Dartmouth vs. NYU (Math + CS)

tristatecoog
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:25:50 +0000

Neither one is particularly renowned in the Putnam math competition.

I know someone at Dartmouth who has competed. D is a smaller math department than the other Putnam leaders (MIT, Harvard, CMU, Stanford, UCLA) but they are familiar with the competition and place people there. NYU may be the same way. They had one great student a while back and she’s now at UCSD as a professor.

For hardcore CS/Math, you may have an edge at NYU. Check the course listings and professor research. For lifelong networks, Dartmouth is up there with Princeton for alumni connections.