Brown vs Dartmouth

wolfmanjack
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:07:21 +0000

I spent a summer at Dartmouth and was very glad I was not accepted there. In the summer you can kayak for free and hike, but honestly it stays cold most of the school year. I found the drinking atmosphere and frattiness of the place very unappealing and most state school-like. Frats have gotten into trouble for hazing, etc. Hanover is actually incredibly boring, and mostly white wealthy folks. There are only a few places to eat and drink so if you walk by them as a student you probably see everyone you know. They thought their pizza place was amazing for some reason, and I thought any of the places on Thayer were better. It seems that isolation has harmed their taste buds.

The campus architecture is also homogenous, unlike Brown’s. I think if you want a shot at getting into Tuck, or want to be recruited for business then Dmouth is a good place for that. I ran into a transfer from Brown while there but didn’t ask why she left.

Long story short:

1) There is no way I would want to live in Hanover, and I am from a place even more rural.
2) The keystone drinking beer pong culture is gross. AD the Animal House frat was disgusting (people urinating and puking next to each onto a wall in a basement). They also put some sort of energy powder into pills and put them into drinks. Looks a little sketchy? It’s like Brown’s football frat but everywhere.

3) Go to Brown.