[wrench]

USNA is indeed a fine school. It is difficult to attain an appointment to any of the academies, they only take top notch people.

For the incoming fall class of freshmen, Duke had over 160,000 applicants for less than 1,600 slots.

It seems many of today's youth really like great basketball along with their studies.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Those numbers do not sound right. It is almost impossible to believe Duke had 160,000 applicants.

I have always heard Duke was a great school but being an elitist I have never seen any indication of real greatness in its graduates or researchers. Certainly nothing equivalent to one of the schools I attended, the University of Chicago. It certainly has nowhere near the number of applicants you stated for Duke.