Some consider Duke to be a friendlier, more energetic, warmer-weather alternative to the Ivy League. Admission to Duke is
extremely competitive. It is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the top-10 doctoral universities among Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, UPenn, and Caltech.The university has two schools for undergraduates: Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering.Duke University also has several graduate and professional schools: the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the School of Medicine, the
School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law, the
Divinity School, and the
Graduate School.Some applicants to Duke are selected for the Robertson
Scholarship program, which offers a tuition-free education at both Duke and the
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Duke University's Talent Identification
Program, or TIP, is for seventh- through tenth-graders who have scored well on the SAT or
ACT. Participants can take a varitey of summer classes while
living on Duke University's East or West campus. The TIP program also enables rising seniors to attend classes at Duke's
"Pre-college" summer session.