<p>Does anyone know if those attending who are coming from other states fly in by themselves and come without their parents, or do most come with them?</p>
<p>I am wondering the same thing. As of now I am planning on flying in by myself. How about you collegebound?</p>
<p>I think coming alone would be better because it would give me the chance to make my own impressions.</p>
<p>I'm going with parents. Will try to find a host and parents will live in a hotel. Wow, flying in alone...I didn't even consider that seeing how bad I am at planning, directions and stuff haha</p>
<p>It's probably not that big of a deal if you are flying in alone--you will be able to hail a cab easily from RDU which can take you to Duke, and from there all your activities are on campus anyway so you don't have to worry about anything. I came with my mom, which definitely made things easier because she rented a car and we were able to drive places ourselves instead of having to spend money on cab fare. (It's 25-30 dollars each way.)</p>
<p>When we attended Blue Devil Days, I would say that most students had one parent on the premises. I saw about four kids who had driven there or flown there solo. However, the very busy schedule begins by splitting the students from the parents for great periods of the day. </p>
<p>We met student/parents at the opening coffee lemonade registration area in the Student Center, but most of the time I stayed away from my son. I attended a lecture on Traveling Abroad, a tour of a dorm for parents, including meeting a professor residing in the dorm..lovely woman violinist for the Ciompi Quartet. I attended a financial planning hour and an hour with a Dean about "student life." Really saw very little of our son. One of the nicest parent meetings was held in the upstairs of the library on East Campus which is a beautiful space. You will see that students are mulling over multiple offers or narrowing things down. Some kids wrote their checks after a few hours of Blue Devil Day..decision made.</p>