<p>Xiggi:</p>
<p>I think I read that you are a student at Claremont Mckenna, even though most of your posts are in the Parents forum. I am still amazed that if you are a student, that you have so much time to spend on CC. Maybe my son should transfer there. :) Even though he may be ambivalent, I don't think he has the time nor inclination to spend on a college admissions chat room. My excuse is the next sibling.....</p>
<p>Here's an interesting tidbit: If you do go to Claremont Mckenna, I checked the minority stats there. According to the web site, only 15.5% of the students there are in the categories you mentioned. The 2009 class profile for Duke is actually 15.6%.</p>
<p>This really doesn't have much at all to do with the original poster's question, and I apologize in advance!</p>
<p>If you are a student at a small school in California, I was surprised at your statement: " let me simply say that I know many alumni, recruiters, current students, and school officials from Duke". I have to be honest with you, I'm pretty sure that my son doesn't know a single person who is affiliated with your school. I'm also pretty sure that he knows nothing at all about the school and would never give an opinion on it even if he knew somebody who knew somebody who went there!</p>
<p>I'm not defending any of the schools, because even as a parent, I do not have first hand knowledge! To go back to the original poster's question, I think that Yale , Duke and Princeton are all wonderful schools. I also think they all have pros and they all have some cons. It's all about choice. None is better or worse than the other.</p>