Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 21:19     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Cornell and UPenn are both now test required while Duke is still TO. If you don’t got the test scores then your only choice might be Duke.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 21:04     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Yikes, as a proud Dukie it’s bad enough to be compared to Penn, now Cornell. What’s next Brown and Columbia. There goes the neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 20:49     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:Cornell isn’t test required until next year?


Students who are applying now for the fall of 2026 must submit a test score.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:56     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:One factor that hasn't been mentioned is that Cornell and Penn are test required while Duke is test optional. Duke's applicant pool is therefore littered with rich kids who went TO because they couldn't cracked 1400 but could buy their way to strong ECs/essays. Cornell and Penn would have fewer of these kids. This, along with Cornell having the largest incoming class and the highest ED acceptance rate followed by Penn and Duke, makes Cornell the best ED target followed by Penn and Duke for a high stats kid. That is, if the kid's primary goal is to get admitted to one of these three schools.


You know Cornell reduced ED percentage, right?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:56     Subject: Re:Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son is at Duke and he absolutely loves it! He applied ED to Duke for its outstanding BioMedical Engineering Program. However, Duke ECON students are highly recruited and Sanford is widely known in the political science and policy circles. Plus there is a BIG difference going to class on a spacious, beautiful campus rather than the inner-city of Philadelphia. Cornell has a very nice campus, as well, but Ithica is nothing special and is in the middle of no where. Durham isn't a booming city either, but the whole technology triangle area is rapidly growing.


+1 My kid is a junior and he totalllly loves Duke! Public policy is ranked #1 nationwide. Econ dept is highly ranked too! If you sure abt Duke then go for ED!! Penn is great too, slighlty easier admit than Duke


Other than the joke Niche rankings, I don’t see Duke ranked #1 for public policy. It’s also not top ten for Economics either. Stanford is better than Duke in just about every comparable discipline. Why do Dukies always overrate the academics of the school?


Yeah. wtf?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:51     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Cornell isn’t test required until next year?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:45     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
One factor that hasn't been mentioned is that Cornell and Penn are test required while Duke is test optional. Duke's applicant pool is therefore littered with rich kids who went TO because they couldn't cracked 1400 but could buy their way to strong ECs/essays. Cornell and Penn would have fewer of these kids. This, along with Cornell having the largest incoming class and the highest ED acceptance rate followed by Penn and Duke, makes Cornell the best ED target followed by Penn and Duke for a high stats kid. That is, if the kid's primary goal is to get admitted to one of these three schools.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:12     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:If interested in public policy, definitely Duke. Their program is the top.


What?! Look at public policy at other major public and private universities. Many many quality programs. These dukies are just something else on this board.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:09     Subject: Re:Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son is at Duke and he absolutely loves it! He applied ED to Duke for its outstanding BioMedical Engineering Program. However, Duke ECON students are highly recruited and Sanford is widely known in the political science and policy circles. Plus there is a BIG difference going to class on a spacious, beautiful campus rather than the inner-city of Philadelphia. Cornell has a very nice campus, as well, but Ithica is nothing special and is in the middle of no where. Durham isn't a booming city either, but the whole technology triangle area is rapidly growing.


+1 My kid is a junior and he totalllly loves Duke! Public policy is ranked #1 nationwide. Econ dept is highly ranked too! If you sure abt Duke then go for ED!! Penn is great too, slighlty easier admit than Duke


Other than the joke Niche rankings, I don’t see Duke ranked #1 for public policy. It’s also not top ten for Economics either. Stanford is better than Duke in just about every comparable discipline. Why do Dukies always overrate the academics of the school?


Seriously, it is overrated
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:04     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Stuff is barely relevant from last years cycle, much less two years ago. Instead of searching particular school names and coming up with old threads, they should start a new one. Weird to bump up with an opinion.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 19:00     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell unless URM, that is all Penn wants, and Duke is full of zombies.


You must be kidding! Both Cornell and Penn are highly diverse.


You must be kidding! This is two years old!


So? Recycling is good, better than 1 million threads on SAT prep.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 18:54     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell unless URM, that is all Penn wants, and Duke is full of zombies.


You must be kidding! Both Cornell and Penn are highly diverse.


You must be kidding! This is two years old!
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 18:50     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Choose the school your kid really wants to attend and let them shoot their shot. If admissions chances at a highly ranked private school are what matter most, then apply ED to UChicago or WashU.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 18:38     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:Cornell unless URM, that is all Penn wants, and Duke is full of zombies.


You must be kidding! Both Cornell and Penn are highly diverse.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2023 10:04     Subject: Should I ED to Duke or Penn or Cornell ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell is not even close to Duke in terms of quality of education/prestige/overall experience.

Penn not at Duke level but also much better than Cornell.

Still, all 3 are great institutions- so whichever you can get in!


ummm does it not depend on major? the CS dept in Duke looks so shabby and miserable.


The CS department at Duke is actually quite strong, especially as it’s the most popular major on campus. I think outcomes for their students will only get better with the recently completed Google Fiber Office and the Apple Campus in Durham.