Brown vs Dartmouth

ivyeic
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:56:01 +0000

housing:
as a dartmouth, and college, student, i can say that there is no good way of sorting students together. i can also say that there is a fantastic sense of community within your floor especially. your floormates are like your family, and you can go to them for whatever you need.

social scene:
the stereotype is true, though. we are a heavy drinking student body; the “work hard, play hard” mentality reigns supreme. but you don’t have to drink. no one is going to force you to do anything that you don’t want to do, especially at dartmouth. my best friend at dartmouth is a swimmer, and he has a dry season. everyone respected that. no one looks at you differently because you don’t drink. you should also look into the doc (the dartmouth outdoors club). they have their own building on campus and have an incredibly large presence. they plan hiking and camping trips all the time.

dartmouth would definitely have the competitive edge in terms of grad school admissions, and we have incredibly strong study-abroad programs and numerous opportunities to go wherever you want to go. and if dartmouth doesn’t offer a program, they’ll pay for you to go on whatever program that you want.

if you have any questions, let me know.