Duke vs. UChicago?

<p>Wow. I don’t have much time for this, but I guess I’ll address several points.</p>

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<p>I am consistent in my responses. No one is saying that Duke is better than or equal to Stanford at athletics. By bringing up the point about the Sears Cup rankings, I was merely giving the idea that although Stanford is better than Duke at athletics, Duke and Stanford are both excellent in this area, and are fairly comparable in this regard. To say that Stanford is good at athletics and Duke isn’t is akin to saying that Harvard is a top school and Cornell isn’t, because Harvard is ranked #1 while Cornell is ranked #15. </p>

<p>I didn’t bash on par72 because I don’t see what’s so wrong about it. The point that he’s trying to make is that Duke offers “academics, alumni network, beautiful campus, athletics and social life”, qualities that make Duke well-rounded. Of course, Stanford offers these at a much higher level, but the fact that both schools are well-rounded in these regards makes them comparable; hence why par72 brought Stanford up, in comparison to others schools which tend to simply focus on a particular area, such as only academics.</p>

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<p>If anything, most people on this thread are giving the pros/cons of each school, and arguing for their merits, and only one person has latched Duke to Stanford. I have no problems with comparing Duke to Vandy, and I’m sure many of my friends and classmates here wouldn’t either, given they are both excellent schools in the South. It seems like only you are the one getting worked up just because one person associated Duke with Stanford, and that suddenly angers you, because you feel the need to have a clear cut of the divide between which school is better than another. This is further evidenced by your numerous posts on various other universities’ threads, and the fact that you wish to further discuss the differences between Duke and Stanford, calling it “fair game”.</p>