Duke or Dartmouth

goldenboy8784
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:18:32 +0000

dukedad:

Duke only offers spots in their 4 pre-orientation programs to less than 250 out of the 1700+ incoming freshman (about 15%).

Most of the 1,700+ incoming freshmen aren’t interested in doing a pre-orientation program though. I know I wanted to soak up as much family and friend time as I could back home before I packed my bags and headed to the Gothic Wonderland. I do agree that Duke should increase the allotted spaces in these pre orientation programs so interested pre-frosh like your son aren’t left out to dry.



mucksdog07:

The two advantages I see for Dartmouth are Tuck over Fugua given your interest in business and prestige (although you have them equal and so does USNWR, I think nationally Dartmouth undergrad slightly > Duke undergrad).

Tuck is a slightly better MBA program than Fuqua but this has little relevance to undergraduates at either school. Dartmouth undergrad and Duke undergrad are about equally prestigious.