Strength of Dartmouth?

sybbie719
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:36:34 +0000

However, the same U.S. News ranks Dartmouth as # 1 in Undegraduate teaching. Since you are going to be an undergraduate, this should be more important than grad school rankings,especially since grad school admissions are based on grades/gre/research



"Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is one of the oldest and most respected institutions of higher learning in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth has a long history of dedication to the highest educational ideals. With its world-class faculty and facilities, and nationally and internationally renowned graduate programs in engineering, business, medicine and the arts & sciences, the school has resources that very few universities can match. In addition, by maintaining a highly flexible quarter-system calendar, and allowing only faculty to teach its undergraduate courses, Dartmouth assures that students have complete and timely access to all that the institution has to offer. Faculty: The professors at Dartmouth are among the leaders in their fields, yet they remain fully committed to teaching. Even the most senior professors teach first-year courses. Recipients of more than $160 million in annual research grants and consistently ranked among the most respected teachers in American higher education, Dartmouth professors are true exemplars of the phrase teacher-scholar. Through course-related discussions, research collaborations, and casual conversation, students get to know their professors as instructors, mentors, colleagues, and friends.

[Dartmouth News - Dartmouth #1 in first U.S. News ranking of ‘Best Undergraduate Teaching’ - 08/21/09](http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2009/08/21.html)



Best Colleges: Undergraduate Teaching at National Universities

Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 1
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 2
Yale University New Haven, CT 3
Stanford University Stanford, CA 4
University of Maryland–Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 4
Brown University Providence, RI 6

[Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-ut-rank)