Duke vs. Harvard
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Anonymous
| My kid chose Columbia over Duke and Penn. Zero regrets here either. |
Anonymous
That's because your kid loves to watch Power 4 fencing! |
Anonymous
| Duke always had nothing in common with Columbia and Penn. Fortunately. |
Anonymous
| I am reporting a lot on this thread. I'd encourage others to do the same. My God people, learn how to behave and get some therapy. |
Anonymous
What are you reporting? |
Anonymous
There’s a fairly big overlap in applications to Duke and Penn. |
Anonymous
No one I knew from Duke was interested at all in Columbia. I can see Penn although I don’t really recall. I remember a lor of Princeton / Stanford envy and, mostly, a lot of Dartmouth overlap. |
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Anonymous
Columbia is not even close to Harvard |
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None of my Duke friends would ever consider Penn. lol about cross admits with Columbia.
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Anonymous
| Agree lots of overlap with Dartmouth, HYP, but not Penn. |
Anonymous
| Princeton or Stanford. |
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I chose Duke over Penn. And I know others who did the same. And I'm sure there are others who chose Penn over Duke. Lots of common applicants.
Top schools but a notch below HYPS. Roughly similar size (Penn is bigger). Generally normal, mainstream kids. |
Anonymous
Nope. Columbia women's archery rules! |
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My kid chose UChicago over Duke 3 years ago for Economics and Neuroscience. They are vastly different schools, but DC is super happy with their choice.
I'm assuming most people on this forum would have chosen Duke, but the point is, both fit and departmental reputation matter a lot when choosing a college. UChicago's Economics department is #1, but Duke is slightly better for Neuroscience. In the end, DC wanted to be in a big city and ended up with a very balanced & healthy social life at UChicago, being involved in Greek life helped. OP, it will come down to what your DC wants to study and fit. I would choose Harvard for the breadth + Boston but I understand how Duke might have very specific offerings that Harvard can't beat. |