<p>I am just curious about the similarities and differences of these 3 schools as I always seem to hear that ppl relate Stanford to Rice and Duke to Rice.</p>
<p>Stanford and Rice. Both started from the vision of individuals.</p>
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<li><p>stanford and rice and duke. all three are schools i applied too. only got accepted to rice so far...</p></li>
<li><p>they all have a great balance of academics and athletics (esp stanford and duke).</p></li>
<li><p>they're the 3 best schools in the nation that arent ivies.</p></li>
<li><p>they're cheap...ooops...there i go dreaming again...</p></li>
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<p>true that, I got into Rice and applied to Duke. Stanford is way too far from my home in New York. How ironic considering that Rice is about 4 hours on an airplane and stanford about 6.</p>
<p>that is wierd. the same thing happened to me. i live in tx (not originally from though. im a military brat) and got accepted to tulane. i was talking to a coach at a nj university that will remain nameless and was looking for excuses why i didnt want to go. so i said ny was to far from home and tulane was closer. the coach then said the flight to nj was only an hour more than one to new orleans. he was right too. so much for my excuse...</p>