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Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2008, 20:05
Hey all!

I'm accepted at UNC and Duke (w/$$) and am 99% sure in my decision as of now, but want to see if anyone else has any opinions to add. I'm planning on pursuing finance (investment or retail banking). Neither school is renowned for its finance concentration, but I know both schools have strong connections to Charlotte and NYC. The cultures are pretty similar as well. Honestly, one of the deciding factors for me is that Duke's name carries more weight than UNC's. Any opinions?
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2008, 20:30
UNC kicks Duke's @ss in basketball. Other than that, Duke with scholarship money is a no brainer over UNC for business school.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   15 Mar 2008, 22:03
Duke by a mile.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 01:40
Duke .. even borat says so : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv_Zg3AvanU
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 03:00
Duke.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 06:13
Fuqua
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 06:20
no brainer, not going to even answer this one...I am sure you know where you should go.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 07:48
Clearly Duke in your case...with me however I have in state tuition at UNC, so the Duke degree is going to cost me about 35-40k more, and I am still thinking Duke, right?
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 07:55
I still would take Duke with no money. The degree will travel much better. If you want to stay in NC then its probably not that big of a difference.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 08:41
How can you resist going to a school named FUQUA? No-brainer for that simple reason.
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 09:14
riverripper wrote:
no brainer, not going to even answer this one...I am sure you know where you should go.


I agree - a no-brainer even without the money.

Duke has always been my dream school, so I just wanted a quick sanity check to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything by ditching UNC without a second thought.

Thanks for the confirmation, folks!
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Re: Duke or UNC? [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2008, 12:03
I'm late, but another vote for Duke, money or not. :)
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