Needs to make a decision: Dartmouth vs Notre Dame

Mrspepper
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:01:45 +0000

I think S would make the most of either experience. At Dartmouth, he excited about the class he took, the opportunities for study abroad, the internships that everyone seemed to have, the undergrad academic experience, etc. He is not actively seeking a frat experience, open to all types of people but doesn’t get the desire to over imbibe in order to have fun. (the drinking culture at any college will be a shock to him at first, but he will get over it). Hanover is much more bucolic and safer than South Bend and he loves the idea of the ski hill.

ND has the school spirit, football thing ( he loves college sports) and he is interested in the marching band. We visited on a Fri before a football game and I must admit it was pretty impressive.
He is undecided in major, possibly pre med but likes humanities and sciences, languages. (likes the language philosophy at Dartmouth). Any thoughts? We are in the middle of the country.