<p>But it does for Cornell!!!! </p>
<p>BAM!</p>
<p>bananainpyjamas, that's good to hear. I love those HYP cross-admit stories. :D</p>
<p>A kid from a local high school turned down the AB Duke for Princeton. :( :eek: :mad:</p>
<p>WOW I'd never turn down Duke AB, but its not like I have a chance of ever getting it lol.</p>
<p>Turned Down:</p>
<p>Brown Univ.- More or less to see if I got in or not....I got waitlisted..so yea that's a no</p>
<p>BU-No Financal Aid (well not enough...Duke gave me more). Although I love Boston, the BME program at Duke is far superior</p>
<p>University of Rochester: Not enough Aid...Location was horrible too. Nice campus though</p>
<p>University of Pitt Honors College: eh..was a safety school I didn't even visit...so I can't really say much</p>
<p>Syracuse Univ.- Location a big factor, also got practically no financial aid</p>
<p>UConn-Safety School I really had no interest in (as you can see I had the fear of getting rejected from every school I applied to..lol)</p>
<p>SUNY Stony Brook Honors College- This was tough since my parents promised to buy me a brand new car if I attended..o and I got a full scholarship...and it's pretty good in science/med research for a state school. However, it's 5 minutes from my house.....so yea....Duke it is!</p>
<p>Ya... I was pretty surprised that I got into most of the colleges I applied to. Lucky me I guess :-). These are the colleges I turned down.</p>
<p>Columbia - When I visited, I didn't really get the close, community feeling. Although Columbia has a few blocks closed off for its campus, I felt like the student body was very remote and cold.</p>
<p>Cornell - Winter... nuff said</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon - They have a great ECE program, but they offered me the worst financial aid package. Also, I didn't like the 'nerdiness' of the school... food sucks.... and social life is hard to establish.</p>
<p>Univ. of Illinois - Urbana - It's too close to home. I know a billion people going there and I wanted to get far from home and start fresh.</p>
<p>When I visited Duke for BDD, I knew for sure this was the place for me. Aside from the fact that my older brother goes here and my sister graduated from here, I felt my own personal connection to the campus. Not only is the educational quality unparalleled, but I like Duke's community-oriented feel. I like how they require dorm life for three years. I thought this was awesome because it forced people to meet new friends and grow tighter, as opposed to a city environment like Columbia where everyone left campus. Although Durham kinda sucks as a city, I think the campus and community (anyone say K-ville tenting?) definitely sold me to this great place.</p>
<p>i only turned down Harvard, Princeton and MIT but thats ok</p>
<p>okkk buddy, and I "won" the lottery TOMMOROW.</p>
<p>you did? OH MAH GAHD...how much money?</p>
<p>Turned down </p>
<p>BC - Applied to please friend of my parents. </p>
<p>Michigan - Applied cause my brother was there. But too big for me, and...my brother was there. </p>
<p>Penn - Too popular at my school, and I didn't want a city campus. Shouldn't have applied. </p>
<p>Brown - My first choice for a long time (even over two other schools that "forgot" to accept me). But my visit sucked and ultimately decided the open curriculum wasn't a good fit for me.</p>
<p>Northwestern - Nearly enrolled here, but then, last minute, I visited DUKE...</p>