Is Dartmouth really that bad?

[fallenchemist]

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@Stridereb

And comparing us to the University of Chicago and Stanford? Based on comparative lists of Nobel laureates alone, do we really want to go there? In terms of campus intellectual cultures, those are apples vs. oranges comparisons.

Consolation already pointed out that you completely missed the point in that only term lengths, how they affect the student, and who uses them are being compared. How in the world does the number of Nobel Prizes impact that discussion. But besides that, Stanford and Chicago (and Northwestern) are universities, with extensive graduate school programs. Dartmouth is a college, with nothing comparable in that area. I think it is safe to say that is far more the reason for the Nobel disparity.</p>