<p>"Meanwhile, someone should point out that you are asking the questions of someone who ought to go to Dartmouth. It’s fine to do without the Hogwarts-gushing, but if you are not fundamentally excited about Chicago’s “life of the mind” and intellectualism, then you probably aren’t going to enjoy being there much. "</p>
<p>I don’t really understand the jump you made there. I think you misinterpreted what I said. I am simply uninterested w/ hearing more about the physical environment of either school. I never said that I was un-interested w/ Chicago’s intellectualism–infact I clearly stated that I was turned off by what seems to be Dartmouth’s anti-intellectualism (i.e. propensity to drunken kegger parties). </p>
<p>“Why would you possibly be concerned about…”
“Meanwhile, don’t kid yourself…”</p>
<p>I really am just trying to ask a few questions here. All of the questions I asked are of importance to me…otherwise I would not have asked them. But I don’t believe and never stated that going to any of these two will automatically open all doors. Ultimately a graduate from a state school who has the will and determination can beat out any naively overconfident ivy leaguer who has neither. What doors are open depends primarily on me. I am just trying to determine if any of these schools can confer more of an advantage than the other. If one does…great. If not…that’s fine too…lol…There is no need to patronize or belitte my question or suggest that I have a mindset that I do not have.</p>
<p>Prestige and regional differences are one of MANY concerns for me w/ both of the schools. I am not necessarily interested w/ what the layman thinks, I’m wondering if a firm based in New York would feel the need to recruit at U of C, if they have Cornell, NYU, Columbia and Penn and Dartmouth kids at their disposal.</p>
<p>Though, as you can see from the list above, I’m really interested in learning about many things beyond this issue, such as the overall social life for a person like me at both schools–but particularly Dartmouth. As I stated in the original, I see nothing wrong with the social life at Chicago. I’m not sure…what makes you believe that I do not like the intellectualism there.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m trying to impart is that I would appreciate if I could have a few of the other questions answered instead of having my questions dissected.</p>