<p>After visiting both schools, I found such a tremendous similarity between the two institutions and I think that Dartmouth prospective students should really consdier OU as a great safety. </p>
<p>If you are looking for a school that is ALSO on a quarter system (providing ample time to study abroad), has a stunning campus, is outdoors oriented, has competitive programs and a liberal arts core - then clearly Dartmouth is a clear choice; however, Ohio U seems to offer almost the exact same thing and I suggest that students considering Dartmouth should consider OU has a safety. </p>
<p>I’ve been searching for a while for a Dartmouth safety and think this is the closest one I can find. I have answered a lot of threads about Dartmouth and safeties for it, well… here it is. </p>
<p>I was reading this thread and then decided to look something up and found this, actually showing the link between Dartmouth and Ohio University:</p>
<p>The green and white colors of Ohio University date back to 1896. Before that time, the University’s unofficial colors were blue and white. It soon became apparent, however, that these colors would be unacceptable for the new football team to wear. </p>
<p>The University’s then-newly hired football coach, Samuel McMillen, suggested that Ohio adopt as its colors olive green and white, which were worn at McMillen’s alma mater, Dartmouth College. The proposal was put before the student body for a vote and green and white became the colors of the school’s uniforms in the fall of 1896. Through the years, the olive green has evolved into a darker “hunter” green color.</p>
<p>Honestly though they are nothing alike. Dartmouth is MUCH more diverse, the NH woods are nothing like the Ohio Hills, and OU is much more conservative.</p>
<p>OU is a very liberal school actually. The county was actually a ‘‘blue’’ state during the 2004 Presidential election due to the large liberal voting population at the university. While I would agree that Dartmouth is more diverse, both are college towns and offer similar experiences. Dartmouth is somewhat liberal though it is clearly one of the more conservative ivies.</p>
<p>As a person whose family lives in Ohio, who went to Dartmouth, and who has spent a couple halloween weekends at OU I can assure you they are very different. The people around you are everything and while at Dartmouth the frat guy next to you is probably writing a philosophy thesis and wants to be a judge, the guy at OU wants to sell mortgages (Sorry mortgage brokers). The intellectual environment is just so different, hills and school colors just don’t make schools similar. If you want another Dartmouth try Middlebury, Williams, etc.</p>
<p>I’ve spent alot of time at Miami too (probably a total of ten days), and I know 20 people who went/ go there. its nothing like Dartmouth, its MUCH less intellectual, much less diverse, much less open minded. I loved Dartmouth more than anything, I wouldn’t go to Miami for anything. Dartmouth (to me and most students I would say) is an open minded, liberal, beautiful outdoorsy, small intellectual school with a liberal arts focus and a very inclusive frat scene. All Miami and Dartmouth share is the fact that both campuses are beautiful.</p>
<p>Look, there’s a difference between a dartmouth “replacement” and a dartmouth “safety”. I think OU is a great dartmouth safety. I mean a safety is going to be less intellectual isn’t it? I’ve been to OU, and I think it’s a good option. :D</p>
<p>Both of these schools seriously know how to party, that is a good connection. I don’t know how Dartmouth leans politically, but OU is horribly liberal. Miami is conservative, more like “J Crew U.”</p>
<p>O.U. is more like a large Dartmouth, so it seems, with the atmosphere that is more like a Kenyon, Reed or Oberlin. Green, great campus and a college town. I wouldn’t call OU ‘‘horribly liberal’’ as there are schools that are much more liberal <em>ahem Hampshire</em> but I will advocate that Miami probably wouldn’t align with Dartmouth in choices of schools as close as OU would.</p>
<p>OU is not a saftey for Dartmouth just because the colours are similar. Being from that area I am quite familiar with the school (my mom even went there). If you are looking for a saftey in Ohio for Dartmouth I would look at Kenyon and Oberlin. Miami has a great campus, but isn’t as academically stacked as Kenyon and Oberlin. To be quite honest even Ohio State is better academically than OU. However, OU has the scenary down pat if you like being away from civilization. The Ohio Valley really is the sticks, but Athens is a really cool college town I must say. Columbus is large and open. Gambier doesn’t exisit. Oberlin is just down the road from Cleveland (which actually does rock). And Miami is another almost sticks. I mean Oxford is nice college town. Then again you do have Dayton and Cincy close. Well, Dayton isn’t that interesting… You literally can get bored to death in Dayton.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is extremely liberal, located in the sticks of north central NH.
The winters last from late October through mid-April. They have great grad schools Tuck and Thayer. Mary Hitchcock and the Med School are
excellent. There winter sports teams which at one time were very competitive have slipped into mediocrity especially men’s basketball and ice hockey. They can’t compete on the men’s side in any major sport which gets the old 'lums mighty angry to be sure. They are always looking to beef up their SAT MEDIANS and diversity numbers which because of their climate and remote location is no easy task.It is struggling to keep in the top ten academically and must sacrifice everything else toward that end which means abandoning much of its former allure and fame as a special college.</p>