<p>slipper, fair point. I am not denying that Dartmouth’s D-Plan is good; I’m just saying that Columbia provides the EXACT same thing (perhaps even better). I have friends who are Columbia students and spending their school year with firms in New York. Dartmouth cannot provide that (year-round access to internships in New York).</p>
<p>sneamia, thanks for your comment. You’re in no position to judge me. But honestly, I could care less what you think of me. Good day</p>
<p>Lol sybbie.</p>
<p>Openingdoors - those are school year internships while you are taking classes - no easy feat and far from getting to work 9-10pm 5 days a week as in a traditional internship. I did a couple while I was in at Columbia myself during b-school myself, mostly 10-15 hrs a week. Also these internships tend to be at smaller firms following a traditional full-time opportunity. So you still need to get through door number one (a full time internship). An advantage to getting a good finance resume, yes. But not greater than the D-plan.</p>
<p>Also the D-plan gives it incredible leverage because its a recruiting fixture - part of the on-campus recruiting process and exclusively Dartmouth. I think the larger point is Columbia does do well, but Dartmouth has an advantage over many schools that appears once one digs a little deeper.</p>
<p>Why would anyone want to go to Columbia? The college experience there is terrible (though I’m sure its MBA program is great for networking). I met a '10 who just transferred from over there (I guess he couldn’t wait until the Fall to try out Dartmouth, seeing as how he’s on for sophomore summer) and he commented at length on the culture of the school. </p>
<p>I really think people are drawn to the NYC schools for mostly the wrong reasons. </p>
<p>And anyways, following openingdoors’ logic, schools like NYU and Fordham would have greater recruiting opportunities than Dartmouth does, and Columbia > Harvard.</p>
<p>I transferred from Columbia as well. I always felt like Dartmouth students have an unbelievably awesome college experience socially and academically (very LACy), explore the world, and walk away with amazing jobs and get into amazing grad schools. Yet when they graduate they are truly wholistic individuals - having gotten to explore so much in such a great community. </p>
<p>Students at many other schools end up in the same jobs/ grad schools but have a much bigger chip on their shoulder and miss out on many of the humanistic aspects of a college experience that Dartmouth offers. Far more intensity and angst, same payback. No thanks.</p>