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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello, just curious what might yield a better trajectory for an ambitious kid. It seems UPenn kids flood Wall Street and tech at a level only matched by Harvard and Stanford, while Duke also has very good placements but perhaps is less prominent in Wall Street, but Duke might benefit from a more loyal alumni network. Thoughts?[/quote]

You are correct, though Duke is in the next group of 5-6 schools. Penn SEAS is the highest paying for jobs over other Penn undergrad and over Duke, due to high paying tech consulting and quant. Starting salaries higher than Wharton but not by much. Math and econ from Penn CAS also do extremely well for those who want that career. Duke is on par with Penn CAS. Duke engineering(Pratt) for top tech placement is not at the level of Penn SEAS and of course Penn Wharton is unmatched. 
Alumni are engaged from both schools. Make the decision based on fit not splitting hairs over top-3 vs top-8 for MBB and the like. 
We know students at both and have one who considered both. They are popular schools from our known public magnet/gov school and they all seem happy with their decision.
Both place into the top law, med, and phd though for highest percent name-brand the edge again slightly favors Penn. That may be due to ivy leaugue students tend to choose name brand for the next level of schooling. The student population is not different based on intelligence, ambition, intensity.

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