Dartmouth v. Yale

maineparent
Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:56:21 +0000

I love both schools, and the very first school my S visited was Dartmouth…I would strongly urge your son to consider the approach of doing an overnight at each…my S is at Y, hubby went there …our very good friends are both Dartmouth alums… and their HS Senior is now going to be at Dartmouth come Sept too…my objective view is that I think Dartmouth folks work their relationships after the fact a bit more than Yale folks do…so, that seems like fun…could be that we live closer to Dartmouth so it is easier for them to be more active?
could be that in my house, our “alum” is a man and guys just don’t work it as much? vs 2 folks who got married after meeting in school?

The D plan is a definite difference…and in my opinion, Dartmouth also is more supportive of study/semesters abroad…Yale wants kids to do that during the summers (big generalization there!)

Is there a field of study that lends itself better to one vs another? Perhaps undergrad at Yale and Tuck Business School next?

Computers, Dartmouth is Apple, Yale is not…both have lots of wireless, at Yale kids rooms need a router to be wireless, but that is no big deal.

You might like shopping Ikea when visiting New Haven, I know I do…

Finally, at Yale, the residential colleges all put forth teams in a variety of extracurricular activities, billards, frisbee, golf, tennis, co-ed activities and they keep score of the results, and factor in GPA by college at year end for the awarding of the Tyng Cup, a competition that started in 1933…it is a great way to have fun, meet a variety of kids…stay active…lot of pride tied to winning it… the residential college approach is a wonderful way to make a big place small right out of the gate.

Hope those thoughts are helpful…regardless, congrats on a S with such tremendous choices…enjoy the decision…