Why all the hate for Duke? Forum

[NayBoer]

How many collars are you currently popping?

We can pop more than one collar at a time?

If only I'd known sooner. My whole life until now has been wasted.

[Kiersten1985]

How many collars are you currently popping?

This made me laugh.

[09042014]

How many collars are you currently popping?

We can pop more than one collar at a time?

If only I'd known sooner. My whole life until now has been wasted.

[Kiersten1985]

How many collars are you currently popping?

We can pop more than one collar at a time?

If only I'd known sooner. My whole life until now has been wasted.

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[NayBoer]

How many collars are you currently popping?

We can pop more than one collar at a time?

If only I'd known sooner. My whole life until now has been wasted.

"I wear short-sleeve shirts over long-sleeve shirts over short-sleeve shirts."

[ze2151]

postit- while the "lay prestige" of uva and duke may lag behind others in the t-14 (at least from your perspective as a westerner), both schools do extremely well nationally.

disagree with the comment that it's fine as long as you're a wasp. go to c-ville. it is a tremendously progressive town. i've visited durham and would say similar things about the research triangle area, though i don't know the area as well.

if you want to dismiss these two schools out of hand as "southern" and therefore on a lower echelon, that's your business. but as a northeast corridor, philly-born "yank," i see a lot to love in both schools and would eagerly choose them over a comparably ranked northern school. it's a matter of taste.

op- in case you haven't noticed, TLS has within its population a strong contingent of arrogant rankophiles who are married to leiter, usnews, gourman, tls, or other rankings systems, systems that largely show a preferential option for the northeast (at the expense of the south, southwest, and west). if you like duke, go for it.

[ObviouslyMasochistic]

See my thread from last year here: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =1&t=58243 .

Also, I chose Duke over UVA, Mich, Berk, etc. PM me if you'd like.

[postitnotes]

postit- while the "lay prestige" of uva and duke may lag behind others in the t-14 (at least from your perspective as a westerner), both schools do extremely well nationally.

Beyond HYS and maybe Columbia, schools are still somewhat regional. I didn't have any desire to work in the South nor DC. Also in secondary markets a lot of employers don't look at rankings. If I wanted to return to my secondary market in the West , it's probably easier from a school that has more recognition.

disagree with the comment that it's fine as long as you're a wasp. go to c-ville. it is a tremendously progressive town. i've visited durham and would say similar things about the research triangle area, though i don't know the area as well.

I visited when I was applying. They are generally WASPier than most of the other t-14. I think they offer pretty good QOL though.

if you want to dismiss these two schools out of hand as "southern" and therefore on a lower echelon, that's your business. but as a northeast corridor, philly-born "yank," i see a lot to love in both schools and would eagerly choose them over a comparably ranked northern school. it's a matter of taste.

op- in case you haven't noticed, TLS has within its population a strong contingent of arrogant rankophiles who are married to leiter, usnews, gourman, tls, or other rankings systems, systems that largely show a preferential option for the northeast (at the expense of the south, southwest, and west). if you like duke, go for it.

TLS probably has a stronger contingent of UVA trolls than anyone else if you haven't noticed. I was just being honest about what I thought when I was applying.

[Kiersten1985]

How many collars are you currently popping?

We can pop more than one collar at a time?

If only I'd known sooner. My whole life until now has been wasted.

"I wear short-sleeve shirts over long-sleeve shirts over short-sleeve shirts."

"So I'm shavin' last night at this makeout party. I took a bunch of pictures. You can see 'em on my MySpace page, along with my favorite songs and movies and things that other people have created but that I use to express my individualism. "

[hopefulincal]

See my thread from last year here: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =1&t=58243 .

Also, I chose Duke over UVA, Mich, Berk, etc. PM me if you'd like.

Thanks for this and the other replies. I can't believe the above thread didn't show up on my searches.

For people who have been to the Triangle, is it anything like suburban California (whether bay area or SoCal)?

[sckon]

...because Duke sucks

[keg411]

TITCR: the basketball team.

[jay115]

My ex (gay male) is a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill, and while not at Duke he's having a great time in the triangle. Not at all what he expected. That said, I wouldn't go to most southern schools bc I prefer to live in CA, thus I will go to law school in CA.