<p>I am delighted to have been accepted to Dartmouth class 2011. I visted the school and loved it. But it will cost me/parents 50K a year to send me. and I live in a state w/ an outstanding state school - plus have tuition covered thru scholarships.</p>
<p>Questions:
1) What majors result in highest salaries?
2) Are Dartmouth u-grads heavily recruited?
3) Is it worth the added expense?
4) Is it easier to get into a top grad school from Dartmouth u-grad? INnluding Tuck.</p>
<p>Amongst the common majors are econ and govt. However, students in other majors are not at a loss for opportunities including mgmt consulting and investment banking. </p>
<p>My D is a current junior and her biggest complaint (if you can call it one is that most of the job offerings upon graduation and most of the internships are in IB, management consulting and she really is not interested in them but she would work them for a few years to save $). </p>
<p>Many of her friends who are graduating this year already had job offers when they came back at the beginning of senior year along with signing bonuses.</p>
<p>Easier is a relative term. Are many top undergrads represented at top grad/professional schools? Yes. remember that when it comes to business school one of the requirements is having a few years of work experience under your belt so the kind of job you do and where you do it will factor into the equation (I'll let slipper elaborate on this).</p>
<p>as far as the added expense is concerned, that is really an issue for you and yoru parents to talk about.</p>
<p>some articles</p>
<p>Thank you! The articles were excellent! I appreciate the time you took to post them.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, I wouldn't turn down Berkeley with tuition covered to go to Dartmouth if I were you. But then it depends how much you want to get away from California or Berkeley; being happy is important too.</p>
<p>I agree with Sam Lee. If your choice is Berkley for little money or Dartmouth for full price, I'd pick Berkley.</p>
<p>It would be UW-Madison.</p>
<p>I'd talk to the financial aid office. Did you get into any other schools?</p>
<p>Hmmmmm. Tough call. See this thread, which is now up to about 1700 posts:</p>
<p>LOTS of different points of view about going for prestige or saving the $$. This will be helpful for you. (Yes, you'll have to skim lots of it; it's loooooooong!)</p>
<p>Thanks - I look thru them. I got into Northwestern and Williams too - and some $$ from each - but really liked Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Did Williams give you more than Dartmouth? If yes then request a financial review and attach the Williams and Northwestern package (as William is definitely a peer school and there is a 50/50 split when it comes to choosing between williams and Dartmouth. At minimum, Dartmouth will meet the Williams FA package.</p>
<p>Would carleton be considered a "peer school?" They gave me quite a bit more than dartmouth.</p>
<p>I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the geographical advantage (im from maine)</p>
<p>Northwestern's money is all need-based. So Dartmouth should be able to match that. Maybe you should talk to them?</p>
<p>I honestly think it's all about what you want to do with you Dartmouth degree. If having a soul isn't a problem for you (and it's never been one for me), then you can really take advantage of Dartmouth's alumni network to get a six-figure job in investment banking, hedge funds, consulting or (if you're both really lucky and soulless) private equity. You'll have that education paid for in no time.</p>
<p>LOL! Actually, I'm very interested in IB...</p>
<p>Yes, and I'm very interested in a lavish lifestyle filled with fast cars, attractive women, expensive alcohol and big houses. Just a different way of saying the same thing, really.</p>
<p>too bad ibankers work 23789047 hours a week</p>
<p>friend whose a senior got offered 100,000 to work for goldman out of school this year</p>
<p>little old, but average salary by major</p>
<p>Thx. Great article. It looks like the same starting salaries whether you attend Dartmouth or any other top 40 school. On second thought - I've heard from a friend graduating w/ an engineering degree from RPI this year (who had excellent summer internships in Detroit) - that his starting salary is 42K - so maybe Dartmouth 04 salaries = Average of All top 40 schools 2007 salaries ??? Does Google recruit at Dartmouth?</p>
<p>Yes, google does recruit at Dartmouth.</p>