PhD in Chemistry at Dartmouth and Carnegie Mellon

Graduate School
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<p>I have got admission for my PhD in Chemistry at Dartmouth and Carnegie Mellon. Would the perception of Dartmouth as an</p>

<p>excellent undergrad college in any way undermine my PhD degree there?</p>

<p>Were I to go abroad after appropriate training, would I be in any</p>

<p>better position looking for an academic job being from one institution</p>

<p>as opposed to the other? How would the case be different were I to</p>

<p>continue in the States? What about an industrial job?</p>

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<p>Carnegie mellon is better rated school than Dartmouth. They have a better reputation abroad</p>

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<p>Why would you say that CMU is better rated than Dartmouth? Dartmouth is an ivy…</p>

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<p>ivy doesn’t mean anything for chemistry. remember that for grad school, it is the advisor, then the specific program, then the school that matters.</p>

<p>and it IS called dartmouth college, not dartmouth university. you know where their priorities lie.</p>

<p>carnegie mellon is also not a top ranked chemistry program, but it is higher than dartmouth, i believe. something like 50 for carnegie mellon and 75 for dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Will a Dartmouth PhD leads to better job prospects outside academia outside the US since it’s more well known as an ivy?</p>

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<p>CMU is ranked like 75; and Dartmouth like 50…I like the professor at dartmouth and btw, its caled DC and not Dartmouth University for historic reasons…</p>

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<p>where are you pulling these rankings from? and it seems like you’ve already decided upon dartmouth, so go there. </p>

<p>but again, neither of these two schools are well known for chemistry, but CMU is known for being a science and engineering school. and correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t decision dates past already?</p>

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<p>Yes, and I got thru…I really want to go to Dartmouth based on the work…just wanted to know if its overwhelming reputation as an undergrad place and cause me problems in future</p>

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<p>According to the latest USNews Graduate Edition, Dartmouth is ranked #74, CMU is ranked #50. </p>

<p>You are probably thinking of the NRC rankings where Dartmouth is #54, CMU is #74. But the NRC ranking is more than a decade old now. </p>

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<p>That’s debateable for the fact is, Dartmouth is one of the least famous of the Ivies - so much so that most people, especially foreigners, don’t even know it’s an Ivy.</p>