UCLA v USC v Duke v Cornell v Mich v Georgetown Forum

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Last year Michigan sent 10.5 percent of graduates to California alone. Duke sent 11.6 percent to some combination of Alaska, Hawaii, California, Neveada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. Especially given the fact that Michigan has a larger class to begin with, it's clear that Michigan has better connections in CA. I think it's between Michigan and Duke, and if I were you, I would choose Michigan, despite the weather.

Q.E.D.

Except..

C/o 2012: Duke had 12% in CA vs 9.3% in CA at Mich

C/o 2011: Duke had 12.7% in the West vs 9% in CA at Mich (note: not directly comparable categories)

C/o 2010: Duke had 12.2% in the Pacific vs 12.3% in the Pacific at Mich

C/o 2009: Duke had 13.2% in the Pacific vs 13.8% in the Pacific at Mich

I do not see any significantly greater tendency to go to CA at Mich

Not to mention the entire argument is ridiculous, regardless of year on year placement variation

I like how the West v. California comparison gets stuck in there on the 2011 numbers. In every one of those years, more Michigan graduates are heading to California than Duke grads. The argument isn't ridiculous. Saying something is ridiculous does not make it so.

Visit both schools. Observe the difference in personalities. Figure out where you're going to feel more comfortable. In the end, if you're uncertain, recognize that Michigan has a more widespread geographic dispersion than Duke. You might want to consider that.

That's just because that's how LST broke it down that year, not because of any trickiness on my part. I just looked on their website, and in 2011 Duke placed 10.7% in CA (more than Mich) And you missed that in 2012, Duke placed almost 3% more in CA than Mich did, which CHANGES EVERYTHING.

So.. it's 2 years for Duke and 3 for Mich. The five year averages are 11.0% for Duke and 11.0% for Michigan. Exactly equal.

Both schools send significant numbers of grads in a wide geographical dispersion. That's part of the shtick of both schools.

Also, there's still the issue that this type of comparison is meaningless. I don't know why you're so caught up on this.