<p>I'm a non-California resident who's been recently admitted to both Berkeley's liberal arts college and Dartmouth. I'm planning on majoring in economics and a biology subject, followed by either law school or business school. I wanted to know if anyone had any opinions about where would be better for me. The things I want to consider are my chances at high power graduate schools and job placement from each of those colleges as well as the general environment and experience.</p>
<p>hmm i appreciate this but i'm looking for specific reasons why one school should be preferred over the other... i need to be able to weigh the good and the bad from both schools.</p>
<p>Either school will give you the 'wow' factor on your resume for grad school or employment potential.</p>
<p>IMO, the UC's are just not a good value for OOS kids. Cal is $40+ thousand per year....for that kinda money, you might as well go to a private college. Some intro classes at Berkeley can be as large as Dartmouth's entire Frosh class.</p>
<p>Both are top-notch in econ...but, the towns could not be more different...rural vs. Telegraph Avenue. LOL</p>
<p>but yeah i wish some people who've been to these schools would weigh in... i could post this on the dartmouth forum, but i think that would give dartmouth an unfair advantage. and there's no berkeley forum :(</p>
<p>No one can answer this for you... do you want a very large university or a small college? Large classes or small classes? Do you want a lot of diversity, or a more homogeneous student body? Do you want urban or rural? Do you want northeast weather or norcal weather? Do you think you might end up on the west coast or east coast??</p>
<p>They are both great schools... but very, very, very different environments.</p>
<p>That said... if law school is your goal, Dartmouth, I believe, has more grad inflation, and slightly better law school placement...</p>
<p>visit the colleges -- both provide phenomenal educations, but their evironments are near opposites. Only you can decide which school is where you'd like to call home for the next four years.</p>
<p>choose dartmouth...
Ivy prestige
much more selective student body
smaller size=>more attention from faculty
higher graduation rate
academic climate of an elite private university with the personalized, close-knit experience of an LAC
no earthquakes</p>
<p>Believe me, we are some of the most closely knit students you will find... the D plan does nothing to our friendships, if anything they bring us together in our Dartmouth'ness when we go to foreign countries together, i.e. we may not be bonding with our friends in Hanover, but we are making knew ones from Dartmouth and from our major that are even stronger because we are all in another country pretty much living with each other and hanging out with each other all the time (I just got back from France... Absolutely AWESOME) </p>
<p>As for Econ, it is kind of the norm for all the majors here to expect a $10,000 signing bonus from a big name firm in one of the major cities... its kinda like, "are you working for Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley, I forget" ... as for graduate schools, we have awesome professors and with Tuck we get great speakers all the time.</p>