<p>duke is overated? lol. =P</p>
<p>dartmouth still has a better reputation being an ivy around the nation. duke's education is shadowed by its sports since it is more known/reputed for its sports rather than its education.</p>
<p>Guys,</p>
<p>Seriously choosing these schools for these reasons is ridiculous. I am an alumni and I can tell you there is no difference. Its silly.</p>
<p>well ... im going to dartmouth... what more do you need?</p>
<p>i can do neat tricks too... like ollie on my skateboard</p>
<p>sweet. i used to skate but i quit.</p>
<p>go to dartmouth.</p>
<p>Duke is big and has a campus that is neatly sliced in half by a FREEWAY that one cannot walk over (you have to take a shuttle).</p>
<p>Duke is 160% the size of Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Duke's in the South (I know you're from Houston but the South is not my kind of place).</p>
<p>Duke's more urban -- right next to Durham and not far from Raleigh. I think it would be more fun to be out in Hanover.</p>
<p>You're an alumni of both schools?</p>
<p>Or, you're saying there's no difference between the school that you spent four years at and the one you spent zero years at?</p>
<p>There are many differences that can make the choice very simple to people -- location, size, academic strengths, etc. I understand that you are saying that both Duke and Dartmouth have extremely strong academics, but to suggest that
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there is no difference
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is patently absurd.</p>
<p>hey kelly, are you from chicago?</p>
<p>Yes, the Chicago area (west-northwest suburbs).</p>
<p>Kelly why dont you read the entire thread before attacking people.</p>
<p>All I meant was choose on location, environment, atmosphere, people, etc not "prestige" because its silly to choose between these two for that reason.</p>
<p>I went to Dartmouth and have spent a lot of time at Duke. I know many Duke alums. There is no prestige difference but many environmental differences.</p>
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Duke is big and has a campus that is neatly sliced in half by a FREEWAY that one cannot walk over (you have to take a shuttle).
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Actually, you can walk between the campuses. In fact, it's quite a scenic route, no "freeways" along the way, either.</p>
<p>Visit both. You will not like both equally. But it sounds like you want to go to Dartmouth more. Maybe that's just because this is the Dartmouth board, but that's what it sounds like.</p>
<p>At Duke you can get an order of grits....if you like that sort of thing. I'm pretty sure they don't have them at dartmouth. ;)</p>
<p>Au contraire, according to my brother who went to Dule medical. He says where you go undergrad is the most important and where you went to med school matters not, the minute you get your first job. And for those saying not to care about prestige, go ask the 23 year old investment bankers on Wall Street, making 100K to start, where they went to school. It is all about where you went undergrad.</p>
<p>so will my boss respect dartmouth more? It seems so, huh?</p>
<p>BTW, I am black...are they accepted at Dartmouth or are they outcasts? Only 6 percent are black here.</p>
<p>Just for clarification - the distance between the 2 campuses at Duke is about a mile (maybe a little less), it is scenic, but as a Mom I would feel uncomfortable knowing my daughter was walking this route at night alone, I would not be concerned about daytime - was there a bike/walking trail, I can't remember? There is a fair amount of traffic on the road with the frequent buses.</p>
<p>There is definitely more racial tension at Duke</p>
<p>DMC,</p>
<p>From what my daughter tells me is that there is a sense of cohesiveness at Dartmouth across the board, As she has friends who are black, white, asians, hispanic, etc. She feels very welcomed as a person of color on Dartmouth's campus and has never experienced any type of racial tensions on campus. when they recently showed Hotel Rowanda on campus and had Paul Rusesabagina (whose story the movie is based on, the theatre was packed for both showings.</p>
<p>She did say however that she does have friends who are making adjustments, because they had attended predominately black schools and had never been in a racially diverse educational enviornment and it took some getting used to (not the case with her as she has always attended diverse schools). </p>
<p>No matter where you end up you have to know who you are and not lose sight of it.</p>
<p>wow, sybbie. I did not know you were from a colored background. That's relieving. thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>Rumbean,</p>
<p>Where you go to college is really important, but both Dartmouth and Duke are excellent schools.</p>
<p>True, Slipper, but it must be conceded that alphabetically dartmouth takes the first position. That has to mean something, don't you think?</p>