<p>“happyman2” isn’t giving Dartmouth much credit; Duke may have more name recognition among the international community because it is a “large research university”, but I believe Dartmouth has more academic name recognition in the United States. It is an ivy league school and is much older (albeit smaller). Duke is equally respected but some of it’s recognition come from it’s basketball program which is both a positive and negative. </p>
<p>That said, prestige doesn’t really matter when you are talking about this caliber of schools. Since you are applying ED, choose the school you would feel more comfortable attending. </p>
<p>I chose Dartmouth over Duke, by the way.</p>