Is Duke worth the cost over resident tuition at UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:I think that both fall under the category of prestigious southern universities. I would not go to Duke over UVA. I would definitely consider an Ivy or Stanford over UVA, however.

Cornell? Dartmouth? Brown? Duke is on par.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm paying it, so yes.

You might be paying it, but it's still not worth it.

LOL, somebody might feel the same about you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daughter yes, son no. You want your daughter to meet and marry a smart/rich young man while she's still in her prime. Your son can hold off on marriage until his 30s and as long as he's making good money, he'll have solid prospects.

but she can meet a smart/rich man at either Duke or UVa, so that consideration doesn't cut strongly either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke and I think it's better than UVA - definitely harder to get in but I would send my kids to UVA in a heartbeat to save the money

I don't think it's harder to get into anymore. The stats for the class of 2020 at UVA is amazing (frightening if you are the parent of a kid applying): 93% were in the top 10% of their class; 265 had perfect SATS; lots of international students competing for the same slots. UVA was recently named no. 1 public over UCLA and Berkeley (yeah I know . . ) but still if you live in VA ................

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke and I think it's better than UVA - definitely harder to get in but I would send my kids to UVA in a heartbeat to save the money

I don't think it's harder to get into anymore. The stats for the class of 2020 at UVA is amazing (frightening if you are the parent of a kid applying): 93% were in the top 10% of their class; 265 had perfect SATS; lots of international students competing for the same slots. UVA was recently named no. 1 public over UCLA and Berkeley (yeah I know . . ) but still if you live in VA ................

So many kids from TJ (like about half the graduating class). Their parents probably figured the in-state price was a good deal compared to Duke's price.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke and I think it's better than UVA - definitely harder to get in but I would send my kids to UVA in a heartbeat to save the money

I don't think it's harder to get into anymore. The stats for the class of 2020 at UVA is amazing (frightening if you are the parent of a kid applying): 93% were in the top 10% of their class; 265 had perfect SATS; lots of international students competing for the same slots. UVA was recently named no. 1 public over UCLA and Berkeley (yeah I know . . ) but still if you live in VA ................

UVA will have an overall acceptance rate around 30%. Duke will be below 10%. You were saying?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter yes, son no. You want your daughter to meet and marry a smart/rich young man while she's still in her prime. Your son can hold off on marriage until his 30s and as long as he's making good money, he'll have solid prospects.

but she can meet a smart/rich man at either Duke or UVa, so that consideration doesn't cut strongly either way.

UVA has a lot of dumb frat boys and the bottom half of the class isn't anything special. Duke is strong top to bottom.

[Anonymous]

You are crazy to choose Duke or UVA resident UNLESS $40K per year after-tax means NOTHING to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are crazy to choose Duke or UVA resident UNLESS $40K per year after-tax means NOTHING to you.

Blowing the money is worth the envy that Duke sticker on the BMW stokes in families at the country club, colleagues at the office, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are crazy to choose Duke or UVA resident UNLESS $40K per year after-tax means NOTHING to you.

And it's crazy to buy a BMW when a Kia is just fine.

[Anonymous]

Head north. The south has terrible schools and terrible rednecks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Head north. The south has terrible schools and terrible rednecks.

True.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter yes, son no. You want your daughter to meet and marry a smart/rich young man while she's still in her prime. Your son can hold off on marriage until his 30s and as long as he's making good money, he'll have solid prospects.

but she can meet a smart/rich man at either Duke or UVa, so that consideration doesn't cut strongly either way.

UVA has a lot of dumb frat boys and the bottom half of the class isn't anything special. Duke is strong top to bottom.

Not true. 93% of UVA's class of 2020 came from the top 10% of their high school class. Those days are long over.https://www.news.virginia.edu/content/2020-vision-look-inside-uvas-newest-class-0

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Head north. The south has terrible schools and terrible rednecks.

True.

Duke really isn't very southern in most ways, even the fraternities. It has more in common with Yale, Princeton or Wesleyan than it does with Ole Miss, Clemson or Wake Forest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Head north. The south has terrible schools and terrible rednecks.

True.

Duke really isn't very southern in most ways, even the fraternities. It has more in common with Yale, Princeton or Wesleyan than it does with Ole Miss, Clemson or Wake Forest.

duke is more southern than u.miami. duke and yale/wes are very dissimilar. it is closer to penn/princeton in feeling but it is closer to wake and vandy more than anything up north