<p>Shrugging/ Brown man.</p>
<p>1) In business its arguable whether Columbia or Dartmouth is more prestigious, even at the graduate level. Also they are both equally prestigious at the undergrad level for business. Yet Dartmouth’s alumni network is far stronger and there is greater loyalty. Also there is better preperation and the career services are better. </p>
<p>2) Location is largely irrelevant because at the UNDERGRAD level students are looking for BB IBanking jobs at the 7-10 big banks or botiques (Goldman, Lazard, etc) and the 5 or so elite consulting firms. All these firms travel to Hanover just as they do to Columbia. In fact more travel to Dartmouth than to Columbia. </p>
<p>At the MBA level location is far more important as students are often looking to go to smaller botiques and hedge funds that don’t recruit at the undergrad level. Often these jobs are obtained through networking. The elite jobs in finance so desired at the undergrad level (i.e. banking) are often less desired now as students have moved on to PE, hedge funds, etc. </p>
<p>3) The D-plan advantage is HUGE. No one gets an elite consulting or banking job without an internship, which is often harder to land than a job offer. Dartmouth’s special access to top firms in the fall, winter, and spring gives it almost an unfair advantage. I would guess a far larger percentage of elite business internship applicants get in from Dartmouth over places like Columbia and Penn (non-Wharton) just for this reason.</p>