Dartmouth vs. Swarthmore

1sokkermom
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:59:12 +0000

“the percent of grads that get Ph Ds …”

There is another regular poster who has sung this tune for a few years on cc. (Maybe you have read his posts?) I have argued that this fact really tells us nothing about the “intellectualism” or quality of an undergraduate institution either.

There are many intellectual students who opt to get a job or go to professional (medical, dental, law, etc.) school immediately after undergraduate school. The Ph D statistic probably has nothing to do with where this young woman should attend either.

I don’t think the OP stated what her daughter’s long term career aspirations were. Maybe I missed it. I think he/she stated what the likely majors would be.