<p>Well, we are very close to the deadline to give our final answer.</p>
<p>My final answer is Duke. I picked Duke over these schools (mainly for premed):</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
Upenn
Notherwestern (small scholarship)
John Hopkins
UCLA (highest scholarship)
USD (highest scholarship)</p>
<p>What's your final answer over your other choices? Please participate to give us all a general idea.</p>
<p>That's a really smart choice for pre-med, nice.</p>
<p>I chose Duke over Brown, Northwestern, University of Michigan w/ scholarship, Berkeley, USC Presidential Scholarship, and UCLA (I'm in-state for UCs). Money wasn't an issue for me because of financial aid grants that were generous from every school and Michigan/USC scholarships, so it came down to me wanting to leave California, leaving Duke, Brown and Northwestern.</p>
<p>That was a hard choice...had to visit all three, ended up getting the kind of vibe I wanted from Duke, so here I am.</p>
<p>Duke over Dartmouth (endowed scholarship), Johns Hopkins, Boston U (small scholarship), URochester (small scholarship), UMD-CP (full ride), UVA (Echols and CSS Honors Programs).</p>
<p>Didn't have to pick over Columbia (rejected, wouldn't go) and Brown (waitlist, top school) though hahaa.</p>
<p>Duke over Johns Hopkins, Northwestern(Dean's Scholar) and UIUC(Honors + $$).</p>
<p>I chose to apply to Duke ED over every other school in the country!!!</p>
<p>And application-wise.. in a sense, I chose Duke over Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Bing since those apps were going in at 6:01 PM if I didn't get into Duke Early..</p>
<p>Duke + AB Duke Scholarship over:</p>
<p>Harvard
Princeton
UChicago
Northwestern
UNC-Chapel Hill (eaaaasy choice, haha)
Clemson (full ride)</p>
<p>I picked Duke over:
UC Berkeley
WashU
University of Michigan Honors</p>
<p>Also turned down spots on the waiting list for Cornell and Northwestern because of Duke.</p>
<p>Wow! You have all selected Duke over some great schools. It makes me feel really good with my decision.</p>
<p>How about others? Give us some insight into your thinking about your college selection.</p>
<p>Duke over Cornell, UVA Rodman Scholar</p>
<p>DUke over Northwestern, Rice, State school, another state school, and some other places. What's important is that Duke is the best!</p>
<p>Duke over:</p>
<p>University of Chicago
Northwestern
Swarthmore
Haverford
Bowdoin
Claremont McKenna (achievement scholarship)
UC Berkeley
and some others</p>
<p>I mailed the reply card today, what a relief, feels really good now. I can start enjoying life again.</p>
<p>Like to hear more from others about their choices and their final decision. Trying to convince any friends? Any interesting last minute stories?</p>
<p>Daughter chose Duke over Berkeley, UCLA, Tufts, William and Mary, Davidson, Kenyon and Oberlin.</p>
<p>Anyone else choose Duke over UPenn or Brown?</p>
<p>^ I did over Penn, and I know a girl from Duke Up Close who chose it over Brown too</p>
<p>Duke over Penn Rice Chicago Pepperdine Miami.</p>
<p>My cousin picked Duke over no other school... very strange, was waitlisted EVERYWHERE else including safeties and matches! Lucky for her, it was her first choice so all's well that ends well...</p>
<p>Duke over UCSD, UCSB, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Cornell.</p>
<p>lolabelle - your cousin's name isn't Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Smith, is it? :-D</p>