<p>Ana1: Please note–Duke supporters are blind in their endorsement of their school–no data is sufficient to dissuade them. As a former Duke student, I saw and experienced the negatives of the place, including its overwhelming “issue” as a back-up school. I believe this fact–that it is not Ivy-league caliber and the institution and students are DESPERATELY wanting it to be–is why the Duke supporters cannot tolerate any dissenting voices. It is quite sad, acutally, that they need to eventually go to name calling when people point out the facts of Duke’s flaws. Overall, Duke is a great school–and I chose to attend there–it was my mistake to attend, not Duke’s. But you would hope that Duke could get out of its “Gothic Wonderland” delusion and look at facts–if it did, maybe it could actually be what it demands you to think it is–a peer of HYPSM.</p>