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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't attend Duke or Wake Forest, but I know several people who went to Duke.  Some who liked it, some who didn't.  Duke is extremely competitive, about as competitive of many of the ivies--and the kids who attended were very intelligent, high achieving kids.  I would say the people who liked Duke probably would have liked someplace like Dartmouth.  Although it is a large enough school where someone who isn't into the frat scene/doesn't fit the mold I'm describing COULD find their space socially, in general the people who enjoyed Duke were very smart, very preppy/conventional types, and not necessarily the most intellectual kind of people.  I don't mean that they aren't smart, driven, and high achieving--just they aren't the sort who want to sit down in a coffee shop and discuss Foucault at length.  One of my friends was really put off by that kind of culture socially and transferred to University of Chicago, which was a much better fit for her.  She is the sort of person who is very nerdy and intellectual.[/quote]

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