<p>versus a Ph.D.? Please!? </p>
<p>A grad student certainly can be a friend or mentor but if anyone had to choose between a professor or a grad student for teaching a class, and the student was really keen on an intense learning experience, who in the world would NOT choose a professor?</p>
<p>I think Duke has a great reputation but it leans more towards professors doing research, so that’s going to dampen the time in the classroom, certainly at least during the first 2 years. At Davidson, there aren’t any grad students so the profs have to teach, and I think that’s where learning really fosters!</p>
<p>I think of Duke as a cousin to Davidson, and your last paragraph sums that up nicely.</p>
<p>thanks,</p>
<p>the ks.</p>