UPenn or Duke?

[monstor344]

<p>Did someone just try to make the argument that because one kid got rejected by Penn and accepted by Duke, Duke is therefore easier to get into? :rolleyes:</p>

[dimsum123]

<p>No. I cannot speak on anyone else’s behalf, but my argument is that this statement is false:</p>

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@lesdiablesbleus

Duke…care[s] a lot more about essays/personality/leadership than any other Ivy League school besides Harvard.

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[k_amp_s]

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From what I’ve observed, Duke and Stanford care a lot more about essays/personality/leadership than any other Ivy League school besides Harvard.

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First off, I wouldn’t weep for such a kid. Anyone who takes the SAT or ACT after getting a perfect score on the other is someone who clearly has little idea of how admissions works. (And people wonder why some posters characterize Asian applicants as test-taking automatons.)

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<p>These comments are funny considering that Asian students make up a higher % of the student body at Stanford and Duke than at most Ivies.</p>

<p>And oh, the Ivy w/ the most holistic admissions review is Princeton (some say used as a means to keep the % of Jewish students artificially low); Princeton is the one Ivy where the % of Asian students is actually higher than the % of Jewish students.</p>

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People wonder why posters characterize ALL Asian applicants as test-taking automatons. A few outliers shouldn’t give anyone the right to generalize the entire Asian community. Why can’t this person who took the SAT and the ACT after scoring a perfect mark be characterized by his personality and not his race? </p>

<p>Frankly, I’m sick of the veiled criticisms of Asian applicants.

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<p>Exactly.</p>

<p>Every study has shown that the ECs of Asian-Am applicants are no diff. from that of the rest of the college applicant pool.</p>

<p>The people who make such rash generalizations about Asian-Am students, likely would have a problem if such generalizations were made about Jewish or black students.</p>

[Helicio]

<p>I go to Duke. Sadly, I think people at UNC/Duke/Penn wtvr are basing their decisions for the wrong reasons. Prestige and rankings should be A factor, not THE factor.</p>

<p>I love Duke. Other kids love UNC/Penn.</p>

<p>VISIT THE SCHOOLS TO DECIDE! Don’t look at a freakin’ magazine.</p>

[GreedIsGood]

<p>I didn’t even know Duke was a good school until I joined CollegeConfidential. UPenn, however, I always knew as an ivy.</p>

[kwu]

<p>OP’s at Caltech, btw.</p>