<p>If it were me, I’d choose Princeton. Its a nicer place, it has a better reputation, and it has almost unmatched resources with the size of its per-student endowment.</p>
<p>For all the advantages Princeton gives you, I’d think you have to be very sure you prefer Duke in order to pick it over Princeton.</p>
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No… That would be one argument. You seem to be favoring Duke, I would advise you choose the school you want to attend and don’t let people on an internet forum dissuade you.</p>
<p>Silver and Jersey… I really am divided, I am just playing devil’s advocate on this post, as I will on the Duke post if I get a reply.</p>
<p>Oh ya, thanks christian soldier for reminding me :D</p>
<p>go to Duke please so you don’t interfere with the curve in my engineering classes (if you happen to be one of those smart people).</p>
<p>And then I’ll have one person less competition for when I’m looking for jobs wooohooo</p>
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<p>As I indicated above, reputations (i.e., “names”) often have basis in reality.</p>
<p>Conversely, reputation can create its own reality.</p>
<p>What do you want to do after graduation? Do you intend to pursue a graduate degree in engineering?</p>
<p>Again, playing the advocate… Duke has a great reputation, especially in the medical field, a prospective postgraduate route for me. Additionally, everyone who has posted is from the North, and, after visiting a few Northern schools, it seemed to me that many Yankee schools do not view Duke as having a great name, while down South, Duke is very highly regarded.</p>
<p>^exactlyy, just go to Duke</p>
<p>question: why are you disregarding MIT?</p>
<p>Since you brought up Med School:
<a href=“WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights”>WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights;
<p>Princeton is the #3 feeder school, behind Harvard & Yale even though Princeton itself doesn’t have a professional school.</p>
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<p>I was wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>ohhh, I UNDERSTAND christan!
changed my mind, GO TO PRINCETON!</p>
<p>PERSONAL OPINION</p>
<p>I visited MIT for three days after being accepted and recruited to walk on to D-I crew. I loved the school, but I found the social scene and student body to be lacking. Though I am passionate about the sciences, I enjoy literature and history, and MIT was very track focused. I wanted to go to a school with a more eclectic student body (ie not all engineers) and offered more than just math and sciences.</p>
<p>^omg i thought the same exact thing. especially the lacking student body part</p>
<p>Duke might be a big name in the South, but remember that Princeton is historically the Ivy of choice of the Southern gentry.</p>
<p>Throwback to Jersey… I have seen that WSJ ranking and it weighs heavily on my mind (though Duke is #6).</p>
<p>Go to MIT!!! Why aren’t you choosing between MIT and Princeton?</p>
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like oneweek said, MIT doesn’t have that vibrant student body. It’s a can be dull for some people and feel like a vocational school at times</p>