Durham or Warwick?

Why does this thread have so many replies?

Doonesbury, are you saying he is a reject of Duke University??? thanks for proving my point.

Further im from NC, i know how difficult it is to get into Duke. We had a kid in our school who aced the SAT went and took advanced maths at the community college in our city, who then got an offer to do nuclear engineering at Wake forest on a full ride.. Was rejected from Duke.

Wake forest is a damn private university.

Duke is impossible to get into.

Durham is much more accessible.

These simply are the facts.

Only the best and brightest get to Duke.

Don't you even read their posts? That explains a lot. They had an offer from Duke, and others, and decided to go elsewhere.

Yea sure, i had an offer from Cambridge.

Except you didn't.

NYU is a long established member of TSR.
You aren't.


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Yea sure, i had an offer from Cambridge. Easy to say.
You didnt address my first hand knowledge of growing up in the state of Duke.

This is like me trying to explain something to you about the university in your region.

Hes lost..

Duke will always be superior to Durham.

Doonesbury, are you saying he is a reject of Duke University??? thanks for proving my point.

Further im from NC, i know how difficult it is to get into Duke. We had a kid in our school who aced the SAT went and took advanced maths at the community college in our city, who then got an offer to do nuclear engineering at Wake forest on a full ride.. Was rejected from Duke.

Wake forest is a damn private university.

Duke is impossible to get into.

Durham is much more accessible.


These simply are the facts.

Only the best and brightest get to Duke.

Funny enough the user named NYU2012 went to NYU. I am fairly confident they could have got themselves into Duke.

Meh, tbh Durham students I'd wager are probably smarter on average.

only around 30% of students completing GCSEs go on to get 3 A Levels at any grade

only around 12% get AAA at A Level (let's assume this is typical for a Durham student).

In America, a lot more people reach the final year of high school where they can apply to college, because really, they don't have to go through that mass filtration phase of A Levels. They also filter on SAT, I personally did it and got 1580 with no practise. I don't think this test is a very good differentiator as well as A Levels are.

But despite that, it's more competitive sure, but not really for academic reasons. They're both academic as @NYU2012 said, but in different ways. Naturally Duke requires other skills. I'd bet a large proportion of those students wouldn't get AAA, simply because they haven't done anything as challenging in high school, due to the nature of the curriculum. Particularly consider Cambridge and Imperial where the reqs are highest, often A*A*A, often with an entrance exam eg MAT/STEP, CAT/NSAA BMAT etc. That's not as easy as a high GPA in GCSE based theory and GCSE based entrance exam. Duke's offer rate is long twice as low as those two.

In summary, it's more of a lottery with Duke than Durham, rather than any real academic difference. I'd pick Durham if I had the choice, but that's because I don't see myself working in America.

Idc who he is, he doesnt know what he is talking about. The rankings reflect this.

Thats a fair balanced viewpoint, something NYU isnt capable of making.

He is simply trying to say a top 30 global instuition is far less academically inclined then Durham its quite baffling. He hasnt a leg to stand upon.

Funny enough the user named NYU2012 went to NYU. I am fairly confident they could have got themselves into Duke.

Idc who he is, he doesnt know what he is talking about. The rankings reflect this.

LoooL

Nice one.

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NYU 33% selective rating
Duke 9% most selective rating
Newsweek

Not with how American admissions are. You could get accepted at Harvard and rejected at MIT, Yale, and Stanford for instance.


It's a lottery

Why does this thread have so many replies?

Have no idea, but it seems like there’s someone trying to be the second version of PhilandTheo(?)

The employer reputation ranking?

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There can be no second version; there's only one PhilandTheo and he died on Oxbridge decision day