Dartmouth compared to Duke reputation wise

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>So Dartmouth ripped my heart out with a deferal early, then stepped on it with a reject in the regular round. Then the rest of the Ivies came along and followed suit. (Yale, Harvard, Penn-Wharton, Columbia...WL Brown). Yet I wound up getting into Duke. So I was wondering what people thought about Duke's reputation compared to that of Dartmouth or the rest of the Ivies. Do people really regard it highly or is it like a step down?</p>

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<p>Why do you care? It’s a good school.</p>

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<p>Because I’m spending 200k on it thats why</p>

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<p>That is a darn good reason. Duke is without a doubt a step down from the Ivies. I would rather go to University of Chicago, which to me (and the Princeton Review), is a step up from Duke.</p>

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<p>Don’t listen to that at all. If you look at placement stats, recruiting, etc Duke is right up there with the non-HYPS Ivies. Definitely an amazing school (and IMO way more balanced than Chicago). Its not a step down. Congrats!</p>

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<p>Dartmouth offers much better undergraduate education in many ways.</p>

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<p>Thanks slipper1234 makes me feel better about my choice</p>

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<p>Obviously, Dartmouth is a better school but Duke is almost as good as most ivy schools. Congrats on getting in to a great school! :)</p>

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<p>Dude, you get to go to a school that looks like this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/OldChem.jpg[/url]”>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/OldChem.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/AllenBuilding.jpg[/url]”>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/AllenBuilding.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/BostockLibrary.jpg[/url]”>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/BostockLibrary.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/DukeWest360.jpg[/url]”>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/DukeWest360.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That’s awesome!</p>

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<p>Duke is not worse than the non-HYP ivies! It is very well known and highly regarded, and it’s def not worse than uchicago; I think it’s more broad and better. It’s more prestigious than Cornell, def. and even upenn. I would place it at Dartmouth’s level. it has a 84% med school acceptance rate and 98% law school rate for undergrads, compared with 70% med for cornell. So, there you go :]</p>

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<p>grad school acceptance is no way to rank a school blindly. You can get a great education at anywhere a student of your caliber would go.</p>

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<p>Duke is ranked higher in the country than some of the Ivy Leagues. It’s definitely the best university in the South and it’s highly regarded around the world.</p>