Dartmouth famous major>?

objobs
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:04:30 +0000

SpringForever:

Like all schools with the exception of Harvard and Stanford, Dartmouth isn’t the plan A for the majority of its matriculating students; it may be plan D for a lot of students. However, many of those students end up loving the school and wouldn’t transfer out to Harvard/Stanford even if they could.



Most people wouldn’t transfer out of anywhere once they’ve settled. (Here I intend “settled” to have a double meaning.) It’s inertia as much as “love.”



SpringForever:

The truth doesn’t always sound sweet.



Your “truth” isn’t THE truth.



SpringForever:

I said a lot of top engineering undergrads prefer going straight into business over going to engineering grad school.



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You only think this because Dartmouth is more pre-professional (anti-intellectual) than many of its peer institutions:

[nsf.gov - SRS Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients - US National Science Foundation (NSF)](Archive Goodbye | NCSES | NSF)