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I don't know what I would do if I happened to get accepted to Duke, Wake, and UNC. My allegience would be majorly torn. It's already horrible seeing as my Mom works at Wake Forest University, I'm planning on transfering into NC State, and I'm a Carolina Fan?!?!
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Retsage, come on man!
Duke Chapel
Duke Gardens
And, of course, Duke Hospital
Oh, wow. That is pretty. They really should have toured us around campus.
Don't let your allegiance get in the way, though I know it's hard. My fiance went to Duke undergrad (and is thus a huge Duke fan) but chose UNC for med school. And Duke Med has some UNC and Wake undergrads. It makes for some good trash-talking, but it's all in fun 🙂
I would have to say that USC is pretty... ugh... We'll see in a few years after all of the construction is over.
Um, does 13k per year in-state tuition mean anything to you? That said, if you qualify for need-based aid Duke apparently has plenty of that in grant form. If not, easiest decision in the world.
true. if you want to see what unc's campus looks like, rent patch adams. they go gothic, we go colonial.
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Besides this is all extremely presumptive, I still have tons of hoops to jump through before this stuff even matters 🙂
With all due respect, If I find Duke is a better fit for me AND of more benefit to my development as a physician than UNC; then I'm going to Duke despite the cheaper tuition at Carolina.
Besides this is all extremely presumptive, I still have tons of hoops to jump through before this stuff even matters 🙂
I love the University of Virginia, amazing campus
From everyone's list, does anyone get the feeling that the private schools are the really nice looking ones and the public schools are not as great? I'm from cali and USC/Stanford are beautiful but the UC's are just decent, i'm not sure if the trend is the same for other states.
Well if I thought my fit with and development as a physician at Duke was worth $110,000 more than at Carolina, I'd pick it too (If I were fortunate enough to have such a choice). Just throwing my thoughts out there as a biased Tar Heel fan, it's your decision obviously.
Yeah, this is totally an individual decision. Two large reasons why my fiance chose UNC over Duke were cost and fit (he felt he jived better with UNC). Meanwhile, I have a classmate who turned down a full scholarship at UNC for Duke. Hopefully, both students did what was right for them.
I actually can't stand Duke on so many levels but if I had the chance to attend I would go on in a heartbeat. I'm sorry if my post sounded sort of abrasive. paying for any school is certainly not a luxury of mine, but if a costlier school is going to be a better all around deal for me I'll find some way to pay for it. It would be awesome if UNC was all those things for me come time to apply!
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road to the acc championship has to come through wake forest first.
jesus when did this become a duke UNC debate?
Hahahahahaha....I don't think I can roll my eyes any further. Wait let me try.....ugh NO!!!
As much as I enjoy a good Duke bashing, maybe we should get this thread back on track.
Idk teague is a pretty sick guard and wake is loaded with size. They have an outside shot this year, and i think they might be the favorites in the next year or two.
Um Mayo Clinic anyone??
Hahaha. They are going to be good, but it's gonna take a lot more than an "outside shot...and size" to dethrone UNC.
Back to the topic, I do have to admit, Duke's campus is beautiful.
I meant outside shot as in the underdogs but still capable.
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Gotcha. Sorry for the misinterpretation. I would agree with you there..
I saw Duke and UNC on the same day. Duke was "B"oring. It had bunch of concrete buildings, not much greenery between buildings, flat, not many people around, and very few patients/people at the hospital. The hospital fountains were shutdown due to water shortage. UNC was full of life. Lots of trees between buidlings, lots of people on campus, lots of people at the hospital and looked like a fun place to be. I was planning on applying to Duke but decided not to after seeing the campus.
UMDNJ-NJMS's campus is TERRIBLE. It's in the @sshole (Newark) of the @sshole of the country (NJ).
(Said by a not-very-proud NJ resident)
(Said by a not-very-proud NJ resident)
But House practices Medicine in Jersey! It must be cool!😎
My vote goes to IU Indianapolis. They recently renovated/redid alot and it definitely shows. 👍
We are talking about the same Duke, right?
View of Duke South (where you take classes first year) from the undergrad side
View of Duke South from the opposite side
It's obviously totally fine to not apply, but to say there isn't much greenery is a little odd. Though I'll agree, UNC's med school campus is a bit more spread out.
Also, it's been a few years since I've been there, but I remember thinking Case Western was in a pretty area.
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I'm at NJMS currently it is the real assburg of NJ.
Second that! 2009 is our year!!! Our campus was absolutely gorgeous before the construction and will be again after it's done. I will get a chance to see Duke in January, but it just seems like a difference in taste. Small college town homey feeling = UNC. New England style architecture and arts = Duke.
Sorry I didn't mean to say that Duke campus is not pretty. I guess I was disappointed when I walked through the research buidlings next to the hospital. I did not see a single soul on the property - bad timing I guess. It was a Sunday morning at 11 in early May.
oh you don't need to apologize...I hope you didn't think I was offended, I was just a little surprised at the "lack of green" description.
Very good point. The rest of the teams in the ACC would probably be more tired out come bowl game time in football or tourney time in basketball if they didn't at least get one or two easy wins during the season. 😉
My vote for nicest campus goes to UVM!! Beautiful!
I second UVM!! By far the nicest campus I've been to.
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hahaha i usually refer to dirt jerz as the armpit of america but I like your description better HAHA
Thirded. UVM was great! I went to 14 interviews and uvm may have been the prettiest. Too bad its cost is absurd
yeah, the d'mouth hospital was nice but I thought the medical school itself was quite drab
I liked it. It had the college campus feel to it... although I had to leave before the tour of the Hanover campus to catch my flight though...
