<p>Eh, to tell you the truth, there was actually a time when I absolutely LOVED Duke. I thought it was the best thing on earth. But when I researched more I figured that the culture didn't fit me. Then I applied to UChicago EA, was admitted, then didn't apply anywhere else. UChicago owns my soul.
Duke's a great school, I was just pointing out something that I didn't like about it...whether or not anybody else felt the same way. So I guess I'll never do that again - it was a little stupid on my part.
P.S. I love snow.</p>
<p>i'm not gonna lie... i looked at your old posts...</p>
<p>...and they tell me that u applied to duke... but who knows...</p>
<p>You sure? I think what you might be seeing is the whole "which universities do you think are the best?" - or whatever thing. I voted for UChicago, Duke, and others. See? I'm spreading the love.</p>
<p>But UC still owns my soul.</p>
<p>WAIT! You're talking about the whole making it to the log in page, aren't you? Well...haha....hahah I did that to...complicate things for the people who were trying to check decisions. I don't know, I felt like being an ass, so I thought that if even just ONE more person tried to log in, the system would lag even more.
I had a MyD page or whatever when I liked Duke, and I never applied - hence I couldn't log in.</p>
<p>haha yea, i was talking about that...</p>
<p>anyways, good luck at chicago</p>
<p>It was a hard decision, and a part of me still loves Duke.</p>
<p>But WashU owns my soul; I love it so much and now I can't imagine choosing anywhere else.
(even though Duke has the higher ranked BME program)</p>
<p>"Blugh - that article about Duke comparing itself to other schools is exactly why I crossed it off of my list. "</p>
<p>Well, it was written by a Chronicle reporter (ie a college freshmen), not by the Duke admissions office. The article focused mostly on facts comparing schools. Chicago was likely not mentioned because Duke kids don't consider Chicago (completely different social environments). Duke is full of future bankers, consultants, and doctors...I think Chicago is full of more future professors and researchers and stuff like that...totally different schools. Probably why the article focused on Duke and the Ivies - in general Duke has more in common with Ivies than other schools.</p>
<p>That's retarded. Absolutely retarded.</p>
<p>Rice 10 chars</p>
<p>What the hell?
Does Duke have like a 30% yield this year?</p>
<p>no, it probably has ~45% yield, which it's been every year. still that means a lot of people turn it down. that's just how it works. i turned down like 10 schools to come to Duke, and a lot of them were top-notch. you can't go everywhere!</p>
<p>Yield = No effect on USNWR ranking, affects acceptance rate for the following years a bit
Acceptance Rate = 1.5% of total USNWR ranking.</p>
<p>The only way a school could move up quickly is to drastically increase PA score (Whopping 25%)</p>
<p>rice over duke</p>
<p>Dartmouth over Duke.</p>
<p>anyone that picks rice or any school like that over duke is wrong</p>
<p>everyone knows duke is underrated on us news also</p>
<p>I don't blame some who turn down Duke for Rice.
If Duke wait-listed me first, I might of had some qualms about turning down the other school I would have originally matriculated in... I mean, there was a reason why I would have been wait-listed in the first place.
(With all things being the same, that school would probably have been Dartmouth, Georgetown, or Binghamton).</p>
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<p>Hah, I beg to differ both statements. You can go live in your own little world under a rock if you think EVERYONE wants to go to Duke. So I guess if people pick Harvard or Stanford (most common overlap schools for Rice, so I guess that means they count as "any school like that [Rice]") over Duke, they're wrong, right? </p>
<p>To each his own opinion, but please don't spout idiotic sweeping statements like that. Grow up. Duke is also one of Rice's most common overlap schools, and unfortunately there will be a lot of people who've turned down Duke for Rice, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Rice is definitely on par with Duke and it's offensive that you think lower of people who pick Rice over Duke.</p>
<p>It depends on the situation. If you wanted to go into engineering or medicine, then Rice and Duke are fairly similar in quality and you can't really go wrong with the decision you make. However, if you were pursuing law or business, you would be out of your mind to pick Rice over Duke unless you wanted to live in Texas post-graduation. Also, I would say that Duke is more prestigious than Rice overall.</p>
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<p>Not everyone who goes into college thinking of pursuing law or business actually graduates doing that. People change majors a lot and develop other interests along the way. I believe there's a good thread in the Duke forum of comparing Rice v. Duke in terms of business and incoming aspirations versus actual end results. That's to say, don't pigeonhole certain options based on engineering, medicine, law, or business--because it may be you very well end up not being interested in it in the end.</p>
<p>Though Duke may have more name recognition, Rice offers just as good a quality education--even without a business undergrad school, Rice has excellent placement rates in the best grad business and law schools. You speak as if all Rice grads who go into law or business remain in Texas because they can't find jobs anywhere else, which is absolutely untrue. One of America's top venture capitalists went to Rice for undergrad and then Stanford for business grad. You can do a little research to find out who he is.</p>
<p>Though a lot may remain in Texas just because of the sheer renown Rice has in Texas, Rice grads are not limited to just Texas and employers and grad schools recognize the Rice name beyond the South region.</p>
<p>hostasice, what you say is true for law schools, because law school doesn't necessarily hinge on where you go for undergrad(It's actually mostly just a numbers game).</p>
<p>However, in terms of business, the undergrad education is very, very important. Recruiters have several "target" schools. For most of the BB, Rice would be a "semi-target", while Duke would be a "target." While it's certainly possible to make a BB in Wall Street from Rice, the numbers are abysmal when compared to what Duke produces. Furthermore, people who go into business generally work straight out of undergrad, so yes, name recognition will matter. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it's just pretty much the way it works (Just like most duke grads end up somewhere on the east coast). </p>
<p>I think Rice is a great school for future educators, lawyers, or doctors (definitely on par with Duke). However, if you want to work on wall street, I think it'd be much more advantageous to go to Duke.</p>