<p>Btw, when I say that Duke is one of the best out there, I am putting an emphasis on an undergraduate education. I KNOW that some Cal alumni are going to come chop off my head and explode with “Cal has the best graduate departments across the board.” Yay, good for Cal. Kind of sucks to my friends there though, those who don’t have access to most of those amazing professors/departments at the undergraduate level. Ugh. </p>
<p>As a disclaimer, I do respect Cal and Michigan (and yes, Northwestern as well, Sam Lee) and I am probably applying there for graduate school. They are GREAT schools. But an undergraduate education and experience is DIFFERENT from a graduate one. </p>
<p>My point? Stop hating on Duke for impractical reasons.</p>