Harvard of the South

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<p>It’s completely Duke</p>

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<p>It’s not Rice.</p>

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<p>Rhodes is the Amherst of the south.</p>

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<p>"in Texas, we refer to Rice as the ‘Harvard of the South’. "</p>

<p>That is hilarious.</p>

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<p>Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College= Harvard on the bayou. I have also heard it called Harvard on the Highway.</p>

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<p>What an old thread! However, I’ll admit to being curious, so I went straight from the last page (skipping pages 2 - 5) to Google and found out that Google thinks it could be Vanderbilt, Tulane, or Davidson. Interestingly enough, except for this thread (2nd on my google hits), I don’t see Duke’s name there at all…</p>

<p>Thanks for the curiosity blip of the day!</p>

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<p>There is no Harvard of the South. Not Vandy. Not Duke. Not Rice. And certainly not anybody else.</p>

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<p>^^Yes, there is a Harvard of the South, and it’s called Harvard. There is only one Harvard and it attracts and enrolls students from all over, including the South.</p>

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<p>In terms of academics and lay prestige only one school even comes close (you guessed it), Duke.
Having said that, Duke’s campus is modeled on Princeton’s and it has a similar focus on undergraduates (exceptional professional schools notwithstanding).</p>

<p>In short, Duke has Harvard’s name recognition, Princeton’s beauty, Dartmouth’s community, Stanford’s dynamism and Penn’s practicality. </p>

<p>DISCLAIMER: As you can tell, I’m obviously a very enthusiastic Duke pre-frosh. This post was not intended to offend anybody, and its sole objective was to entertain (I understand that some people may not appreciate my whimsical sense of humor but please do not start a flame war based on this post!)</p>

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<p>“Duke has Harvard’s name recognition”</p>

<p>Please…</p>

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<p>According to Homer Simpson, the Harvard of the South is Duke. (Does anyone else remember that episode? It was the one with Stephen Colbert.)</p>

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I don’t think any school can make this claim.</p>

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<p>In terms of prestige and selectivity, Duke. However, I also think there’s something to be said for UVA, with its history and traditions.</p>

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<p>Everyone who lives in North Carolina, particularly chapel hill, knows for a fact that Duke is in New Jersey.</p>

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<p>Why Jersey? Wouldn’t most of their students come from New York and Connecticut? Or are the townies at the local state school just picking jersey because it is the worst of the three, even though even NJ is a better state than NC. LOL.</p>

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<p>These days, based on test scores, Vanderbilt is probabaly more selective than Duke.</p>

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Based on test scores, Stanford wouldn’t be among the top 10 schools either. Of course, we know that the top 5-10 elite schools could care less about test scores after a certain point. Stanford will take an internationally recognized ballet dancer who has a 4.0 GPA with a rigorous courseload even if she has a 2050 on the SAT. WashU, on the other hand, will enroll a lot of the kids who scored between 2300-2400 but didn’t have the leadership skills or the extracurriculars to gain admission to an Ivy, Stanford, MIT, Duke, or Northwestern.</p>

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<p>+1, goldenboy8784</p>

<p>I’m sorry that Vandy can’t look past SAT scores but the reality is that the student body at Duke is richer. And I’m not talking economically.</p>

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<p>Duke- Harvard of the South
Rice- Yale OTS
Vanderbilt- Princeton OTS
Emory- Columbia OTS
William & Mary- Brown OTS
Wake Forest- Dartmouth OTS
UVirginia/North Carolina- Cornell OTS
Georgetown- Penn OTS</p>

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<p>How can Georgetown, which isn’t in the South, be on that list?</p>