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A lot of people seem to dislike Brown and Dartmouth compared to other Ivy-League schools. Can someone tell me why that is?

By Sar (Sar) on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:51 pm: Edit

from what i've heard, one reason is, they're small. but then, Cornell is also disliked, for being too large. lol
a lil' ivy competition...

By Tennizpro06 (Tennizpro06) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:07 pm: Edit

I thought Cornell only had like 6,000 students? That doesn't sound too big..

By Brown_Man (Brown_Man) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 07:57 am: Edit

Brown has ~6000 students. Cornell is much much bigger...

By Carebearhotelie (Carebearhotelie) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 03:57 pm: Edit

wait, is it dart-mouth or dart-muth?
-thanks

I LOVE CORNELL... yay for Hotelies

By Newblue (Newblue) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:48 pm: Edit

Cornell has 13,000+ students.

By Tennizpro06 (Tennizpro06) on Sunday, August 10, 2003 - 04:25 pm: Edit

How's Dartmouth's humanities and sciences? What sorts of subjects is it famous for?

By Binks (Binks) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 06:38 pm: Edit

Dartmouth is know for it's great language program. In fact, many other schools teach languages using the "Dartmouth Method." oh yeah, and it's dart-muth.

By Tennizpro06 (Tennizpro06) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 11:44 am: Edit

languages as in foreign langs? what about bio, psych, and philosophy particularly?

By Cutie911 (Cutie911) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:37 pm: Edit

from what i know, i think it depends on wat you yourself like, some people dislike dartmouth and cornell, some people dislike brown and upenn

By That1aznguy (That1aznguy) on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 01:53 am: Edit

Go big red! I dislike all of the other Ivies!

By Wisconsinguy (Wisconsinguy) on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 12:51 pm: Edit

I've found that generally the people who dislike it are the people who have never visited it. Because once you visit it, you fall in love with the place. Secondly, there are a surprising number of people who don't like smaller rural schools. The fact is that Dartmouth is one of the best schools in the nation. As an alumnus once told me, "Dartmouth is in the Ivy League, but not of it." In other words, it has all you'd want in a large, well-equipped university while retaining a small-school atmosphere and a lack of pretentiousness that is truly surprising.

By Wisconsinguy (Wisconsinguy) on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 12:52 pm: Edit

Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy, and since I recently heard that Princeton is vastly increasing its undergraduate population (Princeton was second-smallest) Dartmouth is sure to be the smallest for years to come.