Dartmouth vs. Georgetown MSB
I'm a high school senior and was recently accepted into Georgetown MSB and Dartmouth. I'm trying to decide between the two and I've heard pros and cons for both. I've heard that Dartmouth has a very strong alumni network and a flexible schedule for winternships while Georgetown has greater recruitment opportunity due to location. Bluntly, which school would provide me with better career opportunities on Wall Street?
Before anyone comments, this is only one factor in my decision, but an important one. I'm already considering price, environment, location, social scene, etc.
Thank you for any advice.
Dartmouth by far. Georgetown is a great school, but Dartmouth has it beat. Since you're interested in Wall Street, Dartmouth also places significantly better. It's a very strong target where every firm recruits at or there's alumni at the firm if they don't. Georgetown offers great placement too, but the alumni network in finance is a lot smaller. More firms recruit at Dartmouth than Georgetown as well
Georgetown's a target so idk if their network is that much smaller. That said, yeah Dartmouth is prolly the way to go lol.
I'd go to Dartmouth, but Georgetown would also get you where you wish.
https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/02/investing/investment-banking-job-linke…
https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2018/05/21/top-feeder-schools-t…
Both schools have really exceptional placements and will get you wherever you want to go.
For banking, there's no difference. All bbs and ebs recruit heavily at both and have very generous quota for them every year. If you do well within the school, you are set. But one thing to notice is that it's probably easier to become the top 10% at Georgetown than Dartmouth. For buy side, Dartmouth has the edge. I have seen more Dartmouth people go straight to buyside after undergraduate. Dartmouth also opens doors for more quantitative roles (citdeal, aqr, bridgewater) while Georgetown simply cannot. You can still make it from Georgetown if you work hard. Blackstone does OCR at Georgetown from time to time, including this year. Their new head of PE is a georgetown alum.
Both schools offer you some unique opportunities that you will like. Dartmouth has the D-plan that allows you to do extra internships and collect more experiences. The alum network of Dartmouth is crazy. Georgetown has a great location where you get to do semester internships in finance, think tank, politics, etc. There is alsos a fellowship program at MSB that takes you on a trip to the headquarters of BX and Lazard. There are differences too. Frat scene is huge at Dartmouth while pretty much non-existent at Georgetown. And, life in New Hampshire is gonna be very different from life in D.C.
You can't go wrong with either for recruiting, but Dartmouth is still a better school and comes with a better brand name.
I would go D.
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i decided between these schools as well - feel free to pm
Dartmouth.
Dartmouth will be slightly better.
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Congratulations on getting into both schools. You really can not go wrong with either. Both schools are primarily and heavily undergraduate focused (similar to Duke, Brown, Princeton, and the NESCACs), so you're in for an amazing student life at either school. While Georgetown's business curriculum based in and mixed with a liberal arts base is certainly unique, Dartmouth may offer more academic flexibility, should you decide to change your major, as Dartmouth's undergraduate program is based on 2 schools (Arts & Sciences and Engineering) while Georgetown's undergraduate program is based on 4 schools (MSB, SFS, NHS, and the college). Because Dartmouth's programs are based in one college or the other, it should give much more room to move around than Georgetown, if you decide to switch your major. I know people who turned down one school for the other and vice versa, and I even know people who transferred from Dartmouth to Georgetown (Dartmouth is not very transfer friendly). My two cents are to go with the one you feel is best for you. Yes, Dartmouth is an Ivy, but if you graduate from an Ivy, Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, MIT, etc., you will all have access to the same opportunities at the end of the day (maybe HYP, Wharton, MIT, and Stanford more so than others). Let me know what you chose though and hopefully see you on campus (I'm Georgetown bound) or on the street!
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I debated between MIT and Dartmouth when I was in your shoes. Although I ultimately chose the former, I think Dartmouth is the easy choice here. To be fair, most of the advantages Georgetown has, Dartmouth just does better. There are specific off cycle internships just for Dartmouth kids and they are everywhere in finance. From quant fund/prop shops to IB/PE, I've seen tons of Dartmouth alumni. Whatever role you want to work on Wall Street, Dartmouth just proves to be better (at least in terms of placement). Even out of the non HYP-ivies, Dartmouth definitely punches above their weight.
After two years, I would say Georgetown is the way to go. Just ranked #2 in the nation after Wharton undergrad for B schools, and 33% of the graduating class goes into banking or consulting. Georgetown will give you a more international experience, with many expats less keen on the middle of nowhere New Hampshire. Internationally, gtown has a better name, in the US, Dartmouth takes the cake. Both are solid schools with exclusive social scenes that can be tough to break into if one isn't from the .1%-.001%.
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