<p>Ask away... social/academic/sports/younameit</p>
<p>Hey! I’ll ask a very, veeeeery silly and boring question… ^_^;; … what am I supposed to bring to college?</p>
<p>the bare minimum would probably be a few changes of clothes, some money, legal/travel documents, and yourself. Everything else you can probably buy there. </p>
<p>Otherwise, you should check out the College Life forum on CC, they have great lists of stuff to bring. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/</a></p>
<p>jw how is IT and do you recommend buying a laptop from the university or getting one on your own?</p>
<p>and I have a social life question, do kids play ultimate and chill on east campus a lot or not really (I didnt see a lot during my Devil Days)?</p>
<p>Question: What’s AT&T like in Durham/on campus? How is the reception? Is it uncommon for people to use AT&T? Is it significantly more expensive?</p>
<p>What is the commute time between East and West campuses using the bus system (especially during “busy” hours)?</p>
<p>It felt like only a couple of minutes to me when I visited there but I certainly didn’t visit at a busy time.</p>
<p>@ constantly</p>
<p>The blue book said that Verizon and AT&T have great reception on campus and are connected somehow to the university, but other carriers are not as consistant. Thats just what I read though.</p>
<p>@azngod1992: you should probably budget 15-20 minutes at peak times to get to West in the morning and maybe a 5-10 minute walk depending on where your classes are.</p>
<p>Would 20 minutes be enough time to get from Old Chem (in West) to White Lecture (in East)? Specifically, with my prospective schedule, I’d have to leave Old Chem at 12:55pm and arrive at White Lecture (which is next to Aycock) by 1:15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</p>
<p>Also, do you have any experience with IM soccer? How competitive is it? How do I sign up?</p>
<p>I don’t think 12:55 is a peak time in terms of commuting so you should be fine, however 20 minutes is still cutting it a bit thin. You have to account for the fact that you won’t likely won’t get to leave at exactly 12:55 since profs will run over and it takes a couple minutes to pack and leave and all that.</p>
<p>AT&T is fine on campus. As you can imagine, iPhones are everywhere. I also had Sprint for awhile, and found that it was very reasonable as well. Got service just about everywhere except the west campus dorms (which are virtually impossible to get service in anyway)</p>
<p>also, knat, I think you’ll be fine with your 12:55-1:15 commute. I did Old Chem-East Duke (which is right next to White) last semester with 20 minutes in between and while I did have to walk fast, it was fine. Actually, my freshman year I did Gross Chem to Carr in 20…THAT was fun. If your class is in the lecture hall of White, then you can always walk in late on days when you don’t make it…if it’s a lecture no one cares. Professors, in my experience, have been great about accommodating students who had short periods of time between two classes, just because of the nature of Duke’s two campuses.</p>
<p>How’s the English department? (Transferring as an English major)</p>
<p>^ The English department had a huge debacle when Stanley Fish, the postmodernist to end all postmodernists lol, was around…but in the past decade, they’ve started rebuilding a really solid, recognized, traditionally literary program :)</p>
<p>Tons about it here, starting around page 6 I believe: <a href=“http://www.johnlocke.org/acrobat/pope_articles/pope_focus&gerst.pdf[/url]”>http://www.johnlocke.org/acrobat/pope_articles/pope_focus&gerst.pdf</a></p>
<p>I would definitely recommend getting a laptop from Duke, it comes with a 4 year warranty that has been very helpful in my case.</p>
<p>Yes, people hang out on East Lawn a LOT and sunbathe, read, toss the football, play ultimate… it’s an awesome space.</p>
<p>AT&T service is terrible on Duke’s West campus. A lot of people got it for their iPhones, but I had a couple people switch back to their previous provider because the service was so bad. I use Verizon and it’s great.</p>
<p>During the day, buses usually run every 5 minutes or so between east and west. It’s a really fast commute, but slows down as the day goes on. Give yourself 15 minutes and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>IM soccer is really fun, a lot of people are competitive, but there’s a lot of opportunity to play. There are instructions on how to sign up during orientation.</p>
<p>I don’t know too much about the English department, sorry.</p>
<p>AT&T service has been improving recently from what I hear. Last year I heard through the grapevine that more repeaters are going up around campus.</p>
<p>I never had trouble. Got service everywhere from L2 of Perkins to the depths of the Bryan Center. The only place I didn’t get service was inside of the West Campus dorms…but most services are the same. I don’t know anyone who got service inside the Edens buildings. But yeah, for me switching from Sprint to AT&T gave me a marked improvement in service.</p>
<p>I had Verizon service in edens, but my friend who had an iPhone had no trouble either. My other friend who had regular AT&T service, however, usually had to stand by the window. </p>
<p>The only other place besides those mentioned above where Verizon might be a bit better would be in the engineering quad, but it’s not that much better either.</p>
<p>Okay, so I’ve actually changed my schedule a bit so that I’ll have to be going from White Hall to Bio Sciences in 20 minutes (early afternoon). Will I be able to? Also, the Bio Sciences is a lab–will the grad students be lenient if I’m a few minutes late?</p>