<p>Which school would you pick and why?</p>
<p>(I kno these 2 schools are really diff from each other, and I dont have the opportunity to visit these 2 schools)</p>
<p>Wash U because their biology program is better, the weather is nicer, and there’s more to do there.</p>
<p>Dartmouth. It seems like a more spirited, fun campus. </p>
<p>Plus, the overall academic reputation is better. (WashU is only really a super-star in the sciences)</p>
<p>WashU for Business, the sciences, and journalism. Dartmouth for everything else.<br>
If You are into Journalism WashU is one of the best schools to go to.</p>
<p>WashU’s Econ has improved tremendously and it recently recruited many renowned faculties for the department.
WashU also has great biology, political sceince, and journalism.</p>
<p>It is not wise to choose Dartmuth ONLY because it is an IVY.
It is an excellent school though.
In terms of school spirit, WashU’s students have lots. People judge its students to be lacking school spirit just because it is not DI sports school. </p>
<p>In conclusion, you would love both schools.</p>
<p>“Wash U because…there’s more to do there.”</p>
<p>Unless you love hiking, skiing, camping, etc. Dartmouth is the second largest landowner in NH (after the state) and all that land is available to students to play on.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is better undergraduate all-around, but what do you want to study? If going into business or law, Dartmouth is by far the better choice. If going biology, then the decision should be more about ‘fit’ as WashU is strong in that area as well.</p>
<p>Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Overall, academics and reputation are stronger.<br>
Very spirited student body that is similar to Duke.
Lot of outdoor activities</p>
<p>Dartmouth is in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE and is very Greek. WashU of course, isn’t much better, but it is much easier to find people like you (more students) and to escape it if you it gets claustrophobic. Finally, at Dartmouth you have to stay there over sophomore summer –– annoying!!! </p>
<p>Check out TheU videos. They’re kinda fun and provide a few anecdotes about the school.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.theu.com/videos_view/?v=vaaa5f[/url]”>http://www.theu.com/videos_view/?v=vaaa5f</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.theu.com/videos_view/?v=v36204[/url]”>http://www.theu.com/videos_view/?v=v36204</a></p>
<p>Dartmouth is significantly better at “business” They aren’t even close. If you go to Dartmouth you can major in a liberal arts major and you’ll still have ten times better access to the elite jobs. </p>
<p>Sophomore summer is most students favorite term. BBQs, river swims, casual hanging out, parties, bonding with your class, how is this a bad thing?</p>
<p>Dartmouth has far more loyal alumni, is much better at placing its graduates (in every area including medicine), has a better reputation, has a more spirited campus environment, has many more resources, etc. </p>
<p>WashU is a great school but its grad placement and recruiting have not caught up with its selectivity. Dartmouth by a landslide.</p>
<p>“WashU for Business”</p>
<p>That is absolutely untrue. Dartmouth for business by an absolute land slide. Finance in particular.</p>
<p>The only area I’d consider the two academically comparable is in sciences, but I’d pick Dartmouth just because of how fun it is.</p>
<p>“They are not even in the same category in my opinion, Dartmouth by a landslide.”</p>
<p>-A landslide? Really… a landslide? Even in St Louis? I’m sure Dartmouth is better for ‘elite jobs’, but what about regular business jobs? I find it kind of hard to believe that Dartmouth is… always… better for business than WashU…</p>
<p>Its a landslide. </p>
<p>Pretend you are rating recruiting. If out of ten Wharton and Harvard are 10s, Dartmouth would be a 9, and WashU would be a 5. Its a drastic difference.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has 4/5 elite consulting firms on campus and 5/7 elite banks. WashU isn’t core for any of the elite consulting firms and only has 2/7 banks. The jobs that Dartmouth kids don’t usually want are considered top firms at WashU. </p>
<p>Most Ivy-type students are looking for elite jobs so the “regular job” point isn’t that relevant. For “regular” jobs such as IT management any undergrad business school is probably better than an Ivy because the training is more specific.</p>
<p>WashU’s peer assessment is a 4.1 vs 4.5 for Dartmouth. Now take in account that Dartmouth barely has grad schools while WashU does and the difference is even greater. Academics respect Dartmouth more and Dartmouth isn’t even a research school!!</p>
<p>Dartmouth wins hands down at recruiting. It has years of history in business and has strong footholds on Wall Street and in consulting only passed by HYP. Dartmouth is much stronger.</p>
<p>Dartmouth spends more per student. Dartmouth has a far greater percentage of alumni donating. The list goes on and on. Wash U is a great school but Dartmouth is a better one.</p>
<p>“Most Ivy-type students are looking for elite jobs so the “regular job” point isn’t that relevant. For “regular” jobs such as IT management any undergrad business school is probably better than an Ivy because the training is more specific.”</p>
<p>I don’t know how you get to decide what’s ‘relevant’. I take it from this that the answer to my question is ‘no’; Dartmouth is not… always… better for business. Business does exist outside elite consulting and banking firms… go figure.</p>
<p>well im going to be a premed and probably major in biology or something like that.</p>
<p>Dartmouth does better at grad placement in all areas (reputation + resources + inflation). In no way is Wash U better at med placement.</p>
<p>OP is intersted in premed/bio. WashU seems to be a better choice: more prestigious medical school and bio-science departments.</p>
<p>WashU’s medical school has little to do with its placement into top med school for undergrads. Undergrad premed is about GPA, research, MCAT, and advising. Undergrad focused Dartmouth excels at placement because it excels at giving resources to students. I think people correlating med school rank with undergrad placement is a mistake.</p>
<p>DARTMOUTH - hands down. Ivy-league name, and in my opinion jsut as good as HYP, the reason why they have a smaller reputation is because they do not have as much new research going on, as tehy are more teaching oriented, sorta liek a LAC . Good atmosphere if u are a smart student who likes tohave fun. WASHU is severly overrated and not fun and alot fo work</p>