<p>Which would be best for anthro. and archaeology?</p>
<p>Stony Brook is the clear choice here.</p>
<p>Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, or Hyundai?</p>
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At the graduate level and for the right student, perhaps so. Stony Brook is by far the strongest for biological anthropology, certainly. Its specialty in archaeology is Middle Eastern archaeology, and in that niche field it is considerably stronger than Stanford and is on par with Penn for faculty though not resources; it has quite a strong archaeology faculty that includes two internationally known Middle Eastern archaeologists and the former director of the Iraq Museum. For cultural anthropology, Stony Brook is nowhere near the other three.</p>
<p>For undergraduate education, I would choose any of the other three over Stony Brook. They offer more attention, better financial aid (especially for OOS students), stronger and more diverse student bodies, better research opportunities and funding, and much better social scenes. As for deciding between the three, there are big differences between them. Penn is a big research university in a major city, and Dartmouth is a small LAC-like university in a small town in a rural area. Most people would have preferences that supersede academics!</p>
<p>Warblers - as admitone noted jhaverford was being incredibly sarcastic.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is to Bugatti? LOL!</p>
<p>Besides Stony Brook which are strong in biological anthropology? If Stony Brook’s specialty is Middle Eastern archaeology, do the others have specialities?</p>