Duke vs. Stanford

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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Well, sure. And, fortunately, I love the smell of condescension in the morning just as much as the next poster, as it turns out.</p>

<p>In the meantime, the admissions office has the goal of putting together a "more interesting" group of students each year out of the numerous academically qualified and gifted ones. If you're "not a particularly 'involved' person," why should I waste space and time on you when I have a dozen people just like you trying to get here who also demonstrate that they may take an interest in the institution and their communities, and be not only great academically but also provide something unique to the school and to the class? If you have no involvement, why be offended at being considered a less interesting candidate (not that I, at any point, did so but you chose to put those words into play)? Once you do something about it, you are de facto involved, no?</p>

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So, apparently, you do NOT soundly disagree with all of bandcampgirl's post.</p>

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<p>^^^ Better than napalm, eh?</p>

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<p>^^^But remember, "Charlie don't surf." (Random reference...please don't anyone read anything into it, please!)
I'm finished now.</p>

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<p>bluedevilmike:</p>

<p>Please enlighten re: outbreak of mono every October??</p>

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<p>It's not a serious knock on Stanford. It's a semi-humorous reference to "full moon on the quad". Ask a Stanford student, who can probably give you a better account than I can.</p>

<p>The tradition would worry me a little bit if I were a prospective freshman in terms of what it represents about the culture, but Stanford - like Duke - is a reasonably large school and I'm sure there's plenty of crowds to fit into if that's not your scene. Besides, Duke alums are kind of living in glass houses at the moment.</p>

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<p>Thanks, bdm.</p>

<p>I googled full moon on the quad....I get it now!</p>