UNC-Chapel Hill vs. Ivies

jbruner17
Thu, 31 May 2007 18:47:39 +0000

Duke doesn’t treat it’s undergrads very well from what I’ve heard. Also, they allow a maximum of only TWELVE outside credit hours upon admission. I have more than that at Stanford and Harvard from my Junior year alone. It’s very expensive, and it doesn’t have an undergraduate philosophy major.

Despite all this, it’s a strong school and easier to get into than an Ivy, so I’ll probably apply and hope they offer money. They’ve given great aid even to families with similar incomes to mine.

However, I’d rather go to Carolina because I’d have a ton of credit hours so I could double major, minor, and still take any random thing I found interesting.
For example, I’ve always wanted to speak arabic but I don’t at all. I’d probably have a hard time fitting that into all my existing interests at Duke.