<p>I don’t think that you can justify Duke, frankly. Duke and Penn are tied for #7 in USNWR. Both are ultra-prestigious. If Duke were significantly better but Penn were cheaper than it would be a tough decision, but they’re both tied.</p>
<p>When the stresses of college hit–and they will–at least you will be able to look back on the experience and think, having gone to Penn, “at least I didn’t pay $120k more for a degree that would have gotten me in the same place in life.”</p>