needs to be refreshed with fresh statistics</p>
<p>Children we will talk money today.</p>
<p>Item, % Harvard, % Princeton</p>
<p>weekly spend money $148, 61 -------you need to print money at home
avg. starting salary $28.6 K, 27.8 k
avg. current salary, 54.8 k, 102 k-------nice ROI + better student experience</p>
<p>Homeless People
% of grads who own their own home, 25%, 63%</p>
<p>% of income that goes towards paying college debt 17%, 7%
% with degree related to their first job 83%, 63%
% still with their first job 58, 25 - less mobility, stuck with same-old-same-old</p>
<p>% currently unelmployed 8%, 0 ------soft majors?</p>
<p>% of grads who wish they had studied more 42, 38 - if profs don't teach
% who do graduate work 58, 75</p>
<p>My friend the data is from the trusted sources at capmusdirt.com</p>
<p>dont kid yourself. the order of HYP has nothing to do with "rankings." its just tradition, and maybe order of founding.</p>