<p>Is there a particular reason that she wants to be in a big city? Keep in mind that there are plusses and minus to attending big city schools also.</p>
<p>I have a “there is NYC and there is everywhere else kid”. She would be the person turning the lights off of the Brooklyn Bridge when she leaves. I know that mine did not want her whole education experience to be on the island of manhattan. She also knew that she would be returning to NYC after college so Hanover was an amazing change of pace for her. Dartmouth was the last college that she visited. I thought that she was going to hate it (actually I told my sister that she would probably choke off of the fresh air). She came back and said that this is where I am going. </p>
<p>I still did not think that she would go to Hanover; she went to dimensions, called home and said her decision was made. She committed with a group of 4 friends she met at dimensions and they are still friends to this date long after graduation. She, like may others bleeds green. She had an amazing time in law school, has some great friends but does not hesitate, that her people are her friends from Dartmouth. They truly make connections that last a life time. </p>
<p>I was one of those people at the beginning who said, "I can’t believe that my child is attending the Animal House. I am happy to say that I had to eat those words as she had an amazing 4 years at Dartmouth (accessible professors, study abroad, etc). I remember her living in the tree houses during sophomore year (which did look a little like barracks), other than that she had some really great housing (freshman year in east wheelock,sophomore summer her sorority house, junior /senior year, Mass Row/ Gold coast). I would say, visit, keep an open mind, talk to other students. No matter where she goes, she will find her people.</p>