<p>i know Dartmouth is overall very good, but what are some of the stronger departments that are nationally recognized there?</p>
<p>Language departments. Dartmouth's drill system has been patented. It involves getting up very early and having someone force you to speak the target language very rapidly, and snapping is involved. It's a great way to learn a language. If you can speak Spanish at 8 in the morning on a college campus, you can speak Spanish anywhere.</p>
<p>I think that the Econ department is good, and I've heard good things about Linguistics. Other than that, I'm not sure what "stands out of the crowd" from amongst other ivies.</p>
<p>I know Dartmouth's graduate business school (Tuck) was ranked #1 in the entire country by the Wall Street Journal last September.</p>
<p>better than wharton?</p>
<p>business school is completely separate from undergrad. you won't take classes there.</p>
<p>Wall Street Journal ranked Dartmouth's MBA program ahead of U Penn's graduate school (first time in 7 years anyone's done that). U Penn is still first on a lot of lists (us news and world report, business week, forbes).</p>
<p>By the way, Wharton is the business school at U Penn for both undergraduate and graduate. Dartmouth has no undergrad business school.</p>
<p>how about math and sciences like bio, chem, etc.?</p>
<p>what about psychology?</p>
<p>What about English?</p>
<p>Psych and English departments are popular majors at almost every college in the country. You would be hard pressed to find a bad english/ psych department at any school.</p>
<p>so.... how about math and sciences?</p>
<p>i visited the engineering department and I really liked it...I don't know if it is ranked though...</p>
<p>Guys,</p>
<p>The truth is most departments at Dartmouth CANNOT be ranked since they have no grad schools. But this means better teaching, better undergraduate research/ focus, better graduate placement, and top recruiting. You can only learn so much at the undergrad level, the ranking of departments honestly only matters in a few areas (vocational areas where you are taught an actual skill - like accounting, film, music, etc). For 99% of people, it doesn't matter at all. I was an anthro major, got $10K for research, TWO thesis advisors, and recommendations that got me into a top 5 MBA as the youngest in my class. THAT is what matters.</p>
<p>slipper1234 makes a very valid point--and his/her post shows that there are different ways to go about your college education. For example, two different ones would be:</p>
<p>(1) If you are sure you are likely to go to grad school anyway, get a great liberal arts/non-technical undergrad education, then go to grad school for the technical/professional (business/engineering/medical/nursing/law) programs, or</p>
<p>(2) If you are unsure whether you plan to go on to grad school, either because of personal preference/lack of funds/non-stellar grades or some other reason, then you may want to consider getting these types of technical/professional degrees at the undergraduate level, or, in the case of law, after two years at the undergrad level. </p>
<p>Obviously, if you can go route#1, like slipper1234, and get into a great MBA program, that is the preferable choice--but it may not be possible for everyone.</p>
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Wall Street Journal ranked Dartmouth's MBA program ahead of U Penn's graduate school (first time in 7 years anyone's done that). U Penn is still first on a lot of lists (us news and world report, business week, forbes).</p>
<p>By the way, Wharton is the business school at U Penn for both undergraduate and graduate. Dartmouth has no undergrad business school.
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<p>I personally don't take rankings seriously. And as to which is the top Business school in the USA, I surely would give that to Harvard Business School. Wharton is also reputable but it's NOT Harvard. </p>
<p>At least, this holds true to most Japanese and the rest in Asia.</p>
<p>Wharton has been ranked higher than Harvard by most groups here in the US for about the past 10 years. </p>
<p>However, if you consider Harvard the best business school overall, fine--it may be, but it's certainly debatable. Other schools like Stanford, Wharton (UPenn), Dartmouth, Northwestern, Berkeley, Michigan, and MIT all are excellent as well and have been the top-ranked by various groups at one time or another.</p>
<p>It should also be noted that Wharton (UPenn), Berkeley, Michigan, and MIT have undergraduate business programs, while Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Northwestern do not.</p>
<p>I do agree that of these schools, Harvard is the best known overseas--in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. I think that is because more of our politicians went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia for college than to the other schools. And, of course, the current president (Bush) went to Yale for his undergrad and to Harvard for his MBA.</p>
<p>Hi sansai /calcruzer</p>
<p>Please do not start another one of these back and forth debates that take over the thead like the dartmouth vs. uva, really does nothing to answert the OPs original question (or at least open a sseparate thread).</p>
<p>I think that we all stand in agreement that dartmouth does not have an undergrad business program and wharton at penn does. Going back and forth about tuck v. wharton for grad school is a moot point to a prospective freshman because they still have at minimum 3 years of college and a few years of work experience to go before making a decision.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I came across a site for MBAs (was probably Businessweek's) and I have yet to find an MBA aspirant who would rather choose Wharton over Harvard in that site. All "A" applicants signified Harvard as their first choice. I'm talking about those "A" applicants or those applicants who know exactly what they're pursuing. </p>
<p>I came from a Family of MBAs. My dad received his MBA from Stanford way back in the 70's. My older brother graduated MBA from Wharton in 2002. My other brother (3rd from the eldest) will be entering either Haas or Stanford Business School this September, but he thinks he will more likely end up going to Haas because it has a strong Finance program. (He also got accepted in Wharton but does not want to go there.) That's his discretion. The reason no one had gone to HBS in our family is because, no one got accepted. He he... They're proud of their alma mater schools, of course they are. Who wouldn't be proud of a Wharton MBA! But despite all the kudos... they are honest to admit that it would have been different if their diploma came from HBS. Yes, it's just a diploma, but it matters to some that can afford.</p>
<p>Yes, sybbie719 you are correct. Excuse me for my part in getting the thread off topic.</p>