Harvard of South - Emory, Duke, Rice or Vanderbilt?

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University of Florida

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I knew a guy who claimed Vandy was the Harvard of the South with a straight face....do with that what you will.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke > Emory=Vandy> Rice.

All are fine schools but if you must rank then, Duke>(Vanderbilt =Rice)>Emory

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duke > Emory=Vandy> Rice.

All are fine schools but if you must rank then, Duke>(Vanderbilt =Rice)>Emory

Duke>Vandy=Rice=Emory
The last 3 have their strengths and weaknesses. Emory has business and med, Vandy, has medicine and law, Rice has STEM. However would never go the Rice over the others for business, or Emory over the others for engineering or CS, Vandy over the others for some humanities etc.

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Duke

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Wofford was always called the Harvard of the South when I was growing up in SC

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Anonymous wrote:Wofford was always called the Harvard of the South when I was growing up in SC

They hosted debate there and gave tours. I remember Amanda almost falling over laughing when the guide said that. She'd just been accepted to the actual Harvard

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Roll Tide

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None of them are the Harvard of the South in a realistic sense. They don't match the level of academic excellence across a large range of disciplines. Duke probably comes the closest.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard Tulane described this way. I think it’s silly and inaccurate. Harvard is Harvard. Duke is Duke. Very different schools with different strengths and cultures. I don’t see the point in forcing comparisons and imagining similarities that aren’t really there. No one says that Harvard is the Vanderbilt of the North. It’s possible and more useful to just look at each school separately as an academic and cultural environment.

Outcomes at Tulane are vastly vastly different from outcomes at Vanderbilt or Duke in particular.

Second and third tier order of jobs for similar majors at Tulane.

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Anonymous wrote:I have encountered many people claiming that Emory, Duke, Vanderbilt or Rice owns the title of Harvard of South in different occasions. In your opinion, especially for those from the South, which school is HOS?

Not a "thing".

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard Tulane described this way. I think it’s silly and inaccurate. Harvard is Harvard. Duke is Duke. Very different schools with different strengths and cultures. I don’t see the point in forcing comparisons and imagining similarities that aren’t really there. No one says that Harvard is the Vanderbilt of the North. It’s possible and more useful to just look at each school separately as an academic and cultural environment.

Outcomes at Tulane are vastly vastly different from outcomes at Vanderbilt or Duke in particular.

Second and third tier order of jobs for similar majors at Tulane.

I know vandy grads working at gas stations, the only ones that truly do well had prior connections before going there.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of those schools really want or care about being Harvard of the South, they’re all well respected in their own ways. But if we’re talking about the best school in the South, it’s Duke full-stop. Not particularly close.

That just isn't true. Duke has a lot of grad schools and departments that are just ok. It is a very good overall school but is more the Cornell of the South than the Harvard of the South. Harvard and Stanford are universities with no real weak areas.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard Tulane described this way. I think it’s silly and inaccurate. Harvard is Harvard. Duke is Duke. Very different schools with different strengths and cultures. I don’t see the point in forcing comparisons and imagining similarities that aren’t really there. No one says that Harvard is the Vanderbilt of the North. It’s possible and more useful to just look at each school separately as an academic and cultural environment.

Outcomes at Tulane are vastly vastly different from outcomes at Vanderbilt or Duke in particular.

Second and third tier order of jobs for similar majors at Tulane.

I know vandy grads working at gas stations, the only ones that truly do well had prior connections before going there.

Wise to jump to sweeping conclusions based on a few people you know...
I know multiple Vandy multimillionaires without major connections. I wouldn't think all end up that way though.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of those schools really want or care about being Harvard of the South, they’re all well respected in their own ways. But if we’re talking about the best school in the South, it’s Duke full-stop. Not particularly close.

That just isn't true. Duke has a lot of grad schools and departments that are just ok. It is a very good overall school but is more the Cornell of the South than the Harvard of the South. Harvard and Stanford are universities with no real weak areas.

LOL, for undergrad Duke blows Cornell out of the water. The cross-admit ratio is like 75-25 in favor of Duke.