Duke University Top Questions

Duke is a great place to be, whether you're interested in the humanities, engineering, athletics, or simply having an awesome time! Everyone here is so proud to be a Blue Devil: Dukies seriously do bleed blue! During basketball season (particularly the Duke-UNC home game), students go crazy showing how much they love Duke. My favorite part about Duke would have to be the other students. We have interesting conversations in the classroom know how to have fun when the weekend rolls around. All of the freshmen live on East Campus, which is perfect for creating class unity. Even though the Georgian architecture of East can't compare to the Gothic Wonderland that is West and it can be a bit of a hassle to get up a few minutes earlier to take the bus before class, it's totally worth it. Durham isn't much of a college town. There are a few bars/clubs and a couple good restaurants on Ninth Street, but that's pretty much it. Students mostly stay on campus, which isn't a problem considering how much Duke offers. The administration seems to keep things running smoothly for the most part. Class registration is pretty straight forward and I haven't had any problems getting involved in the things I'm interested in. Recently, there has been housing complications, and some risin sophmores are having trouble finding rooms on West Campus, where the sophmore class is "guaranteed" housing next year. We are told that the administration is working things out and that everyone will have a room, so this shouldn't end up being too much of an issue. The part of Duke that I would say is the most unique is just how happy everyone is to be here. We have something like a 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} freshman retention rate, and I think this speaks to exactly how great the experience is here. Everyone is excited to be a part of Duke and wants to take full advantage of the "Duke experience." Come here and see for yourself how students rave about Duke... the excitement is contagious!

The best thing about Duke, is that the student body is made up of all different kinds of people. The reason I chose Duke is because I wanted to make friends from all over the US and not go to a school where there would only be people from the northeast. I think guys get intimidated when I tell them that I go to Duke. I witnessed that a lot this past summer in NYC. The first reaction I get is "Oh, smarty." It's kind of annoying. Duke definitely has a lotttt of school pride. On any given day you can spot tons of students wearing Duke attire. There is a reason we are called the Cameron Crazies.

No college town; Duke, Durham relationship sucks. Campus is supremely beautiful but the fact of the matter is, escaping campus is dirty and dull.

The teachers and the resources available, and the weather. I would make the hook-up culture less dominant and have more options of things to do besides go out to bars all the time. The size is just right. When I tell people I go to Duke, people usually seem pretty impressed. When I'm on campus, I spend most of my time in the library or Alpine. I think that Durham is a growing college town, but Ninth Street really needs to be revitalized. I think overall that Duke's administration does a pretty good job and are mostly responsive to the student body. They could have handled the lacrosse case a little better, but it was an extremely difficult situation. One experience I'll always remember is going on a spring break trip with the sailing team to the Virgin Islands.

Duke is a medium-sized student body on an veritable estate of a campus, located in Durham, North Carolina, an old, tired tobacco town that contrasts dramatically with Duke's image of elitism. Like many colleges, Duke is very much a bubble; life in the "Gothic Wonderland" really couldn't be farther from the real world, but many students are actually politically, environmentally, or socially engaged to an impressive extent. There are enough undergraduates to know half of campus, but still meet new people all the time, which keeps things from getting too stale. The student body is somewhat diverse, but in general it is highly affluent (an alarmingly low percentage on financial aid) and self-segregation is a notorious issue. After the recent lacrosse scandal, the administration has made a lot of ruckus about the "campus culture," and though a lot of policy-making definitely facilitated dialogue surrounding issues of race and gender, the only thing that has really changed is the school's rank. However, morale is back up— it's hard to get down when your team is winning, be it lacrosse, basketball, or biomedical engineering. Duke pride is very powerful thing, and for one to say they go here seems to hold increasing clout in the real world.