<p>By some act of God I was accepted to both UPenn Wharton and Dartmouth .. These were my two reaches and I never thought I would have to choose between them haha. I know both have a very strong alumni network and awesome academics ... Any suggestions? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Choose best fit. Both are phenomenal in the business world</p>
<p>Congrats btw</p>
<p>Or just go to Penn CLASS OF '13!</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone (on this page or Dartmouth’s) is going to contest that Wharton than Dartmouth is better from an academic/career perspective. Which school is a better “fit” depends on you.</p>
<p>wharton and dartmouth are both sicknasty for economics, but at dartmouth you don’t have to deal with muerteapablo, so…</p>
<p>besides the issue of fit with school, I think you should consider fit with the program. econ at a liberal arts program is much more theory based whereas wharton is applied econ. That said, both are great although I’ve heard dartmouth is more well known on a graduate level than undergrad for business. Difference is negligible enough though, you won’t have troubles finding a job :D</p>
<p>I think they’re both the top feeder schools for I-Banking, no? Dartmouth’s alumni are the highest paid of any university’s, so that’s certainly something to keep in mind.</p>
<p>Especially considering that in the long run, CASers make more/year than Whartonites (true story!).</p>
<p>Are you a city-slicker? Dartmouth might get boring if you are…</p>
<p>Both do amazingly well at placement into finance and consulting, but in my opinion the Dartmouth experience is far more balanced. I know more than a few successful classmates of mine from Dartmouth now with incredible jobs in finance (like PE, Hedge Funds, and VC) that turned down Wharton. I think they were better off for it.</p>
<p>People turn down Harvard for Wharton…</p>
<p>If you want to go into finance, then there is no doubt Wharton offer more opportunities. As an Ivy league, Dartmouth is certainly not weak in terms of recruiting (and I have no doubt that you can still get good jobs), but it could be more difficult. </p>
<p>Read the ibanking forum, or check out wallstreetoasis .com Wharton is consistently tied in first with Harvard in terms of opportunities in the financial industry.</p>
<p>Don’t go to Wharton, trust me. Although the education is undoubtfully high quality, the students are some of the most competitive and throat cutting as people can get. Unless you are one of those people that commands attention and make people listen, you will be lost in Wharton. Go to Darts</p>
<p>Just go to Penn CAS, have a fantastic liberal arts education, and interview for the business jobs. Worked for me and my CAS buddies. :)</p>
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<p>Welcome to the world of (successful) business</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I’m was leaning towards Wharton but now I’m definitely going to have to sit down and consider all the factors.</p>
<p>Another thing that you should consider is that Penn’s econ department is consistently among the top 10 nationally, while Dartmouth’s is not. What is has is the alumni network.</p>
<p>Which has about ZERO bearing on recruiting, not to mention its impossible to rank Dartmouth’s econ graduate program because, well, IT DOESN"T EXIST.</p>
<p>Yes, we know.</p>
<p>I hear Darmouth is a drinking/party school. I would image that high salaries come from handshaking rather than marketable skills. If you want to bet on social skills and marketable skills to a lesser extent: Dartmouth. If you want marketable skills with a marginally (if at all) less network, go Wharton. Wow that sounds weird. Wharton having a worse alum network? Somebody please correct me!</p>
<p>It doesn’t. They both have great alumni networks.</p>
<p>I have a feeling that more of the “good old boys” types go to Dartmouth, and hence have a greater likelihood of being rich - although not necessarily by their own hard work.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Wharton does not have a weaker alumni network, but honestly, it makes no different. Alumni networking is what you do when all else fails. Spamming e-mails to alumni is only slightly more affective than cold calling . On campus recruiting is much more important. </p>
<p>To give you some figures, only 12% of students found internships through friends, family, and alum, and I’ll bet most of those were from friends and family (with maybe 2-3% from alum)</p>
<p>I’d go to dartmouth… My two friends go there and they love it… Twice the fun for the same education… What more could you ask for.</p>