<p>I bet he thinks Duke is as good as Stanford too Morsmordre. Duke is not clearly better than any of the top 20 or so schools after HYPSM. If it were considered so, it’s PA at USNWR would be higher. Alexandre got it right with his assumption. The comment he quoted was basically saying that Duke is as good as Harvard, if Michigan were as good as Duke. Well, academically Michigan is as good as Duke. Harvard however, is a step above both.</p>