Just For Fun: If you could go to any college...

[Anonymous]

Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton - for the attention paid to undergraduates and the thesis requirement. Maybe Williams or Dartmouth. There are a lot of prestigious universities where undergraduates are an afterthought.

I'd like to go to a prestigious university where undergraduates are an afterthought, but--other than the UC system--I don't know of any.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:College of the Atlantic

And I would attend homecoming every year.

I love COA!

I’d go to Smith.

What do you love about the Cost of Attendance at Smith ?

[Anonymous]

No change, I would pick my alma mater UCLA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

Just a guess as I am not one of the Dartmouth College responders:

1) Love to party;

2) Love to party with other smart rich kids;

3) Love taking just 3 courses per trimester because it gives one lots of time to party (drink) with other rich kids;

4) Love taking just 3 courses per term while partying (drinking) with lots of other rich kids and being rewarded with a lucrative job upon graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

Just a guess as I am not one of the Dartmouth College responders:

1) Love to party;

2) Love to party with other smart rich kids;

3) Love taking just 3 courses per trimester because it gives one lots of time to party (drink) with other rich kids;

4) Love taking just 3 courses per term while partying (drinking) with lots of other rich kids and being rewarded with a lucrative job upon graduation.

It is so amusing how some of you people can do the mental gymnastics and find any way possible to denigrate a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

I went there and loved the beautiful setting with access to cabins, kayaking, hiking. You spend a summer there. The campus is vibrant, a great size with a focus on undergraduate education but with thriving professional schools. Study abroad is highly encouraged. Alumni network is strong, including a very active women’s network.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

Just a guess as I am not one of the Dartmouth College responders:

1) Love to party;

2) Love to party with other smart rich kids;

3) Love taking just 3 courses per trimester because it gives one lots of time to party (drink) with other rich kids;

4) Love taking just 3 courses per term while partying (drinking) with lots of other rich kids and being rewarded with a lucrative job upon graduation.

It is so amusing how some of you people can do the mental gymnastics and find any way possible to denigrate a school.

Some schools have earned their reputation.

[Anonymous]

There are aspects of many colleges and universities that I would like to experience, and there are aspects of schools that I wish that I could avoid.

Using Dartmouth College as an example: I would enjoy focusing on just 3 classes per semester and I would enjoy the beautiful, seasonal weather and setting. However,I would feel a touch suffocated by the social scene.

Most appealing to me would be participating in a small school, college, or program within a large university setting.

[Anonymous]

Bowdoin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are aspects of many colleges and universities that I would like to experience, and there are aspects of schools that I wish that I could avoid.

Using Dartmouth College as an example: I would enjoy focusing on just 3 classes per semester and I would enjoy the beautiful, seasonal weather and setting. However,I would feel a touch suffocated by the social scene.

Most appealing to me would be participating in a small school, college, or program within a large university setting.

Same. I really liked the idea of the Pomona colleges - separate schools in one location. I also liked the idea of the Five Colleges in Amherst. Of course, the distance and/or climate turned me away.

I went to a somewhat smaller school (3600 at the time) but we had division 1 athletics, so that was fun. The greek scene was REALLY big, which wasn't the best. And the school was not incredibly diverse, which didn't occur to me as a teen in the 90s. But I loved the size of the school and knowing that I was getting an excellent education on a lovely campus with a lot of school spirit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

Just a guess as I am not one of the Dartmouth College responders:

1) Love to party;

2) Love to party with other smart rich kids;

3) Love taking just 3 courses per trimester because it gives one lots of time to party (drink) with other rich kids;

4) Love taking just 3 courses per term while partying (drinking) with lots of other rich kids and being rewarded with a lucrative job upon graduation.

It is so amusing how some of you people can do the mental gymnastics and find any way possible to denigrate a school.

Some schools have earned their reputation.

Definitely as a top 12 school with great academics and great grad school or job opportunities upon graduation. PP is inferring that the school is filled with underserving alcoholics that coast through their 4 years which is an utterly ridiculous take.

[Anonymous]

went to HUG, should have gone to dartmouth. oh well.

[Anonymous]

Went to, loved and would attend again: University of Wisconsin Madison.

Recently visited and it’s still magical.

Northwestern maybe a close second.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by the high number of Dartmouth responders.

Why would you choose it?

Just a guess as I am not one of the Dartmouth College responders:

1) Love to party;

2) Love to party with other smart rich kids;

3) Love taking just 3 courses per trimester because it gives one lots of time to party (drink) with other rich kids;

4) Love taking just 3 courses per term while partying (drinking) with lots of other rich kids and being rewarded with a lucrative job upon graduation.

It is so amusing how some of you people can do the mental gymnastics and find any way possible to denigrate a school.

Some schools have earned their reputation.

Definitely as a top 12 school with great academics and great grad school or job opportunities upon graduation. PP is inferring that the school is filled with underserving alcoholics that coast through their 4 years which is an utterly ridiculous take.

In support of my earlier comments, I will share the Dartmouth College introductions from two college guidebooks 2023 editions:

Fiske Guide To Colleges 2023 introductory paragraph (consists of three sentences):

"Traditionally the most conservative member of the Ivy League, it has steered toward more student diversity and more serious scholars, but long-standing party culture persists."

College Transitions 2023 edition of Colleges Worth Your Money's 3 sentence introduction to Dartmouth College includes the following sentence:

"Dartmouth has long wrestled with its reputation as one of the most conservative (purely in a relative sense) of the Ivy League universities as well as one of the top party schools."

I have decades of consistent second hand knowledge of student experiences at Dartmouth College which affirms the fairly heavy party culture of the school. These include close personal friends who have attended and graduated from Dartmouth College as well as sons & daughters of friends who have attended or currently attend this school.

An interesting book was written about the social life at Dartmouth College. It received a lot of publicity through a Rolling Stones book review. Absolutely disgusting practices. Family friends who attended Dartmouth confirmed that these practices were still ongoing.

Dartmouth College initially was the first choice school for one of ours until a visit & admissions office presentation which praised the country club party atmosphere at Dartmouth College. The antics of the student during a tour did not create a favorable impression.

Our knowledge & experience is in line with the introductory comments made by the two widely used college guidebooks referenced above.

Nevertheless, I have never met a Dartmouth College alum--and several are friends--whom I did not like.