<p>is the tuition at duke locked in for all 4 years? or does it change every year as the Duke decides it?</p>
<p>Alright, I made a thread on this, but I wasn’t getting good replies.</p>
<p>How popular is Duke in America?..World? Is it comparable to Ivy Leagues? The lower ivies like Cornell, or upper ivies like Yale?</p>
<p>if i’m in trinity but my roommate is in pratt, would it be hard for us to hang out a lot or grab lunch because of schedule differences? i get the vibe that the pratt program is strict in terms of what classes you take and just the schedule in general.</p>
<p>ernesto11: Duke does not lock in tuition all 4 years, it increases every year. Fortunately, your financial aid budget also increases with tuition. </p>
<p>hilary11: it’s not hard at all, I have lunch with my trinity friends all the time, usually after classes that we share. While Pratt definitely has it’s own set of classes, the majority of classes engineers take are actually in trinity since major specific classes only account for 1/3 of the pratt curriculum.</p>
<p>hiltzation - there are pianos in pretty much every freshman dorm. the practice rooms in biddle (the music building) are also open to all duke students.</p>
<p>Hey! I was just wondering if someone with just a 95 Unweighted Gpa would be a good candidate for Duke, GPA wise.
ps- I have taken really hard classes (a yr ahead)</p>
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<p>The Community Standard is about honor at Duke. It has nothing to do with your senior year grades. :)</p>
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<p>To be honest, I like Durham. It has an incredible restaurant scene and a pretty good arts scene. It’s a pretty cosy town.</p>
<p>In terms of safety, I have never felt unsafe on campus, even when walking around at 3 or 4 in the morning. There are a LOT of precautions made to make sure you aren’t hurt. But yeah common sense doesn’t hurt either.</p>
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<p>1) When choosing schools, food was an important factor. Duke won 
I like how there’s a lot of variety on campus and how you don’t have to eat at the same place everyday. We’re kind of spoiled as well, as we have a delivery system called Merchants on Points where you can use your Duke money and get food delivered to you anywhere on campus from both on- and off-campus eateries. I’m not just talking pizza and stuff, but sushi, Indian food, gourmet salads, Mediterranean food, Mexican food, Chinese food, ribs, etcetcetcc.</p>
<p>2) Durham is a suburb. FARR from rural. </p>
<p>3) You can have a car if you want, but you really don’t need it. Most people here don’t have cars. Parking is pretty convenient on east, not bad on west.</p>
<p>4) Best dorm = Bell Tower. It’s an effing hotel on the inside, no joke. haha.</p>
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<p>1) Duke is not easy, but it’s not impossible. Duke has a very special “work hard, play hard” balance to it, and that’s really what makes it special. There is a +/- system. Grading can be found here: [Calculating</a> Grade Point Average - Office of the University Registrar, Duke University](<a href=“http://registrar.duke.edu/registrar/studentpages/student/gpa.html]Calculating”>http://registrar.duke.edu/registrar/studentpages/student/gpa.html)</p>
<p>2) This really depends a lot on the class. Many classes are curved. I think someone else answered this but if they didn’t answer it to your liking, then let me know and I’ll try to fill in the gaps haha.</p>
<p>3) Core science classes vary. My freshman year orgo class was around 50 people. I have had classes that range from 2 to 150 people. 75% of classes at Duke are 25 students or fewer, so you’ll rarely encounter a large class. </p>
<p>As a freshman you’re required to take two classes: Writing 20 and a seminar. Writing 20 classes are capped at 12 and seminars are capped at 18, so you’ll be guaranteed small classes beginning freshman year. :)</p>
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<p>Duke likes to try and practice grade normalization, meaning not inflation or deflation. A recent study showed that there has actually grade INFLATION at Duke over the years, but it’s been minimal.</p>
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<p>Wilson gym on West is probably one of the best gyms I’ve seen in my life. It’s got pretty much anything you can ask for and then some, so no worries. :)</p>
<p>There’s a lot of random fitness classes that go on in Wilson. Also, there are intramural sports, for-fun sports organizations, etc. Duke’s student body is pretty active. The nice weather helps. :)</p>
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<p>Look here:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/881634-duke-students-colleges-dukes-peers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/881634-duke-students-colleges-dukes-peers.html</a></p>
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<p>Nope, not hard at all. I’m in Trinity, and have some very good friends in Pratt. There’s not really a divide between the two undergraduate schools.</p>
<p>would you guys recommend a single’s or double’s dorm? are people living by themselves isolated from the social scene?</p>
<p>I have not yet applied, but will next year, but how is the physics department at Duke? How do you like the pre med program?</p>
<p>How is the prelaw curriculum? Is it very competitive? Also why is it that Stanford is the biggest campus, but Duke says it has 8,610 acres while Stanford only has 8,110? Does Duke have seperate campuses?</p>
<p>Yikes. never seen anyone compare acres before! Can we just say that Stanford’s campus is altogether wonderful and so is Duke’s? Duke has a stunning campus. Yes, the original Trinity College, a gentle Georgian red brick campus with a center domed building…has had many purposes since the Gothic Campus was built. Now it is East Campus and it houses all Duke freshmen with its own dining hall and gym and library. A shuttle runs constantly between Duke’s West Gothic campus and East and Central. </p>
<p>Prelaw is not really a curriculum. You can major in anything and get into law school with a high GPA and a high LSAT. Law school websites often show the list of students’ majors in undergrad if you want to peruse the variety.</p>
<p>Is there a rock wall and club sports? or is it all Varsity or JV? Also, are there a lot of research opportunities?</p>
<p>Would Duke ever consider matching a financial aid package from a different school?
On Duke’s website, they do make it quite clear that they do not “negotiate,” but, in practice, could there be any exceptions?</p>
<p>@doberhound1, there is a rock wall in the gym, don’t know about club. plenty of research opportunity.
@moosemaster3000, they don’t ‘match’ but if you email them about your intent to attend and perhaps mention the more competitive package/or extraordinary familial financial situation not reflected on FAFSA, they can probably do something.
@vitaminc22, I would recommend double for all freshmen, and no
@all, Duke doesn’t deflate grades. Most premed, intro science classes, some engineering are B- average with 1 std of the student getting A- or above (thats what the prof say, but in reality, probably 20-25% get A’s). The non-[science/math/econ/whatever just think logically, anything that could be considered useful/hard] classes usually have B+ to A- averages.</p>