Dartmouth or Notre Dame

johnleemk
Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:37:28 +0000

And I think there is a very real Ivy advantage. If I recall the figures correctly, Dartmouth’s career services office put out an information table a few years ago showing that Dartmouth history majors made it to medical school at a higher rate than biology/pre-med majors at many other non-Ivy elite schools. And that’s without Dartmouth screening applicants.

While I’m not sure if that’s still the case, I was the history department’s open house a few days ago, and a surprisingly large portion of history majors go on to medical school, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all by this.

The BE is an internationally-recognized degree so I’m not sure what all the fuss is about: [Bachelor of Engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](Bachelor of Engineering - Wikipedia)

I’m sure there are good reasons to pick ND over Dartmouth. But overall I think it’s hard to top Dartmouth as far as undergraduate education goes. And really, whether a liberal arts or professional degree is best for you depends on, well, you.