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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duke seems like it would be a great mix of fun and strong academic.

The Ivies of 2023 are super unappealing to my kids: a mix of DEI admits and super intense gunner kids who founded 17 non-profits in high school or put up with their parents doing the same (yuck). 
No thanks.  My kids have no interest (less than none, really) although my senior has the stats to enter the "Ivy lottery."

Duke seems the the best chance to have the prestige and academics but also the big, fun school with at least some "normal kids."  [/quote]

You think the student body at Duke will be any different than what you find at ivies? It’s the same thing but one has sports and warm weather, literally[/quote]

I think it will be.  A touch less "academic grinder" or "brand whore" than the typical student who applies to Harvard or Yale. 
Maybe the cohort will be composed of 10% more relaxed kids.

I mean, the kids I know who are applying to Duke are different than those applying to Harvard or Yale.  They're a touch more relaxed.  There are a few really smart "bros" that would never apply to Harvard but are applying to Duke. 
The "take 18 APs, start 2 non-profits and get 20 national awards" brigade is not all applying to Duke but they're uniformly applying to Ivies.

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I think you're in for a rude awakening about the types of students at Duke... the perfect epitome of the "take 18 APs, start 2 non-profits and get 20 national awards" brigade are Coca-Cola Scholars, and look where they enroll the most:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/Z5DSn0h.png[/img]

Just trying to help if you're thinking of sending a kid to Duke but have the wrong idea about who they enroll.[/quote]
Is it just one person who adds the Coke Scholars list to multiple threads? It isn't even that amazing at $20k. Being #3 on that list doesn't hold some huge amount of weight![/quote]

I think PP just wanted to highlight Duke enrolls a lot of try hards which someone else said Duke doesn't[/quote]

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