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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think Duke has a greater "prestige" fact[/b]or and agree with other posts that your child will rub elbows with many more rich kids there.  IS it worth the extra money- not sure.
Also Duke has a 6% acceptance rate so this is really not something to fret over unless your child gets in.  He or she is statistically much more likely to get into UVA -even in-state from NoVa.[/quote]

I disagree:  It now takes a higher GPA and higher test scores to get into UVA over Duke[/quote]

[b]Ha ha no[/quote][/b]

Haha Yes.  The average high school GPA of Duke entering students is only a 4.06.  The average GPA of entering UVA students is 4.27.[/quote]

You cannot compare weighted GPAs across schools as weighting schemes are not standardized. Test scores are a better measure. [/quote]

This is bc Duke has way more private school kids with unweighted GPA's.  I went there and it's FULL of privilege.  It's like a country club. SO MANY KIDS FROM ELITE PRIVATES AND BOARDING SCHOOLS. Not a good experience for kids on financial aid.  Beautiful place, excellent education but not
for everyone.[/quote]
The percent of students at UVA and Duke who come from private vs public is virtually identical - 67% from public at Duke and 68% at UVA.[/quote]

Duke doesn't report average high school GPA.  The 4.06 was just some publication's estimate with no data.   Even if they did, you can't readily compare GPAs coming from different schools.  UNC-CH, South Carolina, and Florida all have higher GPAs than UVA, I believe, which in turn has higher reported GPAs than Harvard.  None of it is calculated in a consistent way.[/quote]

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