<p>If memory serves correctly the 12 labs just help to inform your preparation for the AP exam. Ultimately you just need a 4 or 5 on the exam to earn the credit for college.</p>
<p>ok sweet. thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Do ppl get paid for undergraduate research in Duke??</p>
<p>99% of the time…no…unless you have PIs knocking down your door to get you in their labs you’ll have to wait until graduate school to get paid to do research (unless you get a fellowship or a stipend from some special program).</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I first want to say that this thread is great, many of my questions have been answered and I can’t wait to go to Duke this fall! Is there anyone from BME or who has taken these courses comment on the difficulty in terms of material/workload in/out of class for an incoming freshman first semester-- EGR 53, Chem 43, Math 41L? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I was just wondering, since you’re required to stay on campus for 3 years, does it ever get dull? Are there a lot of events and things to help you not feel…suffocated by the atmosphere? I love Duke, but I’m afraid too much of one thing may end up being a little monotonous. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Biggie, I had essentially that same schedule first semester, except with a different math and I think at the time Chem 43 was called Chem 23. You should be ready to work hard, but if you’re set on BME, that is the standard first semester schedule. If you handle it well, you can be pretty assured you’ll have the ability to get through BME. </p>
<p>underpressure, your alias seems to hint that at times you get a little tense, but I promise you you won’t feel suffocated by the atmosphere. For starters, you’re really living on 2 campuses, not just 1, since East and West are totally separate. Your world will expand tremendously when you get to college, intellectually and emotionally if not physically. If your environment is monotonous at a place like Duke, it’s time to reconsider your definition of monotonous, or time to leave library or dorm room.
If all else fails, you can always study abroad!</p>
<p>I have a question about pre med and calc. I got 5’s on both AB and BC in High school. If I’m pre med should I take calc in college? I don’t think I have to but is it recommended?</p>
<p>I think someone might have mentioned this in the other math thread currently on this board and probably somewhere back in the first 32 pages of this thread or possibly in at least 10 or so threads every year. But math courses (especially the intro ones that many many many people take) are generally to be avoided if possible. They are just too much of a crap shoot in terms of teach quality, difficulty, curving, etc. and you’ll almost certainly be in a class with gunner engineers and/or econ majors and other premeds. You might luck out and get a very good teacher or more often than not you won’t and you will need to spend 2-3x the amount of time as your would an ordinary class to do well. </p>
<p>So in short, if you don’t need to take it, try not to. If you do, try to place out or higher. If all else fails, ratemyprofessors.com. </p>
<p>In your specific case snowy, premeds IIRC do not need to take beyond the equivalent of Math 32 (Calc BC) if their majors don’t require any higher math courses. Some premeds take math 103 (multivariable calc) and some of them end up shooting themselves in the foot. But almost no one that I know took anything beyond 103 if they were purely premed (not engineering/math major or minor/physics, etc). </p>
<p>On the other hand, it is highly recommended that you take a statistics course, especially if you like or want to do research (clinical or basic science).</p>
<p>^ In that vein, are the statistics courses at Duke painfully difficult like the calculus-based math classes are, or are they more manageable?</p>
<p>Depends really, I hear stats 103 (I think that’s the number) is really easy like multiple choice tests and stuff. But I know for sure that the engineering stats (stats 113) is pretty hard (and boring and kind of useless). There are also some major specific stats courses that some departments offer. I think the EvAnth department offers one every few years, unfortunately my friend tried to get in and couldn’t. It’s supposed to be easy he told me.</p>
<p>Stat 113 for engineers is basically all multiple choice (assuming Dinwoodie still teaches it this upcoming year). It is a very easy class for some, but can be a nightmare for others. The curve (or lack thereof) can be somewhat brutal since some students have very solid statistical background (since Pratt DOES not award AP credit for AP Stat).</p>
<p>I’m a stat minor; I personally thought it was incredibly easy, however I knew a lot of people who complained about the curve of that class.</p>
<p>Yes, Stat 113 is boring and borderline useless.</p>
<p>I’m looking at Duke and Georgetown as my two first choices. My interests lie in politics/economics, so i’m really interesting in “political economy” at Gtown. However, I much prefer the Duke vibe and campus. So to help me chose, i was wondering to what extent the Public Policy major covers politics/IR?</p>
<p>It seems like you’ve introduced a third variable into the equation with the pub pol inquiry, why not think about a double major in polisci and economics? I took a political economy class (within the polisci department) that was outstanding.</p>
<p>thanks SBR! that was really helpful. one more question. I started a thread on this but didn’t get much of a reply. Is doing one major and two minors( as a pre-med) possible within 4 years?</p>
<p>1 major and 2 minors w/ premed is very possible and somewhat easy in Trinity. You’ll just use your biology/neuro requirements for much of premed and many of the general ed requirements for english/dance.</p>
<p>Mzernin- there is no “International Relations” Degree at Duke, however, if you are really interested in it, you can still study it extensively as a Public Policy and Political Science double major. For both majors, you are required to choose a specific “pathway” or course of study for that major since both majors are extremely broad. Therefore, if you look at the curriculum for both majors- Polsci: Choose Pathway D- “International Relations” [Duke</a> University | Political Science: Curriculum](<a href=“http://polisci.duke.edu/undergraduate/major-and-minor/curriculum]Duke”>http://polisci.duke.edu/undergraduate/major-and-minor/curriculum) Pubpol: Choose the “Global Policy” pathway [Undergraduate</a> Program - Sanford School of Public Policy - Pathways](<a href=“http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/pathways.php]Undergraduate”>http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/pathways.php)
In addition, if you’re interested more in global cultural studies rather than just pure political ramifications of international relations, you can also look at Duke’s International Comparative Studies major- [url=<a href=“John Hope Franklin Center | Duke University Center for International and Global Studies”>John Hope Franklin Center | Duke University Center for International and Global Studies]ICS_Home[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch BalllerDuke14 
i’ll definitively look into those links.</p>
<p>snowy: yes, 1 major and 2 minors is very much possible. I graduated BME/premed with a chem minor and was one course away from a bio minor. And that was with all the inflexibilities of an engineering minor and taking only 3 courses for each of the last 3 semesters (though Pratt’s liberal AP policies certainly helped me). Premeds especially can easily do multiple minors because the premed requirements themselves already includes at least 4 chemistry courses and on top of that biochem is highly recommended (and many premed do take it). So that’s a chem minor in the bag, bio is pretty much also the same. You could probably even fit in another minor on top of those two if you wanted to. </p>
<p>So yes, if you choose your classes judiciously and plan ahead it is possible.</p>
<p>^I thought you could only have a total of 3 major/minor/certificates?</p>