Anonymous wrote: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."

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Anonymous wrote: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."

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

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.

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:



Just trying to help if you're thinking of sending a kid to Duke but have the wrong idea about who they enroll.

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!

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Anonymous wrote: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."

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

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.

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:



Just trying to help if you're thinking of sending a kid to Duke but have the wrong idea about who they enroll.

Anonymous wrote:For students needing FA, Duke isn’t nearly as generous as most if not all of the schools ranked higher. Definitely a more “wealthy” feel at Duke vs other ivies, Stanford, MIT

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Anonymous wrote: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."

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

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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Anonymous wrote: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."

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

Anonymous wrote: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."

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Anonymous wrote:I can confirm as a west coast resident, no special allure for Duke in this part of the country. It's in a class with Vandy, Rice, NU, USC, Emory, BU, U of Notre Dame... All great schools.

From my part of the west coast Duke gets some of the top students, and we see lower ivies struggling more.

Don't bash the schools as "lower" ivy just because your kids were rejected. Instead, love the school that accepted your kid. If Duke is providing a college home for your kid, it's truly the #1 school in the world for your family.

I don’t think PP is bashing them, its just true that the ivies are not equal. Cornell isn’t Harvard and Dartmouth isn’t Princeton.

Come back after you kid gets in to Dartmouth.

Come back after your kid gets into Princeton and Dartmouth, and chooses Dartmouth.

Ivies are lottery tickets. My kid deselected Princeton and Dartmouth from the get go and instead applied to another ivy with more "allure" for him. Got into his dream school, so P and D don't matter one bit.

Cool, hope your kid is enjoying their lower ivy!

Lol, T5 out of some 2000 universities ain't too shabby.

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Anonymous wrote:I can confirm as a west coast resident, no special allure for Duke in this part of the country. It's in a class with Vandy, Rice, NU, USC, Emory, BU, U of Notre Dame... All great schools.

From my part of the west coast Duke gets some of the top students, and we see lower ivies struggling more.

Don't bash the schools as "lower" ivy just because your kids were rejected. Instead, love the school that accepted your kid. If Duke is providing a college home for your kid, it's truly the #1 school in the world for your family.

I don’t think PP is bashing them, its just true that the ivies are not equal. Cornell isn’t Harvard and Dartmouth isn’t Princeton.

Come back after you kid gets in to Dartmouth.

Come back after your kid gets into Princeton and Dartmouth, and chooses Dartmouth.

Ivies are lottery tickets. My kid deselected Princeton and Dartmouth from the get go and instead applied to another ivy with more "allure" for him. Got into his dream school, so P and D don't matter one bit.

Cool, hope your kid is enjoying their lower ivy!

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Anonymous wrote:What?

Duke gave us Stephen Miller

All the elite schools give us the best. Harvard gave us Jared Kushner, Yale gave us Brett Kavanaugh, Penn gave us Donald Trump, etc. I just love elite private schools!

[b]Take it to politics.

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Anonymous wrote:I can confirm as a west coast resident, no special allure for Duke in this part of the country. It's in a class with Vandy, Rice, NU, USC, Emory, BU, U of Notre Dame... All great schools.

From my part of the west coast Duke gets some of the top students, and we see lower ivies struggling more.

Don't bash the schools as "lower" ivy just because your kids were rejected. Instead, love the school that accepted your kid. If Duke is providing a college home for your kid, it's truly the #1 school in the world for your family.

I don’t think PP is bashing them, its just true that the ivies are not equal. Cornell isn’t Harvard and Dartmouth isn’t Princeton.

Come back after you kid gets in to Dartmouth.

Come back after your kid gets into Princeton and Dartmouth, and chooses Dartmouth.

Ivies are lottery tickets. My kid deselected Princeton and Dartmouth from the get go and instead applied to another ivy with more "allure" for him. Got into his dream school, so P and D don't matter one bit.