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<p>I’ll second that. I suspect not all Dookies are like that, but you certainly get a lot of that on CC. I’ve always assumed it’s because Duke gets a lot of Ivy wannabes, very good students who would have been plausible candidates at HYP but didn’t get in, and who are now desperate to reassure themselves and prove to the world that Duke is “just as good as” or “better than” this school or that. On the other hand, schools like Chicago and Northwestern must get a lot of those students, too, yet the attitude seems to be very different. I don’t know what it is about Duke that attracts the insecure ones, or that inculcates that attitude. But it is very off-putting, and just leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you encounter it. Much to Duke’s detriment.</p>