Brown vs Duke - premed

collegemom3717
Thu, 13 May 2021 01:17:16 +0000

What they ^^ are saying. Neither is an objectively better choice: the one that will be “better” is the one that she feels happiest in. She will be able to find her people at either place. Both have strong national reputations (and Brown gets the “Ivy” label to go with it).

DDClass25:

We care about following in the order of priority:

1. Her future career (premed for now, possible plan B)

2. Alumni network support (will alumni networks of other Ivy school help for Brown graduates?)

3. Her happiness in the next 4 years

4. School location

5. School spirit

6. Weather

Not sure how much of the “we” is the parents and how much is the student, but there is no meaningful difference between them for #1 & #2. #3 means trusting her gut, which you seem reluctant to do. IMO #s 4 & 6 are 3rd tier metrics, and not dealmaker/breakers. That leaves #5- school spirit. What is important to your daughter about school spirit? Is she excited by the idea of joining the pup tent camp-out for BB tickets? That’s Duke.

The tenor of your post seems to tilt towards Duke. Just be careful to separate your views/opinions from those of the person who will actually be living in the place for 4 years, and give her room to make her choice.