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<em>blinks</em>
Did you actually try to back up that claim with a ranking difference of two points? Considering that the US has over 4000 colleges, I really don’t think that’s very significant. You might as well compare PhD production at Duke and Davidson (8.5% and 7.5%, respectively).</p>
<p>I do believe that Duke is the better institution (however biased I may be), but I really don’t think it’s enough to make a difference in education.</p>
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Agreed. People choose colleges like Middlebury and Swarthmore all the time, although most people have never heard of these schools. </p>
<p>My U Chicago interviewer teaches German at Davidson. Although his job was to quiz me about my interests and Chicago, he did his best to convince me to come to Davidson! He said that, in his opinion, Davidson provides an equally good education.</p>
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Um…you DO know that Charlotte is the [#2</a> banking center](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06176/701039-28.stm]#2”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06176/701039-28.stm) after NYC, right? And that Davidson students usually get jobs there?</p>
<p>I’m equally annoyed/amused by the comment about “Ivy League” Duke. Duke >>> Ivies. ;)</p>