<p>The admitted Georgetown class in Spring 2006 had a range of 1330-1520 on the SAT. While that might or might not be lower or higher than Duke, it still is a bunch of people you don't want to compete with at a spelling bee, bridge tournament, poker game, or trivial pursuit contest (However, they might be very interesting to have at a cocktail party or outdoor barbeque).</p>
<p>I leave this board for a day and it just fills up with provocative discourse.</p>
<p>The Accepted for Duke is 1380 - 1570 - 50 points higher
Enrolled is 1360 - 1540</p>
<p>The gap between Pton's and Duke's SAt's are 20 points, Duke and Stanfords is 30 points, Duke and Yale's is 40 points, Duke's and MIT is 30 </p>
<p>Duke's is 50 points higher than Georgetown, though Georgetown's is as high as Cornell NU and JHU</p>
<p>Of course Georgetown kids are really smart, no doubting that, especially SFS</p>
<p>Lets make it a game of Hungry Hippos instead then but we get the blue and grey Hippos.</p>
<p>What colors are the other hippos</p>
<p>I remember one being Green</p>
<p>Watch out for the Orange one</p>
<p>At this point, just want to say, the 300 folks I get to teach? Really glad they came here, regardless of what statistics say for or against them. ANd having now spent half my life at Duke - I would recommend it to anyone willing to use their academic gifts to extend themselves beyond what they would have previously thought possible, because there will be students, staff, and faculty here who have taken it as their personal responsibility to facilitate and support such an extension. This, regardless of any magazine, statistic, or hearsay (or herasy) anyone might produce.</p>
<p>Thank you -- My son is a freshman at Duke. He was a top student at a competitive private hs here in Michigan. We constantly hear from parents whose sons and daughters are at the Ivies about how much better it is there (they didn't even consider Duke). My son was intrigued by Duke because it was a "newer" school and he would be part of its growth.</p>
<p>Those parents are ridiculous. Your son will be on an equal footing with those ivy grads when it comes to job time and probably will have had a hell of a lot better experience.</p>
<p>Those parents can brag if its Harvard, Princeton or Yale...any of the other five Ivies aren't any better than several nonIvies including Stanford MIT Duke Chicago and many other schools</p>
<p>Stocktradermom: Ask your Michigan friends where the CEO of GM went to college.</p>
<p>As long as we're discussing him, can somebody please tell him he's costing me money? (It's a compliment. I'm trying to short GM stock. It's working out very poorly.)</p>
<p>I met Rick Wagoner at a Duke party here in the se Michigan area. He said he has one son there -- I think maybe a junior. I don't trade car companies. Take a look at these (but wait for a pullback first) -- pspt, ptv, csl, and nite. I usually trade these over and over. They're pretty volatile, but general direction is up. Buy on a REALLY bad day and you should be ok. Also, mo pulled back big yesterday -- light cigarette litigation. Good luck!</p>
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<p>Er, well that depends on the student, doesn't it? Most Ivy students seem pretty happy to me and I know that Duke can make for a pretty awful experience (again, depending on the person).</p>
<p>Well, it depends on the individial like you said. However, I think socially Duke and Penn are near each other. Dartmouth is more frattyish and probably Pton as well, both have lots of parties. Columbia is a bit depressing. Don't know much about how cool social life is at Harvard. Brown's really laid back. I mean, most kids pick schools based on academics these days, so you get alot of people going to the top academic school they get into but not neccesarily the one where theyd fit in best.</p>
<p>Vienna Man-Does Georgetown's SAT average include its vocationally oriented Nursing school? If it does, Georgetown may be losing points versus Duke. God knows nurses need to be bright-they study chemistry and the like, but they are generally not kilowatt popping, sub-genius level smart like the very best liberal arts students. (One of the first things Terry Sanford did when he became President of Duke was to kill its nursing and education programs there for precisley this reason.)
You may not have have to move from chess to hungry hippos at all. As a matte of fact why don't you guys just play basketball and make money.</p>
<p>Gtown:
* Social Sciences: 34%
* Business/Marketing: 18%
* English: 9%
* Health Professions: 9%
* Foreign Languages and Literature: 7%
* Psychology: 5%</p>
<p>Duke:
* Social Sciences: 34%
* Engineering: 15%
* Security and Protective Services: 10%
* Psychology: 9%
* Biology: 7%
* English: 5%</p>
<p>Yeah...9% nursing at Gtown, 10% protective services at Duke. That argument got shot down pretty hard. I really doubt 9% nursing explains a 60something difference in SAT scores and big gaps in feeder rankings. </p>
<p>Both out of the ordinary majors. Please don't criticize Duke for being future rich people...lots of top schools have future lawyers and Ibankers and the like...Georgetown included probably.</p>
<p>Well, see, it's just not fair. Our undergraduate engineering population is freaking brilliant. It skews everything.
-yours unbiasedly
DE93</p>
<p>What? 10% protective services??</p>
<p>What is security and protective services? Security guards and policemen and that sort of thing? People who build firewalls around computers?</p>