<p>Duke has a better pre-med program and medical school but Carolina gives me quite a bit more credits based on my SAT I, SAT II, and AP scores.
I'm Hispanic so i think Carolina has a better community feeling for me, since it has a larger Hispanic population.
Duke has more undergraduate research opportunities but Carolina doesn't lag behind either...</p>
<p>Which one would you pick?</p>
<p>Well…it also depends on whether or not you want to watch your basketball team get consistently slammed at home by its biggest rival. :P</p>
<p>Haha just playing.</p>
<p>But from a serious, non-athletic perspective, you really would win either way. Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill are both nationally recognized as exceptional universities.</p>
<p>The nice thing about Duke, UNC, and NC State all being in that general area is that your research opportunities will be more or less the same wherever you go … the colleges allow you to use all the libraries and I’m sure the professors at each are very eager to assist. </p>
<p>Duke is pretty diverse, if you’re concerned about diversity. But if you would prefer a larger Hispanic community, specifically, then yes, you’d probably be better off at UNC.</p>
<p>Size could be something to consider, as well. Do you want a medium sized student body with about what? 8,000 students? Or a very large student body with 16,000? </p>
<p>I go to Davidson … we have 1,600 and that feels big to me. You would be surprised what can feel “too big” or “too small.”</p>
<p>And that’s my two cents.</p>