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04-21-2008, 05:40 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| how many in class of 2012 turned down Duke for another school?
So I'm sure some of you read my earlier "Chose U of M over Duke" thread...well it turned out after I sent them an email saying I was really frustrated, their financial aid process worked out much faster. They sent me a revised letter today, which included a total of around $13,000/year in aid, about 6000-7000 was scholarship, about 1600 workstudy, and the rest of it loans. So...my parents have pretty much told me "See...we told you. Go to U of M." I made one last plea by emailing some other people (Dean of admissions), so I am hoping it will lead to something.
U of M was giving me 26k/year in scholarship for 4 years (so its guaranteed too)
Which of you guys gave up Duke for another school and which school was it? Was finances your main issue? | 
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04-21-2008, 08:50 PM
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| Gave up duke for one of HYPSM. HYPSM all gave better aid. | |
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04-21-2008, 08:56 PM
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| ^dude, that's sick. How did you manage to get into all of HYPSM? Care to share what might have helped you get in? I know that many with perfect scores get rejected from those. | |
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04-21-2008, 09:59 PM
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| Duke is my top choice but speaking for kids at school who i know:
1. wake forest > duke
2. dartmouth > duke
3. mit > duke
4. williams ? duke
5. hopkins ? duke
strange mix, won't even pretend to know the reasons for all of them | |
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04-21-2008, 10:00 PM
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| I gave up Duke for Brown...but I never rly was considering Duke at all. Dartmouth would have been my second choice followed by Penn. | |
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04-21-2008, 10:26 PM
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^dude, that's sick. How did you manage to get into all of HYPSM? Care to share what might have helped you get in? I know that many with perfect scores get rejected from those.
| I don't have perfect scores, maybe thats why i got in? | |
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04-22-2008, 12:47 AM
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| Of kids accepted to Duke at my school this year:
1. Berkeley over Duke
2. Berkeley over Duke
3. Duke over Penn (that's me)  | |
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04-22-2008, 05:51 AM
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| I'm still deciding Duke v. Stanford. | |
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04-22-2008, 06:16 AM
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| does anyone have that chart thing that shows the percent of kids accepted to 2 schools and chose one over another? | |
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04-22-2008, 09:20 AM
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| 1. wake forest > duke
That's retarded. They have similar "profiles," but in every category - academic excellence, diversity, student vibrancy, etc. etc. - Duke is much stronger. Why the hell would you ever go to Wake over Duke? I just got back from a BDD and realized how little some of these kids know about the colleges they are looking at. I'm betting this kid is one of them.
2. dartmouth > duke
Yeah yeah makes sense - that's what the numbers from previous years would lead us to expect. But I think Dartmouth's comparative yield over Duke is getting smaller.
3. mit > duke
Makes sense again - but, but, but, I think the marginal difference is shrinking. And there are and have always beeen a number of students who dump MIT for Duke.
4. williams ? duke
Good choice, anyone who isn't afraid of life should go to Duke. Williams is awesome but frankly its for kids who need nurturing.
5. hopkins ? duke
Pff Duke all the way. Even if you are premed. Suicide is the word. | |
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04-22-2008, 02:05 PM
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| ^ LOL @ this guy. | |
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04-22-2008, 02:24 PM
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| Schools I would (personally) choose over Duke and why:
Harvard (academic)
Yale (academic)
Princeton (academic + fit)
Stanford (academic + fit)
Dartmouth (fit)
Brown (fit)
Amherst (fit)
Schools I would chose Duke over
Penn
Columbia
Northwestern
Chicago
Cornell
Swarthmore
Not sure: Williams, Pomona
(I actually ended up choosing Dartmouth over Duke) | |
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04-22-2008, 03:00 PM
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| props to padfoot for the duke over penn choice, you won't regret it | |
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04-23-2008, 01:57 AM
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| The "chart thing" is the NYT Revealed Preference ranking----its the most flawed thing on the site. Duke beats or is equal to every Ivy in cross-admits besides (HYPSM) and beats Cornell, NU, Georgetown, etc. in cross-admits.
This is according to the Duke dean of admissions. | |
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04-23-2008, 05:26 AM
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| Cornell > Duke for engineering | |
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