<p>both great schools.</p>
<p>… and?</p>
<p>10c</p>
<p>which one would u attend??</p>
<p>Northwestern.</p>
<p>haha what do you think people are gonna say? (this the Northwestern forum)</p>
<p>Northwestern b/c dartmouth=middle of nowhere</p>
<p>Northwestern ;)</p>
<p>They are both great schools with comparably great academics, but they have two totally different atmospheres. Dartmouth is a slightly larger version of a liberal arts college: smaller, more intimate, in a nice (but small) college town that is fairly far from any big city. NU has almost twice the number of undergrads, with a variety of colleges within the university structure; it is less intimate; it is in a larger town with more offerings in terms of everything from dining to shopping to entertainment, and it is on the doorstep of Chicago, a great city that you can be in within a half hour or so.</p>
<p>for business definitely dartmouth</p>
<p>^Why?</p>
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<p>NU == 3 (tied with Wharton)
Dartmouth == 8th</p>
<p>I was thinking about undergrad where dartmouth has a better placement record. the schools are fairly similar for consulting but in finance dartmouth wins easily:
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<p>however, I would not disagree with kellogg > tuck for mba.</p>
<p>Comparisons of placement records may be outdated. I think the relevant grad schools and business communities are aware of the (relatively) new Kellogg certificate programs at NU and that they may have changed perspectives and stats.</p>
<p>How about Northwestern vs Brown vs UPenn? IEMS vs Applied Math vs Systems Science and Engineering?</p>
<p>Northwestern > Brown, but UPenn CAS is about the same as NU. Wharton is more highly regarded I would think though.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is more prestigious and does better in business: bottom line.</p>
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<p>a pseudo-objective-sounding, baseless post coming from a college freshman. what else is new…</p>
<p>anyways, most people would choose dartmouth over northwestern, though I must admit both are awesome, incredible places. i would probably pick dartmouth.</p>
<p>^and why are we supposed to believe your post?</p>
<p>Dartmouth is a very different kind of school than Northwestern. They have their “D-Plan” which means you will be going to school 3 out of 4 quarters - not the traditional Fall through Spring, you will be in school over at least one summer. They also believe in traveling the world and being proficient in foreign languages. Because of the travel and mixed quarters social connections are a bit more difficult than at a more traditionally run college.</p>
<p>Northwestern, even with trimesters, is a more traditional style school. You’ll probably be leaving later than most of your hometown friends and coming home later in the year as well, but basically it’s a similar schedule.</p>
<p>You’ll be living at your college for 4 years, the actual coursework is only a small part of your success at college and in the future. Both schools are reputable, their styles are very different, only you can choose which you prefer.</p>
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<p>Pot, meet kettle.</p>
<p>And amtc makes some good points (albeit a bit flowery towards Dartmouth compared to what I hear from my friends there). But no matter what you say, NU is on a trimester (there are summers, so quarter) system. And something like 30% of the student body studies abroad, which seems like a pretty high number to me.</p>
<p>dartmouth and NU are about as similar as any two schools I can think of… other than Cornell and NU and NU and Penn (NU without a lake and a worse Woman’s Lacrosse team).</p>
<p>The differences lie largely on the size and the areas of specialization. Bear in mind also that Dartmouth’s superior placement in finance might have something to do with being substantially closer to the NYC than NU.</p>
<p>Honestly, though, it hardly matters.</p>
<p>“dartmouth and NU are about as similar as any two schools I can think of…”</p>
<p>Wow, I never thought of them as being so similar, frankly.
For starters, Northwestern is a multi-college university, located in a suburb of a major city.</p>
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<p>Haha, wow. I was debunking an alleged “fact” while offering an actual fact (that most people choose Dartmouth over NU) and my personal preference between the two schools, which was what this thread was asking for.</p>
<p>So please take your subtle, idiomatic disparagements elsewhere.</p>
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<p>…except that one has half the student body of the other, has a much less athlete-centric culture, and is located in rural New Hampshire, rather than less than an hour from the third biggest city in the country…but other than that, they are the same school!</p>