<p>Hey! I'm currently undecided between these three schools. I would be an econ major at UC or Dart and banking/finance major if I decide to attend UGA biz school. I'm looking to go into ibanking and later into private equity after a couple years in ibanking and maybe also earning an MBA. For the purposes of this post, I will concentrate primarily on UofC and Dartmouth. </p>
<p>My thoughts:
I would prefer to be in a major city for school all else equal, so UChicago gets the edge here. I feel like it would be helpful for internships in the academic year and maybe for Chicago-specific firms and networking. At the same time, though, Dartmouth is known for sending many students to the big ibanks on wall street every year. Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I feel that even though there is a little more recruiting at Dartmouth, proportionally more students will be applying to the ibanking internships/jobs, meaning the supply meets the demand. Even if I apply to other finance jobs outside of on-campus recruiting, my guess is that UofC and Dart have roughly the same prestige factor in applying/interviewing. </p>
<p>Questions:
-Which banks recruit heavily from UC?
I've heard JPM, Goldman, Credit Suisse, UBS, BoAML, and a variety of middle market banks recruit actively there. </p>
<p>-How is grade deflation there?
My junior friend there says it's not that bad, but there's just more of a tendency among the students there compared with other schools to take harder classes (even if it results in lower GPAs). He said his GPA is ~3.6 with mostly A's in the core classes, but mostly B/B+'s in the econ major classes. </p>
<p>-How happy are the students there?
I've heard that the "where fun comes to die thing" is outdated, but compared to say, Dartmouth, how is it?</p>
<p>bump I really would appreciate some input</p>
<p>I don’t know much about ibanking prospects, but from what I’ve heard they actually do recruit pretty heavily at UChicago and we have fairly good placement. Someone else might be able to tell you more. </p>
<p>The fun comes to die thing was a self deprecating t-shirt. People are fairly happy here. Yes, its a damned intense environment, but people definitely have fun and enjoy it, though part of that may be that they are the people who chose this atmosphere. </p>
<p>Can’t speak to grade deflation, though I haven’t had too bad a time.</p>
<p>The free ride at UGA is hard to pass up, but for the rest of your life, whenever anyone asks you where you went to college, you’ll be telling them “because they gave me a full ride.”</p>
<p>UofC v. Dartmouth for econ? UofC without question.</p>
<p>But what did you expect - you’re asking this question on a UofC forum!</p>
<p>If $$ isn’t an issue, would turn down UGA…</p>
<p>Definitely visit both Dartmouth and UofC and choose based on fit, since both schools are on the same tier for recruiting.</p>
<p>Yeah agreed. If $ isn’t the issue, visit both chicago and dartmouth and choose for fit. As I see it, Dartmouth is better represented on Wall Street. My experience here in terms of finance internships, though, has been pretty spectacular. I was able to keep up solid grades, take up an internship downtown, and still have time for partying and hanging out on weeknights and the weekends last quarter. My personal preference in terms of recruiting would be Chicago, as you won’t be restricted to more competitive finance internships in NYC in the summer and that you also probably won’t be competing against half your class for the available internships.</p>
<p>UChicago has a much stronger alumni network than Dartmouth. Forbes places it in the top 6 in # of billionaires; Dartmouth isn’t in the top 10. No surprise when you consider UChicago’s Law School and Business School are also tops:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/harvard-stanford-columbia-business-billionaires-universities_slide_7.html[/url]”>http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/harvard-stanford-columbia-business-billionaires-universities_slide_7.html</a></p>
<p>Not to mention academics: UChicago’s 87 Nobel Prizes to Darmouth’s 3. </p>
<p>But really it isn’t even a fair comparison. Dartmouth doesn’t really belong in the research university category. It’s a small, liberal arts college–charming in some ways if you like the small town appeal and don’t mind the over-the-top frat scene. UChicago is a major research university with all the resources you would expect from one of the best universities in the world.</p>
<p>Dartmouth enjoyed more popularity than it deserved for many years but now UChicago has passed it up in admissions selectivity, while Dartmouth has dropped because of some campus issues. And there’s no turning back. Anyone on this forum knows that UChicago is rising faster than any school in the country. Dartmouth is what it always was–a nice, small liberal arts college.</p>
<p>I have heard that Dartmouth alumni are super loyal to their alma mater. On the other hand, UofC is on the rise and more UofC alumni may be on the street in a few years, which would help for recruiting (power in numbers). UofC alumni may also be becoming more loyal, perhaps maybe as loyal as Dartmouth alumni, but who knows. We can’t quantify that anyway. </p>
<p>Again, I would choose based on fit – and ignore UGA altogether if money isn’t an issue. From a strictly “investment” perspective, UofC is better because it is getting its act together and everything is improving. But Dartmouth does have the Ivy brand, so if OP values that, then Dartmouth may be a better choice. </p>
<p>Either way, UofC vs. Dartmouth, you’re golden.</p>
<p>If it were pre-med or engineering, I would take UGA full ride in a hart beat.
However, the street always look for pedigree and UofC or Dart is a toss off, I’d say now a days UofC has an edge. D of my friend just got three hedge fund offers, she had several location choices, she choose SF instead of Chicago and she is no where a top student at UofC.</p>
<p>Eh. Does being an Ivy in and of itself matter? Stanford and MIT aren’t Ivies, but nobody would deny that they are just good if not better than the Ivies. My experience has been that if you’re not going to HYPSM, then the average Joe on the sidewalk won’t know what your school is. By the way, I visited UChicago for admitted students weekend, and unless the Dart people really impress me, I’m coming to UofC. Also, is Dartmouth really considered a liberal arts school? That’s news to me.</p>
<p>I’d argue that the average Joe on the sidewalk who is a loyal OSU fan doesn’t know any of the HYPSM (maybe except Harvard). But it doesn’t matter to you.</p>
<p>And I think Dartmouth is as close to a LAC as a national university gets (after all, it is called dartmouth COLLEGE) – but it’s still a national university, since it has Tuck (the business school).</p>
<p>Regarding to what truth123 said, while I personally prefer UChicago, I give Dartmouth a lot of credit for being and staying what it is over the years, when it could’ve easily expanded and had a more prominent graduate school. Probably not as prominent as Chicago’s due to location, but still prominent nonetheless. And Dartmouth wins in the alumni loyalty department hands down. In fact, I’d argue that Dartmouth produces THE MOST loyal alumni in the ivy league, matched only by princeton (partly because of the relatively small sizes of the two) </p>
<p>But I agree that UChicago is on the rise as of late, and with the abundant resources it has had over the years, it will become even better in the future now that the admissions office/the college itself are paying more attention to how the world outside of academia perceives it.</p>