Duke or Dartmouth?

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Anonymous wrote:Both schools are considered peers. The things that stand out for me for each school are:

Dartmouth: college more along the lines of elite small colleges like a Williams or Amherst, isolated campus in the sticks where any student who doesn't enjoy frat/party scene might feel isolated, a relatively strong school spirit around its sports teams compared to other ivies.

Duke: mid-sized university with many pre-professional students, with outsized school spirit due to MBB, big party scene.

Ideally you will be able to visit both before making the decision.

My friend's daughter is MISERABLE at Dartmouth in large part because is not a frat/party kid. She just finished her freshman year was debating not returning. The game day decision was that she'd try another year.
She went to high school at a diverse school in the DMV so wasn't raised in the sticks but just can't seem to find her people at Dartmouth. I think there was also this expectation that she would have this super awesome college experience (she got a spot at her dream school!) but it's been a complete bust.

Lest anyone jump on here and say I'm a troll---no, definitely not. My kids are younger. I've just been surprised to hear how hard it's been for her since she's a super well adjusted and lovely kid.

I know someone who had a similar experience at Dartmouth. Liked the academics but never found her people. Also not a party kid or athlete.

That’s how I’d describe the Duke grad I know who hated it.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke students not particularly impressive. Also bro culture.

I don’t usually engage with trolls but you realize that Duke wins the cross-admit battle against Dartmouth quite handily right? So many of the students at Duke would be at a school like Dartmouth if they didn’t get into Duke, would they also not be impressive if at Dartmouth instead? Logic people.

And that snippet does not lead to the conclusion that the students at Duke are more or less impressive.

? If Dartmouth wanted the same kids, what does that say about the Dartmouth student body? This is just logic.

Another metric -- Dartmouth's yield is higher than Duke, I think.

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Have you visited either OP? That can probably help more than we can.

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

Duke is not strong in Econ.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

Duke is not strong in Econ.

Two treasury secretaries came from Dartmouth--Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson (also formerly CEO of Goldman Sachs).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

That's grad school ranking, anyhow I don't see Dartmouth in like Top 50

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

Duke is not strong in Econ.

Better than Dartmouth.

[Anonymous]

Duke econ is #21 in the world

Dartmouth is #78

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/economics-econometrics

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

That's grad school ranking, anyhow I don't see Dartmouth in like Top 50

Dartmouth doesn’t teach graduate economics. So there’s that. Furthermore, Dartmouth isn’t ranked as a top ten school. Duke is, even though as has been mentioned, they seem to be lacking in many top ten departments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke econ is #21 in the world

Dartmouth is #78

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/economics-econometrics

But only #18 in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea that Duke was considered better than Dartmouth.

If he wants to go to grad school in econ, I'd suggest Dartmouth.

Of course Duke is better and has better econ department.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings

#18. Just more proof that Duke is a bit overrated academically.

Duke is not strong in Econ.

Two treasury secretaries came from Dartmouth--Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson (also formerly CEO of Goldman Sachs).

Neither of them majored in Econ at Dartmouth so this comment is useless. They studied it elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Duke econ is #21 in the world

Dartmouth is #78

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/economics-econometrics

But only #18 in the U.S.

Better than Dartmouth

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Duke econ is #21 in the world

Dartmouth is #78

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/economics-econometrics

But only #18 in the U.S.

Better than Dartmouth

…..at the graduate level.