<p>What's going on people? This board is usually so lively... the lack of posts today is quite outrageous. Oh well, I'm writing to ask for some advice on a problem I have.</p>
<p>I was accepted yesterday to Penn as an incoming transfer student (Physics). So far I've been accepted at Penn and Dartmouth and I have yet to hear from Cornell and Stanford. Anyways, my problem is this: I need to pick one of these four fabulous institutions! I'm leaning more towards Dartmouth, but Cornell is a close second (assuming I get in), the others aren't too far behind.</p>
<p>There you have it, my dilemma and a reason to post on the Dartmouth board. Thank you in advance for any help you may provide, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>how is cornell a close second?? you will commit suicide there!! DARTMOUTH ALL THE WAY!! although i probably won't be able to give you any substantive reason, esp. since i'm not familiar with the fisx department.</p>
<p>to be honest, i think they are all the same. while you'd get a better physics ed at cornell, dartmouth would offer so much more in terms of college experience</p>
<p>I just found out I was accepted to the Engineering Physics program at Cornell. Any help in the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for the responses thus far.</p>
<p>It comes down to what you want to do in the long run. For an engineer I would go Cornell, but for Physics it matters a lot less. In that case Dartmouth all the way. Socially, its by far the friendliest school to transfers I know of.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. I'm going to list Dartmouth's and Cornell's pluses, let me know if I'm wrong or if there is something that I am definitely missing.</p>
<p>Cornell
+Better Engineering program.
+More diverse.
+More research opportunities.
+A&EP = Awesome program.
+Two really good friends there (Probably live with one and he's an A&EP also)</p>
<p>Dartmouth
+Small Community.
+Easy to assimilate into campus as transfer.
+Opportunity to Study Abroad.
+Better Internship Opportunities (Quarter system - I can apply for internships during winter term, when most schools are in fall semester)
+Smaller classes = More contact with professors.</p>
<p>Those are some of my reasons for attending each school (Keep in mind that the reasons are relative to each other, not absolute). Let me know if anything there is blatantly wrong or if I omitted anything important.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, on a percentage basis, is actually more diverse than Cornell BUT Cornell is almost three times bigger so the perception will be that Cornell is more diverse, because simply, there are more students of every type. If you are the sort of person that really likes hanging out with a certain ethnic group, you might not like Dartmouth which is very integrated.</p>
<p>I think you nailed the plusses and minusses though. For a banker, there arent real academic differences and both are strong feeders.</p>
<p>My D's RA is an 07 and doing an internship at Merrill Lynch (also an engineering major). I was really suprised at the number of e-mails she told me she got this year about I banking opportunites for the summer (but that is not where her interst lies) and they are just freshmen.</p>
<p>I didn't apply to Wharton; I got into SAS at Penn as a Physics major. (Trying to clear up some of the confusion, if there is any). Thank you for the advice, it's really helpful... it seems that for most of the things I want Dartmouth is the way to go, but I just can't seem to let go of Cornell. </p>
<p>Eddie (i got a friend named Eddie lol), if you are going to science/engineering, I think cornell is your best bet. For humanities, Dartmouth is probably just as good and probably has a little more grade inflation, I think.</p>
<p>Honestly since Eddie wants to be a banker/ get an MBA there really isnt a difference, if anything Dartmouth has the edge. But I would choose based on whether you want a big school or a smaller one. Ithaca is much cooler than Hanover, but Dartmouth is a much more community oriented school with the benefit of sophomore summer. Its a tradeoff.</p>