<p>the hype on cc is not a good way to judge the merits of a university
people on this site, while intelligent, are often over-concerned with whether their school is a household name or not</p>
<p>besides, duke is not worth an extra 25k
i had the same thing with cornell and rice
rice = 5k parental + 5k loans
cornell = 15k parental +7k loans
no thanks cornell</p>