Duke vs. Harvard/Princeton (Complicated)

sakky
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:46:15 +0000

Duke compared to the “hundreds and hundreds of engineering programs out there” is one of the best engineering schools in the country.



And similarly, Harvard compared to the hundreds and hundreds of engineering programs out there is one of the best engineering schools in the country. I don’t understand why you just don’t concede this quite obvious point and withdraw your previous statement.



If the OP would be happier in a community college or choose to go to a community college for whatever reason, and works hard, there is nothing stopping him from becoming “successful”. Note I said “I don’t care” not it doesn’t matter or anyone else cares. IMHO, I think “prestige” is overrated and it’s the opportunities at a given institution that really matter but not over the work ethic/intellect/skills/talent of the person going to the institution. There are people that do not agree with that and I respect their opinions.
I know many people who have gone the community colleges and have become very successful, rich, et cetera and more so than some people that went to HPY for undergrad.

“the OP might as well just go to a community college.”
I think the OP can figurer out which institution will be better for his desires.

“you believe it doesn’t matter what school a person goes to”
I believe that what a person learns, their skills/talents, and work ethic are MUCH more important than whatever school a person goes to.



So in other words, you don’t think that the choice of a school is very important. Hence, there is no strong reason not to choose Harvard over Duke (or any other school) for engineering.