Chance a Jersey Boy

goldenboy8784
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:40:56 +0000

I chose Duke over Michigan in-state so PM me if you want specifics regarding how I came about that decision. But generally speaking, I found Duke to be a lot more research-oriented and interdisciplinary than Michigan and engineers at Duke do a lot more research due to greater interaction with professors.

Most Duke Engineers major in BME (which Duke is #3 in the country in) so if you choose to study ECE, ME or CE, then you basically get the entire faculty to yourself and have your pick of employers come graduation time whether it be in a niche engineering firm, finance, consulting or software since Duke has no undergrad biz program and engineers are reputed to have the best quantitative skills. Remember the reason that state schools like Michigan or Illinois have higher ranked engineering programs than Duke or Penn is because they have many more departments and far more faculty to begin with so their research output is simply far greater. It says nothing about your individual chances to succeed coming out of any of these schools.

If you are fortunate enough to be admitted to Duke, you will find your financial aid package will exceed that of Michigan and Notre Dame’s as well making it cheaper to attend. Good luck with admissions!!