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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a ooor single mother kid from Chicago and chose Duke on athletic scholarship because it was a beautiful place far different than my neighborhood in Chicago. I was a diligent student and found the honors program in my major to be very rigorous. I was entirely on my own financially so Duke was not an enjoyable place in any way for me socially. That was acceptable - first priority was athletics to keep the scholarship followed by academics- I was lucky and Duke delivered unreal social mobility for me. Certainly enough challenge for me, too. My daughters went to Princeton and through observation I thought it was very rigorous and difficult. My impression was that it was a touch more challenging (just a touch) than Duke. This is an entirely anecdotal observation though so it shouldn’t be given much weight. With the schools being discussed, education is what you make of it. [/quote]

Duke doesn't have honors programs?

You're clearly too old to be Sean Dockery...[/quote]

It still has the honors program in my major. The only difference is the quality of the honors papers. They are significantly better than what I churned out. This is not self deprecation- I have read the papers and they are impressive. [/quote]

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