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Since when is the revealed preferences ranking, which is not even the actual cross-admit data and is 10 years old to boot, a measure of quality? (Answer: never.)</p>
<p>There are plenty of good reasons to think that Duke > Brown, starting with the fact that Duke outranks Brown in nearly every field they have in common (including neuroscience), has equally good graduate/professional placement, has a larger endowment and library facilities, and honestly, has a much nicer campus. I think you’d be hard-pressed indeed to find a scrap of evidence that Brown is in any way, shape, or form superior to Duke. The two are peers.</p>
<p>This may come across as Brown bashing, but come on, citing an ancient study and acceptance rates as supposed indicators of quality is laughable.</p>