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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Certainly Michigan, and perhaps UCLA, are at least  equal to NU and Duke globally.  [/quote]

Not sure how they collected the data but it shows overwhelming dual admits choose NU/Duke over UCLA/Michigan, not even close.
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Duke+University&with=University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles

If you have doubt about the data, you may try comparing a few other schools to see how the data match your thinking of those school rankings.
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When you are comparing an public with a private, you always have the cost factor.  If the applicant is in-state for the public, they are getting a discount/subsidy.  If they are OOS they don't get that and the value calculation is quite different.  What isn't clear is what percentage of the overlaps are in-state vs. OOS, and that is significant in how you interpret the data.  In general, I don't think publics, even the better ones, can provide quite the same experience as top privates, so I think paying OOS cost for that is often less attractive.

Duke vs a selection of public universities on Parchment looks like this:

35% Berkeley to 65% Duke
31% UCLA to 69% Duke
28% GT to 72% Duke
28% William and Mary to 72% Duke
23% Michigan to 77% Duke
15% UNC to 85% Duke
15% UVA to 85% Duke

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