<p>Hookem, other than NCAA I sports, how is Duke more well-rounded than JHU? I BEG you to answer me this question with a straight face…lol, because I can’t seem to read your previous post with a straight face.
Whether it’s writing, english, economics, spanish, french, history, BME, International relations, Pre-Med, Engineering in general, Public Health or really almost any other academic category, I have yet to see Duke surpassing Hopkins by much if at all.</p>
<p>Oh wait…Duke has a better Law School. Hmm…maybe because JHU doesn’t have one??
In the topics and subjects where they both hold schools/programs, Duke is very rarely much better than JHU if at all and in some fields like medicine, Public Health, Writing, International Relations, etc, JHU is the outright winner.
For student-life, I think all you go by is hearsay. Come to Hopkins, see our way of life, and THEN judge I dare you. I have been partying at Duke with a few old HS friends a few times, and I think I can make this fair judgment :)</p>
<p>again: I LOVE Duke. It was one of my top choices back in HS. but I won’t stand to have anyone dissing or falsely saying things about my own school :)</p>
<p>What are your stats? If you need FA and are highly competitive for top Ivies, I’d really recommend dropping either Northwestern or CMU and adding Yale. Although not reputed for grad engineering, Yale’s undergraduate SFR in engineering is 1; its a fine place to receive an undergraduate engineering education. You’ll get into Northwestern or CMU if you have a 2250+ and subject test scores of 750+, as well as a near 4.0 UW GPA (3.8-4.0 is a good range), so you ought to consider which one you’d like more, drop it, and apply to another reach with transcendent FA. If you don’t need FA, it a less compelling argument, although I’d be biased and still tell you to choose Yale. Additionally, if you are interested in other things than engineering, and are not set on engineering, Yale is a good place to attend.</p>
<p>(As an anecdote, I applied to YPS, and only got into Y. I never initially considered it, added it near the end of the process, and am rather glad I did so.)</p>
<p>Agreed with all the above for removing Caltech. DD had it on her initial list, but I didn’t see Caltech on her list now. Not sure why? Although if you like small size school, then Caltech is okay.</p>
<p>Speaking as a USC student who’s not from OC nor rich, I’ll say that student01 and skateboarder are dead wrong. And they’d also be wrong if they said the same thing about any school. Contrary to apparently popular opinion, we’re not all (insert stereotype here) or (insert another stereotype here) or even (insert yet another stereotype here).</p>
<p>Tehehe, to whoever asked how the hell Caltech made it onto my list,</p>
<p>Because it was my dream school in middle school. After I visited this summer, it is definitely NOT my dream school anymore…although I still think it’s a great place.</p>
<p>Gotta be careful with how you use both emotions and logic when picking a college.</p>
<p>I’m sure Bette Midler is a great person, but I don’t want to spend 4 years with her.</p>
<p>My personal preference is to narrow the field using pure cold-blooded logic (about size, majors, location, climate, etc.). Then use emotions to make the final choice.</p>
<p>What I meant by that is that I still think it’s one of the best colleges in America and produces ground-breaking research and scientific advances…</p>
<p>…but I don’t think it fits me much anymore and I can find better colleges for me.</p>
<p>I’d take Penn off the list. Its engineering program is not really that strong and you already have two Ivies on your list (Cornell and Princeton).</p>
<p>I want to limit myself to 11 schools and I have 12 (hence the topic title)</p>
<p>So…after reading the responses, do you think I should take off Penn or Caltech?</p>
<p>Caltech-harder to get into, great engineering program, doesn’t seem to fit me
Penn-easier to get into, average engineering program, probably fits me more</p>
I dare you. I have been partying at Duke with a few old HS friends a few times, and I think I can make this fair judgment :)</p>