<p>I am going to be a senior this year in high school and I am planning on applying to Dartmouth.
I really love science research, especially environmental biology. I have experience and I hope to continue this in college. However, I hear science and research are not that big at Dartmouth. I hear it is more of a humanities school. I also want the opportunity to do field work and fulfill premed requirements. I feel like a school like Cornell, which is said to be better in science would fit me more academically for this reason. What opportunities are there for science research, in a field like I prefer, at Dartmouth? Also, I know premed at Cornell is really cutthroat and many people feel overwhelmed. Is Dartmouth also cutthroat?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s cutthroat…every school has those weeder introductory classes where they try to persuade kids to fall off the pre-med track but it isn’t cutthroat here. The profs. are very supportive with doing things like extra office hours around the final period and they really want you to understand the material so they like tons of questions. The Academic Skills Center also provides study groups for people with issues and if that doesn’t work then I’m sure you will find a group of like-minded people who want to form a study group too.</p>
<p>I guess the basic answer to your question is that no one wants to see you fail here, everyone wants to see you succeed.</p>
<p>In terms of science research, I’m a fan of that myself and there are several opportunities available for you to do that. Just take a look around on this page [Undergraduate</a> Research](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/undergrad/]Undergraduate”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/undergrad/)</p>
<p>Hope this helps,
~Questionable28</p>
<p>well, there are definitely a ton of opportunities for you to do research, especially in the sciences.</p>
<p>the bio department has a lot of opportunities too, i have at least three friends doing work in environmental bio, and a bunch more in cellular and molecular. </p>
<p>basically, basically every prof is actively involved in research, Dartmouth gets a rap for being light on research basically because there are (comparatively) very few grad students so there’s not as much being done at a time since profs have to do it all with part time help from UGs instead of several full-time MS/PhD candidates.</p>
<p>If you want to do something here, it is entirely your own fault if you don’t get it done, pretty much. Profs are more than willing to get another student involved with their research or help you get funding to do something on your own. I’d check out the departments of interest first, email a few professors about their research, and actually wait until you get in to any school before you use this as a potential deciding factor.</p>
<p>My son had a great PAID research internship in his sophomore year- working with a professor who had funding from the Howard Hughes Foundation. We visited his lab during sophomore summer and it was very cool- I didn’t understand what he was doing but I know it involved working with DNA.</p>
<p>Have you looked into Duke’s program? I hear they have an amazing Environmental Science dept. and graduate school too, but haven’t looked into it myself.</p>