<p>deposition, I guess you haven’t met the incoming Dook freshman “lesdia” yet.</p>
<p>this is a student that has never taken a class in college that claims that Duke is a better institution than Stanford because its basketball team is better.</p>
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<p>ha!..I just fell off my chair!</p>
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<p>First of all, it’s “Duke”, not “Dook”. Don’t care if you’re doing it on purpose, it’s annoying. Also, you’re giving all Duke students this reputation because of one person on an online forum? That’s really mature.</p>
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<p>No you didn’t. Stop ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Urban dictionary:
“Dookie - Duke Fan. Spoiled, stuck-up, obnoxious, college student, that usually comes from New Jersey/Northeast Region.”</p>
<p>I admit … I had to look it up.</p>
<p>Am I the only one excited?</p>
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deposition, I guess you haven’t met the incoming Dook freshman “lesdia” yet.</p>
<p>this is a student that has never taken a class in college that claims that Duke is a better institution than Stanford because its basketball team is better.</p>
<p>Sure, that girl is misguided, but athletics do foster school spirit and school spirit is an important facet of college life. For that girl, school spirit may mean everything for her (obviously wrong but whatever) and you can’t bash on all Duke students just because one girl has misguided perception on colleges.</p>
<p>I think JohnAdams…might have been banned…</p>
<p>JohnAdams, i’m not sure what princeton taught you, but one person’s comments do not indicate a trend–do you see the irony in this sentence?
The fact is, there are so many variables that you completely ignore when you form your arguments that in the end you have nothing but a house of cards.</p>
<p>Pierre, if your father is hiring undergraduates that makes sense. The National Research Council rankings are for graduate programs. The NRC doesn’t care if your dad knows about the rankings; it’s tailored towards academics and researchers. Academics and researchers could care less about the U.S. News rankings because the methodology includes very little that is important to them.</p>
<p>Look at this:</p>
<p>Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs </p>
<p>REPORT RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT</p>
<p>Revised September 22, 2010</p>
<p>The National Research Council is pleased to announce that the Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs will be publicly released on September 28, 2010. The report will consist of a descriptive volume, and a comprehensive data table in Excel containing data on characteristics and ranges of rankings for over 5000 programs in 62 fields at 212 institutions. The report will be accompanied by a 4-page report brief, a set of Frequently Asked Questions, and a revised version of the Methodology Guide.</p>
<p>Hallelujah. I never expected them to come out before I started applying for PhD programs.</p>