UChicago or Duke ?

Im in quite the dilemma right now, I was originally going to attend the Uchicago summer school to apply ed 0 as the uni was originally my first choice. However, after hearing some stuff about the sheer social awkwardness from 2 people who recently graduated I am having other thoughts. I know for a fact that my profile isn't good enough for an ivy even for ED, hence would you recommend Duke ? As it is a more standard university. Or any other universities which have really good academics but have an element of fun too. (I would be pursuing economics primarly)

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If you are unconfident in your ability to get into an ivy, Duke ED is likely also a long shot. Duke/UChicago/Northwestern are just as hard to get into than many ivy league schools.

 

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