<p>I have to choose which college to attend. I will be majoring in engineering -- i realize UT has a stellar engineering program, but Duke is... Duke! Any opinions?</p>
<p>Have you visited both schools?. Different areas of the country, different campuses, different feels. Will the cost be a factor?</p>
<p>I know that there are many people that envy the decision that you are about to make. That doesn't make the decision any easier, though.</p>
<p>Hopefully someone with some insight into the different engineering programs will read this and give you a reply. I guess I'm just bumping it up a little bit for you. Congrats.</p>
<p>you said it yourself...Duke is Duke. us news has duke tied with stanford and mit for the no.5 school in the country. those rankings are kinda bogus but duke has a much more competetive academic climate and a much more selective admissions process. a duke degree is well respected througout the country and they have an incredible record for graduate schools. while texas is a fine school, duke is an incredible one. great acc basketball too. one question: how are you accepted to duke already? they havnt released regular decisions and theyre an early decision school.</p>
<p>Great Big 12 football and basketball and baseball :P</p>
<p>Um, Duke isn't even on the charts for engineering...</p>
<p>and more selective, uh, no. I applied to MIT EA - 13% acceptance rate
My friend applied to Duke RD - 19% acceptance rate</p>
<p>You said admissions PROCESS, though. What does that mean? They scrutinize applications more closely?</p>
<p>For engineering, I'd say UT. But Duke is Duke....
You should pick UT.</p>
<p>UT, cuz I'm going there over Duke Eng. and MIT</p>
<p>Whoa, picking anything over MIT for engineering...that takes guts man. Good luck, UT could use someone like you.</p>