<p>Hey slipper,</p>
<p>I’m familiar with your position that Dartmouth does better than Columbia when it comes to banking/consulting placement, but why do you think that’s so? As you’re one of the few people who have attended both schools for undergrad, I think you’d be well positioned to answer this question.</p>
<p>The main reason I can think of is the D-plan, but it’s hard to swallow that a scheduling difference gives Dartmouth such a boost. Especially since Columbia has the edge in academic prestige and does a superb job of educating its students through the Core. Or perhaps it’s the beer pong?</p>
<p>By the way, in the Forbes article referenced by sneamia where Dartmouth was on top, Columbia was dead last among the Ivies and behind schools like Holy Cross and Bucknell. (Oh, the horrors!) Then again, the article is based on a survey from payscale.com and the methodology is suspect.</p>