<p>I got a likely, but I don't know a lot about Dartmouth. Why would one want to go there from a student's perspective? What is the best thing about Dartmouth and how is it different from schools of similar prestige and academic quality?</p>
<p>You can find the following books at the nearest bookstore or public library:</p>
<p>Princeton Review's The Best 368 Colleges
The Fiske Guide to Colleges
The Insider's Guide to the Colleges</p>
<p>Here is Dartmouth College's website:
Dartmouth</a> College</p>
<p>You should spend some time reading it.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is a strong and well-respected research university that embraces many of the best qualities of a liberal arts education. It's worth the investment to do your research on it.</p>
<p>It is the only ivy focused on undergrads. You will have almost no TA's and develop close relationships with profs.</p>
<p>The D Plan will allow you to be off from school at unusual times when internships are easy to get. You can graduate with much more work experience than your ivy peers which is attractive to employers.</p>
<p>The D Plan also allows more study abroad opportunities than would be available at most colleges. Many kids do 2 or 3 programs in different parts of the world and a few have done 4.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, other than Princeton, has the highest level of giving by alumni suggesting a high level of satisfaction with their college experience.</p>
<p>It has a beautiful campus and it's known as being a tight knit community with exceptional spirit.</p>
<p>The outdoor activities are second to none.</p>
<p>It has it's own ski hill and a sushi bar!</p>
<p>Those are the reasons my son chose Dartmouth and he's very happy with his choice.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice hmom. kwu, I'll check those sources out.</p>
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It is the only ivy focused on undergrads. You will have almost no TA's and develop close relationships with profs.
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<p>Princeton?</p>
<p>the better and harder question to answer is: what isn't good about dartmouth?</p>
<p>According to the link which follows, it has the highest satisfaction rating of any other school we have considered: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.**************.com/NH/DC.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.**************.com/NH/DC.html</a></p>
<p>where the ******** are type in ************** it won't let me copy the link into this site-- must be a competing site. wow, it really won't let you type studentreview -- with an s after student</p>
<p>The happiness factor of the towns people, prof's, and students can be confirmed on a visit.</p>
<p>My sister just spent the last 4 years studying there and loved it. Moving to New Hampshire from Texas was interesting for her, but she made fantastic friends and absolutely hated graduating and leaving. She said it's the best college in the world. </p>
<p>But don't take anyone else's word for it. Find out for yourself. In the end, you will be the one living and learning there, so what's great for someone else might not be right for you. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Haha IvyIsGreen. Please, stop the profanity :P</p>
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<p>Princeton was my #1 choice ahead of Dartmouth, and one of my Dartmouth friends is rooting for his sister to get into Pton ahead of Dmouth. They're both comparable, I think -- I've visited Princeton's campus twice and I love it. But even though Princeton is undeniably very undergrad-focused, Dartmouth is I think still more like an LAC than Princeton is. Princeton has 2,500 grad students versus 5,000 undergrads. Dartmouth has 1,000 grad students versus 4,000 undergrads. At Dartmouth, the college <em>is</em> the university; at Princeton, it's a bit less so.</p>
<p>Overall though I think the biggest difference between Princeton and Dartmouth is just location. Princeton is suburban, and Dartmouth is rural. Which is better depends on the student's personality and preferences.</p>
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<p>Quarter system puts a lot of pressure on you in certain science and math courses.
Rural location means it's hard to find things to do beyond going out to the frats, though it's not impossible.
Relatively small size (compared to other Ivies) means a lot of student organizations don't have critical mass to do a lot of things.
Student life centers around frats, athletics and the Dartmouth Outing Club so if you aren't a fan of any of those three, either become one or prepare yourself to find and establish a social niche of your own.
Student body is WASPy and mostly upper-class, although the same applies to most of Dartmouth's peers.
Campus is snowed under for four to five months a year.
The distributive requirements are not always reasonable.</p>
<p>Note that a lot of these things can be good or bad depending on your personal preferences, and few (if any) are real deal-breakers; I love Dartmouth. But it's not hard to find less than desirable things about Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I also think that princeton has slightly better name recognition than Dartmouth, which might be a consideration for some people (not me!). Otherwise, you're right on the mark.</p>
<p>haha...its funny if I can't type a competing website...college confidential doesn't want competition!
lets try it.
<a href="http://www.**************.com%5B/url%5D">www.**************.com</a></p>
<p>It is studentreview with an "s" after student</p>
<p>wow, it doesn't work...</p>
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<p>coll3geprowl3r is blocked too. (replace 3's with E's)</p>
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<p>prowl3r is blocked, just in case</p>
<p>The best thing about Dartmouth is the people. My peers are fun, funny, talented and remarkably supportive. They are what I love most about Dartmouth. </p>
<p>I can't speak about other schools, but I think it would be hard to find a student body much better than D's.</p>
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