Cornell v. Duke Forum
- NorCalBruin
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Cornell v. Duke
Which would you rather go to? Why?
Its important to me to feel comfortable and enjoy where I am. Thoughts on Durham v. Ithaca? Or the facilities at Duke v. Facilities at Cornel? Or how students feel about life in general?
Ok. Cool. Thnx. Bye.
Its important to me to feel comfortable and enjoy where I am. Thoughts on Durham v. Ithaca? Or the facilities at Duke v. Facilities at Cornel? Or how students feel about life in general?
Ok. Cool. Thnx. Bye.
- NorCalBruin
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Posted this in the wrong forum. Sorry. That's what u get for using an iPhone to surf the Internet.
- quakeroats
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
I can't think of many reasons to choose Cornell over Duke. Career prospects, intellectual climate, professors, and actual climate are all better at Duke.
- kkklick
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Agree with above the job prospects available for a NY graduate at a top school in the state is more than enough give it an edge.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
go to duke. if you're still having second thoughts visit ithaca in january or february
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- quakeroats
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Cornell is in upstate New York. Georgetown is closer to Manhattan than Cornell (not to mention Penn/Harvard/Yale/Columbia/NYU), so I wouldn't depend on some kind of in-state advantage to help out. For a top school, Cornell has great difficulty placing outside of NYC, and even in New York it places much less well than Duke.kkklick wrote:Agree with above the job prospects available for a NY graduate at a top school in the state is more than enough give it an edge.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Interesting, I haven't done much research on the top 14 yet but I will in the coming weeks.
- Aberzombie1892
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
If you want to practice in NY or wherever you have connections to, go to Cornell. If you desire any other employment outcome, go to Duke.
- dextermorgan
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Duke is in civilization.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Duke provides excellent opportunities across the country, not just in NY (which is also a very popular destination for Duke grads). It's law building including the library is gorgeous, its basically new as of last year. Duke is ranked higher (if you care, and you sorta should given that so many people do care about rank). The average temperate right now is something like 42 degrees. And if you care about sports...
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
- BruceWayne
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
The rankings part is meaningless but Duke does do significantly better for jobs outside of NYC.cavebat2000 wrote:Duke provides excellent opportunities across the country, not just in NY (which is also a very popular destination for Duke grads). It's law building including the library is gorgeous, its basically new as of last year. Duke is ranked higher (if you care, and you sorta should given that so many people do care about rank). The average temperate right now is something like 42 degrees. And if you care about sports...
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
It's not meaningless to many of the people out there that hire.BruceWayne wrote:The rankings part is meaningless but Duke does do significantly better for jobs outside of NYC.cavebat2000 wrote:Duke provides excellent opportunities across the country, not just in NY (which is also a very popular destination for Duke grads). It's law building including the library is gorgeous, its basically new as of last year. Duke is ranked higher (if you care, and you sorta should given that so many people do care about rank). The average temperate right now is something like 42 degrees. And if you care about sports...
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Duke for better job prospects.
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- BruceWayne
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
LMAO; so you think that the people that hire scan US News when they make hiring decisions? "Hey Boalt is number 7 and UVA is 10, I'm definitely going to take the Boalt guy!"cavebat2000 wrote:It's not meaningless to many of the people out there that hire.
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
It might also be foolish to believe law firms filled with law school graduate are oblivious to rankings....and weren't equally obsessive when they applied and even possibly........now? Haha.
That said, visit them. What specialty do you favor, placement in cities, get technical et cetera...
That said, visit them. What specialty do you favor, placement in cities, get technical et cetera...
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
The Carolinas are not civilization.dextermorgan wrote:Duke is in civilization.
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But still who the hell would pick Cornell over Duke?
- T6Hopeful
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
This. Also if you're for whatever reason counting on lay prestige (my parents, for one, got a billion times more excited about my Cornell acceptance than my Duke acceptance), Cornell has the least Ivy recognition out of all the Ivies in the T14. Again, not that I'm saying you should go by ranking, but Duke seems like a better option all around.BruceWayne wrote:The rankings part is meaningless but Duke does do significantly better for jobs outside of NYC.cavebat2000 wrote:Duke provides excellent opportunities across the country, not just in NY (which is also a very popular destination for Duke grads). It's law building including the library is gorgeous, its basically new as of last year. Duke is ranked higher (if you care, and you sorta should given that so many people do care about rank). The average temperate right now is something like 42 degrees. And if you care about sports...
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
For one, I'm still considering Cornell. I tend to like cold weather more than my peers, but Cornell seems to defy that for me. I really don't mind freezing temperatures and copious amounts of snow, but hills + ice could be a game changer.
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- quakeroats
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
School recognition is idiosyncratic and often varies by region. Also, outside of the Northeast, Columbia and Penn generally have less name recognition than Cornell.T6Hopeful wrote:This. Also if you're for whatever reason counting on lay prestige (my parents, for one, got a billion times more excited about my Cornell acceptance than my Duke acceptance), Cornell has the least Ivy recognition out of all the Ivies in the T14. Again, not that I'm saying you should go by ranking, but Duke seems like a better option all around.BruceWayne wrote:The rankings part is meaningless but Duke does do significantly better for jobs outside of NYC.cavebat2000 wrote:Duke provides excellent opportunities across the country, not just in NY (which is also a very popular destination for Duke grads). It's law building including the library is gorgeous, its basically new as of last year. Duke is ranked higher (if you care, and you sorta should given that so many people do care about rank). The average temperate right now is something like 42 degrees. And if you care about sports...
Other than that, I bet both schools are pretty similar.
For one, I'm still considering Cornell. I tend to like cold weather more than my peers, but Cornell seems to defy that for me. I really don't mind freezing temperatures and copious amounts of snow, but hills + ice could be a game changer.
- mths
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
lol ithaca is the bestdextermorgan wrote:Duke is in civilization.
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really not so bad as people make it out to be, it's not like you're in with the townies or anything and collegetown is fun
- dextermorgan
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
I went to UG in the middle of nowhere, never again.mths wrote:lol ithaca is the bestdextermorgan wrote:Duke is in civilization.
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really not so bad as people make it out to be, it's not like you're in with the townies or anything and collegetown is fun
- KevinP
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Cornell all the way, it is an ivy league school! Ever heard of it?
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- DukeCornell
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Well, like many TLS'ers I've had the opportunity to visit both schools, and I totally agree with the guy who said: "Duke [Durham] is not civilization"— it's not. However, after visiting both schools, I still lean more towards Duke. This is because the people at Duke are cool as fuck and I felt comfortable being around them. At Cornell I felt a bit out of place (think Legally Blonde). Also, the Duke Professors were very inviting (I hope this is a good sign). As for the Duke Law building, IMO it felt a bit cold, sort of like a hospital, but the library was nice as fuck (a bit too modern, but still very nice), and the grounds were perfect. Will you have an opportunity to visit both schools?
- quakeroats
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
If the Triangle isn't civilization, I'm not sure what is.DukeCornell wrote:Well, like many TLS'ers I've had the opportunity to visit both schools, and I totally agree with the guy who said: "Duke [Durham] is not civilization"— it's not. However, after visiting both schools, I still lean more towards Duke. This is because the people at Duke are cool as fuck and I felt comfortable being around them. At Cornell I felt a bit out of place (think Legally Blonde). Also, the Duke Professors were very inviting (I hope this is a good sign). As for the Duke Law building, IMO it felt a bit cold, sort of like a hospital, but the library was nice as fuck (a bit too modern, but still very nice), and the grounds were perfect. Will you have an opportunity to visit both schools?
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
Wow! Dude, you seriously need to get out more. Like ASAP!quakeroats wrote:If the Triangle isn't civilization, I'm not sure what is.DukeCornell wrote:Well, like many TLS'ers I've had the opportunity to visit both schools, and I totally agree with the guy who said: "Duke [Durham] is not civilization"— it's not. However, after visiting both schools, I still lean more towards Duke. This is because the people at Duke are cool as fuck and I felt comfortable being around them. At Cornell I felt a bit out of place (think Legally Blonde). Also, the Duke Professors were very inviting (I hope this is a good sign). As for the Duke Law building, IMO it felt a bit cold, sort of like a hospital, but the library was nice as fuck (a bit too modern, but still very nice), and the grounds were perfect. Will you have an opportunity to visit both schools?
- quakeroats
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Re: Cornell v. Duke
There's nothing like starting a sentence with "dude" to drive a point home.DukeCornell wrote:Wow! Dude, you seriously need to get out more. Like ASAP!quakeroats wrote:If the Triangle isn't civilization, I'm not sure what is.DukeCornell wrote:Well, like many TLS'ers I've had the opportunity to visit both schools, and I totally agree with the guy who said: "Duke [Durham] is not civilization"— it's not. However, after visiting both schools, I still lean more towards Duke. This is because the people at Duke are cool as fuck and I felt comfortable being around them. At Cornell I felt a bit out of place (think Legally Blonde). Also, the Duke Professors were very inviting (I hope this is a good sign). As for the Duke Law building, IMO it felt a bit cold, sort of like a hospital, but the library was nice as fuck (a bit too modern, but still very nice), and the grounds were perfect. Will you have an opportunity to visit both schools?
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