Duke University Top Questions

Way too hard and everyone is too competitive. Don't learn anything you wouldn't learn at any other dumb fuck school.

Hard or very easy. It sucks to be in hard engineering classes when athletes and some trinity kids have such easy courses with little or no work.

Duke's academic requirements can be ridiculous, but they ensure that you receive a well rounded education.

Just try. The classes are difficult but aren't anything a typical Duke student can't handle. The biggest key is trying and putting for the effort to study and do your homework. That can get to be way hard.

some students study far too much. engineering school is absurd. political science is a great major, small classes, interesting teachers. best class was con. law with chemerinsky. education is definitly geared towards learning in general and gaining skills not particular to any job. too much emphasis on wall st. after school.

Duke is amazing because you will find yourself in intellectual discussions of a caliber you would not expect, at any random time of day. Everyone around you is just as academically motivated and bright as you are.

I like the faculty a lot.

Professors are professors, studennts are students. It's a school. These things happen.

These are pretty disappointing. There are some real opportunities for great classes and engagement with the material, but too many of the classes do not force/encourage students to really dig into the material and too many professors are willing to let obvious bullshit slide through. There should be a wider variety of courses available and professors should take a stronger stand in demanding more participation in their courses.

Academics at Duke are great. I have had a fantastic experience in all classes except BAA 93D with Linder. He is the most unrealistically hard teacher for an intro level science class. Keep him teaching grad students and upper level science majors who care.

Academics at Duke are pretty ridiculous. It may be because I'm doing Biomedical Engineering, but classes are quite difficult and require a lot of work to do well in. Good thing most students are quite studious here at Duke and work hard. Some of my professors have been much better than others, and because of this I think there should be a better standard for hiring professors, especially in math classes, because the difference between some of my professors has been so huge that it definitely affects my final grade in the class.

rigorous, lots of work outside of class

hard

It is definitely hard as there isn't any grade inflation. Professors expect a ton out of their students which can definitely suck from time to time but in the end provides for a better academic experience.

Academics at Duke are amazing. I've gotten to personally know several professors. I feel like I'm really being prepared for life.

I been readin' books and they's hard

There is a brilliant mix between large lectures and small lectures. Even in the large classes, there is an opportunity for one on one attention so that you never feel like a number defines you. You are defined by your name and not anything else.

I loved my writing 20 this year it was on detective fiction and even though iw asn't able to do all of the reading I ACTUALLY enjoyed the class and the assignments. Physics is so fuckign boring and that class pists me so much because before coming into school I had a huge love for physics but this class has just taken that away from me.

Very challenging, but it should be.

Professors almost always know your name, particularly in Trinity You study a lot intellectual conversations - yes though not as much as I think many would like