Alternatives to Duke
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Anonymous
| Duke is DC’s first choice..likes the mix of sports, rah rah and private. Other options? |
Anonymous
| We have looked at the publics, Michigan, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, UVA, UNC and not interested |
Anonymous
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Vandy
Wake U Miami Tulane |
Anonymous
Thanks. Vandy on the list but others not quite academically appealing to DC. Lehigh ahead of Wake, Miami and Tulane. |
Anonymous
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Also:
Syracuse Boston College Notre Dame USC Stanford |
Anonymous
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Whoops, forgot Northwestern!
That's pretty much it for power five ("rah-rah") private colleges. * I left out Baylor, TCU, and SMU |
Anonymous
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non power five schools with d1 sports and solid academics
BU Georgetown University of Richmond Colgate Villanova Bucknell |
Anonymous
| Why must it be a private school only? |
Anonymous
There really aren't many private schools that offer great academics, top D1 sports, and good school vibes. But generally, schools to consider would be: Vanderbilt Notre Dame Stanford Northwestern USC Boston College Wake Forest |
Anonymous
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Boston College
Notre Dame Georgetown |
Anonymous
| This should be a useful thread given 80% of the kids I know are applying ED to Duke this year. |
Anonymous
| ^^^Waste of an app for the vast majority! |
Anonymous
| Academically can’t do wake? Lol. Your child has a very slim chance of vandy or duke. He needs to get over himself. Gl. |
Anonymous
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Please provide info - what does your DC want to study? Going to a state school within the Honors college might be a path go get the experience they want.
BUT if appears that prestige is really important and there are just a handful of schools from the rankings that will make them feel validated. |
Anonymous
Can't come up with any? Really? |