Note to CCers about Duke

objobs
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:38:42 +0000

John117:

Recently on CC, I have just realized how many CCers bash Duke and the Duke CC “Homer-Dukes” who bash other schools.
Based on a recent poll conducted by myself, I see that a disturbing amount of people hate Duke for some unexplained reason.



It’s really not that hard to explain:



John117:

The thing is, a lot of people (I mean A LOT) were rejected by simple colleges (using CC standards here) such as UC Irvine and UC Davis.
I’m not going to lie, but I considered UCLA as a back up school.
And getting into Berkeley isn’t really hard for the average CCer (who is from California, of course) unless you applied to Berkeley EECS.

After the whole college process, a lot of my acquaintances are going to state schools. About 5 got into Berkeley (no EECS) and 6 into UCLA…which honestly I don’t think is a big deal.

We’ve gotten 1 into Harvard and 2 into Duke, including myself. I can’t help but look down on the people who were rejected by these “simple UC schools.”



http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064547831-post1.html



John117:

For one, I really have no need to prove Duke’s greatness. It is a great and prestigious school in America. I’m not going to argue that its better than…Berkeley



So put your money where your mouth is:



John117:

They put Berkeley up with the Ivies and Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc.
But why??

Maybe I understand grad school, but undergrad??
Berkeley seems so overrated. I know a lot of undeserving people who got in. Its got a high admit rate (comparatively speaking) and classes are inflexible. So overcrowded, and horrible campus.



http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064732445-post1.html



John117:

Please stop bashing Duke. It’s all I ask. From time to time, you may meet these “Homer-Dukes”



You’ve formally introduced yourself.



John117:

Whenever you see a Duke vs Stanford thread, stop saying “Duke sux, go stanford cuz its HYPSM”



You keep tempting fate by starting these threads:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/907144-am-i-only-one-who-finds-stanford-duke-very-similar.html

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/931610-how-did-stanford-duke-mit-get-so-prestigious.html

What do you expect people to say? “Stanford sux cuz its HYPSM, so go Duke?” Because that ain’t happening…