<p>Devil, as your own duke buddy pointed out...a better word would have been more appropriate. If you go back and look at many of your posts, you always use words that technically fit b/c of there definitions but in reality make no sense. I am surprised that your college essay got so much praise to be honest with you b/c it was probably glittered with diction and language errors.</p>
<p>glittered? :confused:</p>
<p>Ah yes, I suppose that word was the most apt. Dude, you are such a troll. You go on this message board accusing people of lying on their applications and even insult your own Cornell "comrades" by questioning their school. Your OWN BOARD doesn't like you. Read your "honest reflection" instigation and you will see that a number of them decry you because of how you seem to suggest that Cornell is not enough for you.You are a prestige whore (which is fine). Wait...are you? You chose Cornell, so now I feel compelled to withdraw that previous statement.</p>
<p>i am a troll, funny b/c you have been called that a million times. You seem to need to go on other boards and put down schools that you turned down. Devil, from where I am, no one TURNS down Dartmouth for Duke. I know you are going to say the same thing for Cornell, but guess what I really do not care. I am at least mature enough to admit that Duke wins in cross-admits, but I really do not care. You spend more time on the boards for other schools than for your own (Duke). Good luck at Duke and get rid of your inferiority complex. You Dukies are the only ones that go around saying we are ranked 5 in US News, no other school even resorts to that. I do not ever see Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Chicago doing that. If you care that much about US News, then you chose the right school. You call me a prestige whore, guess what, I am not what so ever. I got into 2 schools that rank higher than Cornell on that magazine--Northwestern and Duke. For your information, I almost ended up going to NWester, not Duke. That Cornell reflection thread I started was really not about me wanting to go to Duke, moreso about Northwestern, which I liked a lot more than Duke.</p>
<p>"Devil, from where I am, no one TURNS down Dartmouth for Duke."
Were you not the one who said Dartmouth does not excel at anything and how they do not deserve the ranking that they have? Isn't that funny?</p>
<p>"Good luck at Duke and get rid of your inferiority complex."
Are you joking? You are going to Cornell and you have the audacity to accuse ME of feeling servile? Get off the buttress. Moreover, are YOU not the one starting threads about how you made the wrong choice by going to Cornell? Yes or no? Also, are you not the one who now wants to transfer to UPENN? But who knows...maybe the weather is delightful in Philly.</p>
<p>"You Dukies are the only ones that go around saying we are ranked 5 in US News, no other school even resorts to that."
I bet the Cornellians don't...for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>"I do not ever see Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Chicago doing that."
How wonderfully absolute. </p>
<p>"You call me a prestige whore, guess what, I am not what so ever. I got into 2 schools that rank higher than Cornell on that magazine--Northwestern and Duke."
This part actually made me chuckle. DUDE, you made a thread about how you were not happy with cornell because it is not as prestigious as your other offers. Shall we just write that off? </p>
<p>"That Cornell reflection thread I started was really not about me wanting to go to Duke, moreso about Northwestern, which I liked a lot more than Duke."</p>
<p>An excerpt from your thread.....</p>
<p>"Primiarily, Northwestern and Duke were incredibly tough to turn down. Everytime i read posts by Slipper and other ppl, they make it seem like I turned down a school (Duke) that is superior in almost every aspect, minus engineering. I would just like to know if anyone else ever thinks about their decision and if they have any doubts."</p>
<p>Hmmm......</p>
<p>hmmm...my question was a general one that if anyone had doubts about choosing ANY school that they chose over another school. It has nothing to do with Duke...some ppl thought so...but I still do not regret not going there. I would rather be freezing cold in new york than being in some southern school. BTW, my own feeling...you chose Duke b/c of its ranking...you are not going to admit it...but that is the truth. You were afraid to go to Dartmouth b/c its rep is not as great as Duke b/c of its undergrad focus.</p>
<p>"You were afraid to go to Dartmouth b/c its rep is not as great as Duke b/c of its undergrad focus."</p>
<p>This makes absolutely NO sense. The undergrad focus is what makes a school MORE becoming. </p>
<p>"It has nothing to do with Duke...some ppl thought so...but I still do not regret not going there."</p>
<p>Your UPENN transfer application does not seem to evoke the same sentiments.</p>
<p>I WANT to go to PENN...i want PENN not Duke. What i was saying, you were afraid not enough average joes were gonna congratulate you if you went to Dartmouth. You are the epitomy of a prestige whore.</p>
<p>collegekid, I think both me and DMC got into Dartmouth early notification and visited the campus. we also visited Dartmouth. I visited Columbia Brown Cornell etc. When I visited, I found Duke's campus and people are amazing. Thats why I picked it. Who cares about rankings when a school just feels right? I'm assuming thats why DMC picked Duke as well. And if he picked it based on prestige, whatever.</p>
<p>you get a little too mean and personal sometimes</p>
<p>LOL ok. What I meant was...it almost appears that you are trying to convince yourself to go to a school that you might not have wanted to (i.e. cornell)</p>
<p>avg joes? I am the main exponent of the ideal that avg people are irrelevant in determing academic ability. You are almost comparing me with yourself.</p>
<p>Please don't.</p>
<p>On a side note, I absolutely love Dartmouth. There is not a single negative aspect to it. But when I visited Duke, I just felt like I belonged there.</p>
<p>dude...Devil makes personal attacks all of the time which are unfounded whenever he gets the chance. I have a right to speak my mind and Devil, i respect the dude, but I mean, his comments get on my nerves. I am sure everyone has doubts about the college he/she chooses, yes that's correct grammer. I mean you say you turned down all of those schools, you are telling me, it never enters your mind that maybe Columbia or Dartmouth would have been better...?</p>
<p>and Devil...you will be in for a real shock when you don't get into Harvard or Yale law school. About 3/4 of Yale students don't even get into harvard law school. What makes you so convinced that you can get a 175 on the lsats, well maybe you might be able to get in with a 160, but for most, that ain't the case.</p>
<p>"I am sure everyone has doubts about the college he/she chooses, yes that's correct grammer"</p>
<p>WHAT?</p>
<p>"it never enters your mind that maybe Columbia or Dartmouth would have been better...?"</p>
<p>Of course. But not by reasons rooted in prestige. Why? Because IMO columbia=duke=dartmouth. Academics were irrelevant. YOU, on the other hand, were worried because ppl on CC told you Duke/Penn was more prestigious. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>I will not acknowledge collegekid's last post too polemically for fear of starting a massive war.</p>
<p>People get into HLS with 160 LSATs and 3.6 GPAs all the time. Unlikely...but it happens. </p>
<p>Please, let us stop this. I am tired of holding back and I do not want to be incited to lash out at you like in your former thread.</p>
<p>I dunno, I think Columbia has more prestige than Duke when it comes down to it, but that doesn't matter because I picked Duke because I like parties and school spirit.</p>
<p>I don't really think of if Columbia Dartmouth or whatever might have been a better choice because Duke and Columbia were among my top choices as it was (along with Brown), whereas you seem to be considering choices more than me I guess</p>
<p>if you are talking about prestige, plz, Duke doesn't come close to Columbia. Is that even a joke? Columbia is probably behind HYPS. Columbia is one of the most famous institutions in the world. Is Duke?</p>
<p>alrite...CLOSE this THREAD. I am finished.</p>
<p>The grad placement speaks for itself.</p>
<p>"Columbia is one of the most famous institutions in the world."
Nice justification.</p>
<p>hey Collegekid, thats exactly what I said, read my post next time - i was pointing out why its not prestige-whorish to pick duke. I'm pretty sure you contradicted yourself again</p>
<p>You seem like such a self-declared college expert, its annoying. I usually don't make annoyed posts like this one</p>
<p>thoughtprocess, i actually was referring to Devil, not yourself. He was the one who said Duke=Columbia. I never directed anything to yourself.</p>
<p>Oh ok lol</p>
<p>yeah, the way I see it is that Columbia > Duke, whereas Dartmouth and Penn are the same as Duke</p>
<p>However, New York City was a little too scary for me lol</p>