Dartmouth vs Cornell

half_baked
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:17:41 +0000

I think you’re mistaken. I applied and got into both Columbia and Dartmouth. I did it so I could keep my options open so that I could choose which kind of environment I wanted to study in and not be locked into it before I even got my acceptance letters back. I by no means like a rural, outdoorsy atmosphere; that being said, I know fully well that after Dartmouth, I’m going to work in finance in a city like London, Paris, New York, Boston, or San Francisco. I purposely picked Dartmouth, with its “middle-of-nowhere” appeal because I figure that at best I might fall in love with the change of scenery and, at worst, I’ll find that a little bit of masochism builds a lot of character, and that a diversity of experiences is vital to intellectual wholeness.