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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duke’s closest peer school is Northwestern.  [/quote]
+1. But I would also add Vanderbilt as a duke peer institution. Vanderbilt also has strong academics, exciting sports, greek life, and a leafy campus adjacent to a smaller city. [/quote]

A Penn student wouldn’t be caught dead at vandy[/quote]

[b]There is a lot of overlap among students applying to Duke, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern[/b]. Penn seems like a much colder, grimmer, and competitive environment. It attracts a different kind of student. Wharton dominates the school and you feel it when you visit. [/quote]

This is true for our DC. Applied to all three. Plus Stanford.

Plus Michigan (deferred EA) and Wisconsin (accepted EA).

Their priorities are big academics + big sports. Does not want to be in a city. (Vandy is technically in the city of Nashville, but when we visited it did not feel that way to DC because there’s no traffic cutting through campus, and because of the feel of the surrounding neighborhoods etc.)

DC did not consider Penn. Great school, of course. But not a fit for their interests and priorities. Though it’s easy to see how other kids would love both. This truly depends on what your kid likes, prefers, and prioritizes in a college. [/quote]

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