Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 23:45     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Dartmouth is like Amherst if Amherst considered legacy and was easily swayed by donations and powerful last names.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 23:43     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the old days, WASP elites went to HYP and Dartmouth.


They still do. I have a child at Dartmouth and the wealth is crazy. A lot of boarding school and NYC money. And then a lot of kids on aid. Very few professional class families.


This is what Vanderbilt’s class of 2030 shaped up to be. Must be a very weird social dynamic.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 23:38     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:Rice, Tufts, WashU and other similarly sized non-tech private school besides the Ivy label?

In case this gets misconstrued as an attempt to bash Dartmouth/LACs, our DC is actually interested in LACs (Bowdoin, Williams, Swarthmore, etc.) but wondering if there is a slightly larger version that shares the same undergraduate focus, intellectual vibe and discussion-based learning.


If you want a bigger LAC, also look at Claremont colleges. (They are more integrated than Amherst 5 college consortium.)
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 22:42     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I mean, Dartmouth and Brown should not even be in the Ivy League. They are not in the same bucket as heavy weight HYP Penn Columbia and Cornell. M and S should replace D and B.

Shows how unfamiliar you are with the Ivy League.

Yeah yeah yeah, old money, wealth, NYC, blah blah. It's really outdated. No one gives a f.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:48     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the old days, WASP elites went to HYP and Dartmouth.


They still do. I have a child at Dartmouth and the wealth is crazy. A lot of boarding school and NYC money. And then a lot of kids on aid. Very few professional class families.

THIS.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:28     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:I mean, Dartmouth and Brown should not even be in the Ivy League. They are not in the same bucket as heavy weight HYP Penn Columbia and Cornell. M and S should replace D and B.

Shows how unfamiliar you are with the Ivy League.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:23     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the old days, WASP elites went to HYP and Dartmouth.


They still do. I have a child at Dartmouth and the wealth is crazy. A lot of boarding school and NYC money. And then a lot of kids on aid. Very few professional class families.


Is Williams like this also?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:20     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:In the old days, WASP elites went to HYP and Dartmouth.


They still do. I have a child at Dartmouth and the wealth is crazy. A lot of boarding school and NYC money. And then a lot of kids on aid. Very few professional class families.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:07     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
In the old days, WASP elites went to HYP and Dartmouth.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:04     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
I mean, Dartmouth and Brown should not even be in the Ivy League. They are not in the same bucket as heavy weight HYP Penn Columbia and Cornell. M and S should replace D and B.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 20:59     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Dartmouth is the number one lac!!

DWAS it is.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 18:34     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has nothing in common with Brown. Both are extremely lucky to get into the Ivy League over 100 years ago,
the cope here is next level. 😂
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 18:34     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth has nothing in common with Brown. Both are extremely lucky to get into the Ivy League over 100 years ago,


The Ivy League is an athletic conference, nothing more. It is also about 75 years old. The top schools of the Ivy league aren't the best schools either, they are merely the wealthiest.


Copium!
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 17:15     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell troll!

The Bucknell booster on this site has pretty much single-handedly put me off the school altogether. We had our first family meeting with DC’s private school college counselor and after looking over DC’s current list and hearing DC’s feedback about the schools visited so far suggested adding Bucknell. I didn’t laugh in his face but the reaction at home was “lol no.”


this is nauseating on sooo many levels lol - the lack of self awareness is hilarious
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 17:06     Subject: Is Dartmouth basically a larger LAC? How does it compare to…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell!

Maybe:

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=best-classroom-experience

This criteria for this category, stated below, appear to align with qualities sought by the OP:

Princeton Review wrote:
Based on students' answers to several survey questions, including how they rate their professors, their classroom and lab facilities, the amount of in-class time devoted to discussion and the percent of classes they attend.