<p>cornell is an ivy, if that means anything to you</p>
<p>Sweetlax88, Neither Cornell or Dartmouth have gone to their waitlists, nor will they for another month or two.</p>
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<p>Well, even on a percentage of faculty basis, it still is a very small amount for an engineering program…</p>
<p>If it’s THAT small there is another problem–depth and facilities. Face it Duke is not a top eng school or even a mid level one. It’s just OK.</p>
<p>And Sorgirl, apparently you cant read. Read the above post.</p>
<p>Sweetlax, so both Dartmouth and Cornell decided to accept you off of their waitlists AND they both decided to call your counselor and let you know early.
Why don’t you try to make up something that’s at least close to believable?</p>
<p>And why don’t you stop being so naieve? Did I mention in my past threads that I go to a school with connections? The CC there is very good with the top schools. Try again bud.</p>
<p>Haha, I’m being naive? And yes, that’s how you spell it 
I’m assuming that’s a really bad attempt at sarcasm.
Cornell and Dartmouth have not gone to their waitlists yet - that means they haven’t made decisions. Schools only make waitlist decisions when they get a certain number of people who have turned them down, opening up more spots. As there is still a week for the students to decide, it is unlikely that such a high number of students have already sent in letters turning down these Ivies. And with no decisions made yet, that means they CAN’T call your counselor and give secret notifications. Get it?</p>
<p>If you went to a school with that many connections, wouldnt you have gotten in in the first place…</p>
<p>Oh noesss!!!1111!!! I added an extra “e”. Crucify me please.</p>
<p>Who says a high number have already sent them in? Its nearing decison time and most people have sent them in.</p>
<p>ANd CKmets, its still a crapshoot for me and others. A school is a school, its not like I play golf with the dean.</p>
<p>Duke graduates about 230 engineers each year, half in biomedical, the rest in civil, mechanical, and electrical.</p>
<p>Cornell graduates about 630 engineers each year, none in biomedical.</p>
<p>This says something about the scale of the engineering programs, and perhaps it says something about research opportunities, curriculum diversity, resources. Duke’s engineering school is still great.</p>
<p>if youre school has enough connections to notify you of a waitlist acceptance before they come out, then basically this would be equivalent of playing golf with the dean. come up with a new story on the next thread please.</p>
<p>S1 had this choice & chose Duke without any hesitation. He loves it (now a sophmore). Beautiful new facilities, and just announced another building to be completed by '10 with even more “hands on” experiences for undergrads. And…you can’t beat the weather at Duke!!</p>
<p>And thats a completely baseless statement, try again ckmets.</p>