West Coast Ivy League

California1600
Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:16:35 +0000

As an alumnus Dartmouth you will be a part of one of the strongest and most successful alumni networks out there, and this pays off in jobs, grad placement, etc. We are talking about UNDERGRAD here, and Dartmouth is consistently top 10 in every ranking survey out there, Brown top 15. The UCs never break the top 20.>>>>>








I am just repeating what hiring managers have said to me. That they would much rather hire UC Irvine engineers over the lower ranking Ivy league engineers. Also from experience, I have not been impressed with Dartmouth and Brown students. Perhaps the reason for this is because of a child-like dependency on the ivy league status. How many of the Dartmouth/Brown students would have gone there if it wasn’t an ivy league? Also, every school is open to criticism, that is why we live in a democracy, because it is healthy to self evaluate and analyze freely.

In graduate school discussions, I have rarely seen a Dartmouth or Brown graduate impress me, and have been surprised at UC Irvine students, even though it is a lower ranking public university. If this wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t be saying any of what I am saying. Current reality is something that all of us needs to face, ivy league or not.