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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The list of 14 other schools (7 other Ivy League schools, Northwestern, Stanford, MIT, U Chicago, Caltech, JHU, & Georgetown) as "cross-admits" omitted Duke. Why ?[/quote]

I also thought that was very odd. There is a lot of overlap in applications between the two. I'm a Duke alum who will admit that the vast majority choose Princeton over Duke, but they draw the same applicants and occasionally someone will choose Duke.[/quote]

As a former Prince editor it makes me laugh a bit that you’d care so much about which schools a bunch of part-time students journalists decided to treat as peer schools for a special edition survey. [/quote]

It makes me laugh that you took the time to write such a pointless response. I will not be losing any sleep over this. I just noted it.

And as an alleged former editor, that is a very insulting way to refer to student journalists. Get over yourself.[/quote]

As another former "Prince" editor, I would note that "part-time student journalists" is not insulting.  It's accurate.[/quote]

NP: you two “Prince” editors (what a douchey term - is that like “reunions” instead of “reunion”) are devaluing the Princeton degree.

I don’t care if they are full time journalists or part time. They are Princeton students. The alleged best and brightest. So don’t demean them with that term.

Your attempt to defend your school just made it look worse. It was a random comment made in passing and you made a mountain out of a molehill.

Most Princeton alums I know are kind people with a lot of EQ. There are always exceptions to the rule. Apparently they hang out at “Prince.”[/quote]

Could your skin possibly get any thinner?  The point was that it’s highly unlikely that anyone gave a ton of thought to whether Duke, as opposed to Northwestern or Johns Hopkins, should be included in this section of a student survey.  It’s not a put-down of Duke at all.

The kids working on the student paper - and, yes, it’s referred to as the “Prince” on campus - aren’t professional journalists or even journalism majors.  Given how demanding the academics are at Princeton, they put out a pretty damn good student newspaper, and some alumni do go on to careers as journalists. But if they are conducting a detailed survey of new students or graduates (there are usually surveys of both), they aren’t going to obsess over the nuances of every question.

So, if you’re capable, do try and relax a bit. [/quote]

The original response basically said that they found it interesting that Duke wasn't included. Not "I am staying up all night stressing about Duke not being included." Not "these student journalists are completely incompetent because they left out Duke." Just that it was interesting that Duke was not included. Full stop. You have wasted much of your time creating drama where there wasn't any.

Good Lord. You are the one who needs to relax. I think you've spent too much time stuck in traffic on Route 1.[/quote]

Agreed. These Princeton alums are insufferable.[/quote]

Laughing even harder, then, that you spend your time on threads about…Princeton.

And Reunions are great.   [/quote]

You're just making it worse and proving their point.

I know a lot of great Princeton alums who go to great lengths to avoid the bad stereotypes about Ivy grads, and you are just making it worse. Every school has its admissions mistakes.[/quote]

My sins are pointing out that it’s no big deal that Duke was omitted from a list of peer schools in a survey in the student newspaper, and then calling that newspaper the “Prince,” like just about everyone who’s ever worked on it (and most people on campus)?

You might want to work on your issues.

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You are clearly slow. Once again, they did not say it was a big deal Duke was omitted. They just said it was curious. You over-reacted and made something out of nothing. I’m a Princeton alum and you are embarrassing me. Please stop.[/quote]

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