<p>@plumdum: yes, it’s very doable. CIEMAS isn’t ridiculously far from the bus stop.
@snowy: I’m not pre-med so I’ll let someone else answer.</p>
<p>I am thinking about rushing for a frat when I get to Duke…what are the reputations for the frats there and which ones are the best?</p>
<p>You have until january until rush. Enjoy first semester and get to meet as many upperclassmen as possible and then make your own opinions. Just be wary of overly friendly brothers, sure they may be nice guys and good representations of their groups, but they may be just be trying to get you to come their way.</p>
<p>ughh… please answer</p>
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<p>alright thanks braaap!</p>
<p>Hey, I had two questions about books for this fall.</p>
<p>1) For two of my classes, there are no books listed so far by my professors in the Duke Book store or on their ACES pages. If I’m looking to save money by buying books online, and these books aren’t listed within the next 1-2 weeks, is my only option for these classes just to buy books through the Duke bookstore once I reach Duke for orientation?</p>
<p>2)For my Intro Gen Chem class (Chem 31L) I can’t find some of the books online through the major cheap bookstores (amazon, half.com, barnes and noble, ebay, etc.). Can anyone who’s taken this class (or even those who haven’t) help me out? I think I might be doing something wrong when searching for them, because it’s really weird for me to not find them anywhere. The books are CHEM 31L & 43L LAB MANUAL (ISBN:9780840035257), CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES ENH. ED.+STUD SOL MAN (PKG) (ISBN:9780538779173), and should I buy the optional CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES-PARTIAL SOLN.GUIDE (ISBN:9780618953363)? Also, is the alternate version for the chem lecture book CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES (ISBN:9780618946907) that much different, like in terms of problem sets and things like that? Also, will these used books I buy online have the webassign ID in them? Sorry for all of these questions! I’m just really confused and want to be prepared in time for school. Thanks!</p>
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<p>I don’t really know, but the intro to ME/Material class was pretty great.</p>
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Whatever you want it to be, drink like a drunk, actually watch the game, or anywhere in between.
Yes, it is fun.
Yes, people do bracket.
Everyone I know except for one person rooted for Duke. Probably 10% of the students don’t care about basketball.</p>
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- Buy from Amazon with a free student prime account/free 2 day shipping
- Buy from other students</p>
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<p>CHEM 31L & 43L LAB MANUAL (ISBN:9780840035257): most likely a lab manual written by some old Chemistry professor. Probably have to buy at bookstore.</p>
<p>CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES ENH. ED.+STUD SOL MAN (PKG) (ISBN:9780538779173): textbook + partial solution manual</p>
<p>CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES-PARTIAL SOLN.GUIDE (ISBN:9780618953363): partial solution manual, just no bundled with the textbook.</p>
<p>CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES (ISBN:9780618946907): same textbook, just not bundled with the partial solution manual.</p>
<p>I have no experience with webassign, but I do believe webassign is just a painful website. You don’t the useless access cards in textbooks.</p>
<p>Just don’t worry about finding the first ISBN. Buy the third ISBN and the second optional ISBN. I believe this is the same book that was used last semester so you should be able to find used copies somewhere (dirt cheap on Amazon, just be sure that you buy a hardcover US edition so you that you can sell it back to the bookstore at the end of the semester, very convenient. They pay you pennies on the dollar for softcover books, but maybe 30-40% list on hardcover. If you buy them at low prices online, you can pretty much break even without even doing any extra work)</p>
<p>Ok, I didn’t really read the posts above, but about webassign:</p>
<p>if my experiences as a Chem 31 TA from last fall still holds, then you will need a webassign access code because your weekly problem set will be through webassign. Now before you rush off to buy a brand new book for the webassign code, know that you can buy an access code separately online if your book doesn’t come with one. So if you happen to find a used one for substantially cheaper, I would go ahead and buy it. Just be aware that you will need to fork over some money (I think it was like $40 or $20 something like that maybe?) later on for webassign.</p>
<p>On a related note, yes webassign is every bit as annoying and cumbersome as you probably imagined it to be. It’s an automated online question bank and grading system with all the usual problems that come with these things.</p>
<p>You can study materials science without being a mechanical engineering major, the major’s name is mechanical engineering and materials science. It’s a pretty standard MechE curriculum, but the materials science part reflects Pratt faculty’s specialty in materials. You’ll take one materials science course (ME83), and after that have the option of taking more materials related upper-level electives if you so chose, but certainly not a requirement.</p>
<p>I’m a ME by the way, sorry for the misleading alias.</p>
<p>Alright awesome, thanks so much for the help! I was wondering though, the “Chemical Principles” Textbook by Zumdahl, what edition is it? Does Duke use the OWL part of the enhanced edition? Also, would you recommend buying the partial solutions guide? It says it’s optional, but I don’t know if it’ll be helpful or not.</p>
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Oh, so Duke doesn’t offer specifically a Materials Science Engineering major? Its in ME? This is pretty confusing. The majors name is Mechanical Engineering and Materials science, is the degree equivalent to a MSE degree from like, Cornell?</p>
<p>Ripemango that is correct, there is only one major. I highly doubt it is “equivalent” to Cornell’s program. Again, it’s a pretty standard MechE degree that contains some material sci content because that happens to be a major point of emphasis for duke research, especially biomaterials. If you’re interested in the specifics of the curriculum you can check it out at mems.pratt.duke.edu</p>
<p>I didn’t mean “equivalent” as in as strong, would it be the same as a standard MSE degree from an accredited university? I don’t quite understand how it can be one major. I’m sorry, I have looked at the website and they don’t make it clear how much it has to do with materials science.</p>
<p>is it hard to be able to [play women’s club tennis at duke?</p>
<p>does having AP credit in biology have any merit if you are in Pratt?</p>
<p>How do the social circles work at Duke? Are the sports teams (Like lacrosse) pretty close/apparent?</p>
<p>Ripemango, I don’t think I was assuming “equivalent” to mean strong either, but rather the similarities between the two curricula content-wise. </p>
<p>I’m not sure I personally can make the situation much clearer, but to reiterate, Duke’s MEMS degree can safely be considered a mechanical engineering major (that’s even how actual students refer to it, hardly ever MEMS), plus you’ll take an intro materials science course that covers the properties of basic materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, semi-conductors) and then later also have the opportunity to take upper-level materials electives or even an independent study/research that is materials science focused. </p>
<p>Squircle0, the AP bio credit can fulfill a natural science elective, so yes it is quite full of merit.</p>
<p>ok awesome thanks! do i need to hang on to the 12 AP labs for bio, or can i get rid of them?</p>