I got into the Princeton of the South

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<p>I just got into Duke and I am so happy</p>

<p>I heard somewhere that the start of duke occured because a wealthy tobacco family wanted to buy princeton but they were turned down so they set up a princeton replica in the south. Is this correct?</p>

<p>I am happy, so happy .......................................... YES!!!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D</p>

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<p>Congratulations sempitern!!!</p>

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<p>of course, if I get in to Princeton and I have to choose between the two I'll pick the one and only original princeton</p>

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<p>hmm.. you know the harvard-stanford story? ;)</p>

<p>congrats, sempitern!</p>

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<p>I know that one but I think the princeton duke story is actually true</p>

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<p>both stories are rumors.</p>

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<p>Rumors or not, congratulations Semp! That's exciting news!</p>

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<p>thanks guys, it is exciting, now I'm not nearly as nervous about the other college admissions decisions</p>

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<p>The Princeton-Duke rumor is bogus. James Duke never tried to buy Princeton.
Duke lived outside of Princeton around the time the school built their Tudor Gothic dorms (1910 or so). He liked how they added "age" to Princeton so he thought the buildings on Duke's West Campus should be in a similar style. The Princeton influence on Duke is pretty obvious, but in truth, Duke's design was also inspired by gothic architecture at Yale, Cornell, Chicago and Bryn Mawr as well. Anyway, that's the only Princeton-Duke connection.</p>

<p>FWIW.</p>

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<p>hmmm, interesting.</p>

<p>But congrats all the same! Very, very nice school to get into!</p>

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<p>YAY! My bf got in too, and I'm super excited for the both of you! Duke was my 1st choice at one point in time.</p>

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<p>congrats! congrats! congrats!</p>

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<p>I got into DUKE also~~!! so happy</p>

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<p>once again, I prefer to call it the Princeton of the south.... dont get me wrong, Its a very good school and I would be happy to have the honor of going therem but its not Princeton</p>

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<p>Congrats, semp! Duke's pretty cool. I'm still waiting to hear from a classmate and friend of mine who applied there. Great school, great school...but you're right, it's not Princeton. Unless it's your numero uno :)</p>

<p>Congrats krbxtigerz, as well!</p>

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<p>congrats people! looks like i was one of the few here who got rejected...</p>

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<p>Duke's international applicants got creamed so dont feel bad</p>

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<p>thanks for the support-statement...im REALLY depressed at the moment...</p>

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<p>That's disappointing, callthecops. I'm sure some other great universities will come through for you in the next week and you'll end up somewhere you'll love even more.....</p>

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<p>
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hmm.. you know the harvard-stanford story?

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Not sure to which harvard-stanford story you refer. There is the common quote about Stanford being the Harvard of the west (or visa versa). The Stanford "story" connects Stanford to Cornell ... Cornell was the University Leland Stanford used as the model when he started up Stanford. (The useless info I have to share today)</p>