Thread:User talk:Blue/University/reply (12)

Oh dear, I spent very long time coming to the conclusion that Dartmouth is by no measures other than selectivity (13% versus 9%) and prestige (for some) a better school. They're about equivalent academically, and Chicago's econ program is unparalleled outside of HYPS.

If you join a Dartmouth frat you're admittedly set for life, but I won't be joining a frat, now will I? I also hate frat culture (which dominates Dartmouth) and avoid them like the plague. Hanover is a frigid hellhole, even for a New Englander like me, and hundreds of miles from civilization. Chicago's on the rise, Dartmouth is in its mid-tier Ivy stagnation like Brown and Cornell. Chicago is just a great fit for me - Dartmouth, quite the opposite.

I spent weeks agonizing over the decision, and I'm all but certain I made the right one.