<p>I think Internationals tend to have a very different perspective on undergrad vs. students in the US. For example Dartmouth has </p>
<ul>
<li>the highest per student endowment among Ivies after HYP (3 times as rich as Penn)</li>
<li>Most alumni giving and highest reunion attendance after Princeton</li>
<li><p>Highest rated teaching in the country</p></li>
<li><p>The highest average income after graduation after Princeton and Harvard (payscale)</p></li>
<li><p>Best placement on Wall Street/ consulting (the most coveted jobs) after Princeton/W/H</p></li>
<li><p>Beats all the non-HYP Ivies placing its students into top graduate schools (WSJ)</p></li>
<li><p>Sends the most to the peace corps of any Ivy</p></li>
</ul>
<p>It always astounds me how the most important aspects of an undergraduate education - namely the success, loyalty, and happiness of graduates is overlooked. Dartmouth rocks every category that matters, to see it below Penn, Duke, or Columbia’s “tier” is laughable.</p>