<p>I like diversity. I'm not just saying that -- I really do! Duke has a reputation for its lack of racial interation. </p>
<p>Does anyone know how true that is? Do you have any first-hand experiences that you'd like to share?</p>
<p>Most of my daughter's closest friends at Duke are internationals and Asians from our country. She may be the exception to the rule, but she has found that many of her own race are more interested in partying than they are in studying. The population at Duke is so diverse that she now has very close friends from Singapore, Turkey, Hong Kong, Bulgaria . . . the list goes on. . . Her new friendships have proven to be as educational as her academic classes. In fact, she has chosen to room with an international next year.</p>
<p>i'm an incoming freshmen. but igotta tell you Duke is NOT that diverse compared to other well-known (perhaps well-known internationally) schools. also i heard NC/SC population fills woopping thirty something %. (can someone back me up with that stats?)</p>
<p>anyway, i'm looking forward and hope to have fun with all kinda races :D</p>
<p>Lol. That made me laugh: "i'm looking forward and hope to have fun with all kinda races." I hope you have fun with "all kinda races," too, Duh.</p>
<p>Parentofteen -- what race was your daughter's friend? I'm Asian.</p>
<p>Duke's only 15% North Carolinian...there's no way such a private university like Duke would be 30% from North Carolina considering how small the state is relative to Cali, New York, and Florida</p>
<p>Duke is 85-86% out of state. Duke charter requires that 13-14% of the student body come from NC. Or maybe that's from NC/SC. Not sure. Either way, SC population isn't substantial. "Wooping thirty something %" is way off.</p>
<p>maybe another 15% is from South Carolina.</p>
<p>oh, sorry. I didn't see Greenshirt's comment before I made the post.</p>
<p>The 15% is NC and SC together - the Carolinas. (I think about 11% are from NC and 4% from SC) </p>
<p>My daughter's freshman roommate is rooming with an African American next year, and my daughter is rooming with an international from Bulgaria. Both my daughter and her freshman roommate got along great and could have stayed together easily all four years. Both girls, however, really enjoyed a diversity at Duke that they had not experienced in high school and decided to change roommates for sophomore year. My daughter was very used to black/white diversity from her public high school, but her fr. roommate came from a Catholic high school.</p>
<p>They are probably not the norm at Duke, but just two examples of racial interaction there.</p>
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<p>No, it is 15% from North Carolina alone. Only 15-49 students (note, not percent) come from South Carolina.</p>
<p>Should put that argument to rest. :)</p>
<p>Okay. I stand corrected. Just don't knock the ones from NC/SC. My daughter is one of them!</p>
<p>Don't worry, I'm not. I just thought it was silly that people were going back and forth over numbers that are so easy to find. :p</p>
<p>i am sorry for a wrong number and all. -0- but yeah.. thanks bananainpyjamas</p>