<p>Is financial aid a consideration? For our family, the decision was a no-brainer. Harvard’s financial aid award was much more generous than Dartmouth’s (almost 2X as much). Although Dartmouth agreed to match Harvard’s aid for the first year, they would not give us a side-letter stating that we would get the same percentage of aid for sophomore through senior year. So, for us – it was Harvard all the way.</p>
<p>Have you viewed these threads?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1319246-dartmouth-over-harvard-yale.html?highlight=dartmouth[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1319246-dartmouth-over-harvard-yale.html?highlight=dartmouth</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1231696-harvard-vs-pomona-vs-johns-hopkins-vs-darmouth.html?highlight=dartmouth[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1231696-harvard-vs-pomona-vs-johns-hopkins-vs-darmouth.html?highlight=dartmouth</a></p>