<p>(OP here)</p>
<p>i don’t really care about the campus. i think both are beautiful and i can have a good time anywhere. the thing is–</p>
<p>who has the better economics program?
who has better study abroad options?
who’s better at public policy/international relations/political science?
who has a better language program?</p>
<p>i’ve also heard that cornell is an institution in decline. is that true? it’s generally established that duke keeps investing in getting better.</p>
<p>parents keep saying that cornell focuses more on the scholarly aspects of a college education and duke is a med,law,or business student-producing machine. well i do want to go to law school but they keep telling me about how cornell will make me a more “complete” person…? doesn’t trinity have a core for that? lol.</p>
<p>and marginally – which has more international prestige? i think i’ll end up in international circles and my very own grandmother asked me – “what’s duke?” i’ve also heard the opposite.</p>