Vanderbilt vs Duke

[alwaysleah]

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Duke’s test scores are in Stanford’s range but I would never say that Duke is a peer of Stanford’s. In the same vein, Vanderbilt is only a peer school of Duke’s at the regional level due to the lack of truly great universities in the South. It is not seen as a peer of Duke’s in the North. Its reputation in NYC is probably similar to UVA, Wash U, Emory, USC, and is probably a bit higher than Michigan and GWU while Duke is a peer of the Ivies.

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<p>So now Duke is not a peer of Stanford, but it is a peer of the Ivies? Stanford is above HYP now? I’m pretty sure that they are all equal. The Ivies + Stanford and MIT are in a league of their own, which does not include Duke. That is not to say it isn’t an excellent university, but it’s just behind Ivies+. Vanderbilt may be slightly behind Duke, but the difference is so small that it is negligible, other than in very specific cases such as Investment Banking placement. </p>

<p>Pointless thread is pointless.</p>