Dartmouth vs. Swarthmore

slipper1234
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:19:36 +0000

I really think that the prestige issues aren’t that important here, as far as I (and many academics) am concerned Swarthmore might as well be an Ivy. If the social fit is Swarthmore she should go there.

One thing about Dartmouth that might tilt it in D’s direction is the language program. Between the mandatory language “drills,” the language focused houses (they are very cool), the opportunity to do TWO study abroads (an LSA and FSP) its hard to beat.

Also creative writing has a very tight-knit community of majors and its also a strong major.