<p>Hey i was planning on applying ED to Duke but my teacher said somethings that got me to start second guessing myself. He said that it is hard for asians to fit into the social atmosphere at Duke and i was wondering if this was as extreme as he made it out to be. I have been around whites my whole life and most of all my friends are white, so its not like i dont have any experience hanging out with whites. However, i don't want to go to Duke and then be excluded from social life just because im asian. It seems like a stupid thing to worry about but any help would be great. Thanks</p>
<p>You should not listen to your teacher. You have NOTHING to worry about at all at Duke. First, Duke is almost 30% Asian; but more importantly, Asians are incorporated into the social scene just as much as everybody else. Yeah, there are some ASA events if you want to do that and hang around with only asians, but you certainly don't have to. I'm white and a large percentage of my friends are asian. I'll admit there is some social segregation between blacks and whites (I think partially because of Greek life i.e. only black fraternities and sororities) - but there is very little social segregation between whites and asians. Duke is known for having a strong Asian presence and its not a big deal at all....trust me.</p>
<p>Yeah, don't listen to that. If it is somewhere you want to go- whether it be for the academics or the social life, there will be people like you who share your interests. Ultimately its not up to your teacher, it's up to you.</p>
<p>whew, thats a relief lol. My teacher supports me going to Duke, he was just concerned thats all. Thx alot</p>
<p>i honestly have no experience at duke...but from stereotrypes it seemed back in the day duke used to be whiter (someone told me it was the elite white person school, not the nerdy ones but the jocky ones, similar to Dartmouth)</p>
<p>but now asians are a large contingent of a large percentages of colleges, and are like 20 percent at duke</p>
<p>so you'll be fine, there may be a few select frats that may self segregrate (namely the white ones) but the majority of kids really dont care (as far as i can see)</p>
<p>from what i can sense...college is much more open and laid back the high school...so you wont have a problem having fun if your asian </p>
<p>hope that helped</p>