<p>OP - you ask about international prestige. The people I’ve talked to in Singapore all look impressed when they hear my son got into Cornell, and appear not to have heard of Duke - and Duke actually has something here in Singapore connected to Nat U of Singapore, so that really surprised me. My family in the UK has heard of Duke, but generally speaking I think Cornell has much more name recognition outside the US than Duke has. Educated family and friends in Spain have never heard of Duke, but aren’t too familiar with Cornell either….</p>