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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brown. Cornell and Dartmouth are too isolated. Dartmouth social scene sucks unless you like a boarding school 2.0 setup.[/quote]

Tell me more about the Dartmouth social scene [/quote]

The Dartmouth of today is very different than even 10 years ago, much less 25 years ago. Do your research. Talk to current students - not here. The moms here DO NOT know.[/quote]

I'm a mom who graduated Dartmouth 30 years ago, have visited a bunch of times since then, and my kid is there right now.  In general, my take is that the school has become more academic, more intellectual and more diverse, all at the same time.  The average kid studies a lot more and is more focused on their future.  The number of academic programs and study abroad programs have exploded, resulting in more kids pursuing two different areas of study (whereas back when I attended, most people I know did maybe 1 major and 1 minor tops), and there is more racial diversity and diversity among the nationalities of international students.

Parties are mostly held at fraternities and sororities (lots of drinking), but there's a lot of things to do for kids who don't care about that, like clubs, student-run arts and music events, athletics, and exploring the outdoors.  If your kid is really into city stuff (like nightclubs or trying new restaurants) they may feel like it is stifling, but the D plan makes it easy to do, say, a winter-term internship in NYC junior year followed by a spring-term study program in D.C. junior spring.  I missed city life but I don't feel like I would have had a better experience at Brown or Cornell (maybe Columbia would have been more fun).[/quote]

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