<p>In Trinity, there is no limit. Things are a little trickier in Pratt I believe.</p>
<p>Not at all, Pratt’s AP policy is more liberal than Trinity’s. Pratt will grant you up to 2 AP Credits in humanities and unlimited credits in everything else to count towards graduation. The only notable exception is stats which gives placement only (which you don’t really need). Any APs you have in humanities beyond 2 will count for placement only.</p>
<p>What’s the easiest Writing 20 class to take? I understand that there are different topics that are easier than others but I want to take the easiest one possible.</p>
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<p>I took Coral Reefs (4 years ago) which was pretty easy. 2 short papers (<5 pages) and 1 long-ish one (<20 pages I think) and a group presentation. And you are allowed rewrites. It was with Prof Vidra if she’s still around, really nice lady.</p>
<p>Don’t the Writing 20s change every year depending on who’s available to teach and what they want to teach?</p>
<p>Yes, although I get the feeling the topics change more than the lecturers. The profs certainly rotate, but there is some continuity in that respect.</p>
<p>Are there any cute girls at Duke? I have heard that UNC is much better in this category and its a big part of my college decision haha. Also, if I am pre-med, what advantage is there to attending duke as opposed to a school of lesser academic stature where I could get a NMF full-ride? Will it help me that much with getting into med school or in other ways?</p>
<p>@vinnyg3, nope. Every single girl is ugly. You’ll be the only good looking kid on campus.</p>
<p>Is that a serious question?</p>
<p>What are the requiremnts for incoming freshmen: writting and seminar or just one writting or seminar course? What are the known easiest writting/seminar classes? What are the easiest classes you can take as a freshman?</p>
<p>Does one can recommend a teacher for Econ 51 and Math 104?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>All freshmen are required to take a writing 20 course. In addition, all trinity students must take a seminar during freshmen year. So if you are in trinity you are required to take 2 courses.</p>
<p>And isn’t there a foreign language requirement? One language for 3 semesters? Or until you get above the 100 level.</p>
<p>Also, I was actually wondering what you guys did in terms of your roommate situation your first year. Did you do a random roommate or find somone on Facebook? And if you do a random roommate, do you get their name prior to school starting so you can coordinate with them in terms of bringing things like refrigerators, microwaves, etc?</p>
<p>For Trinity, you need 3 semesters of a foreign language or one class at the 100-level, but you don’t necessarily need to start on this your first semester.</p>
<p>I chose to let Duke pair me with a random roommate. Fortunately it worked out well, I roomed with him for 2 years and with the same group of friends for another year after that. </p>
<p>You’ll get your roommate questionnaire around midsummer and your room+roommate assignment late July IIRC. Then, if there are any problems with either the room or the roommate you can request a reassignment which will be announce early august or so I think.</p>
<p>I am an International student from Bangladesh. I was wondering about the wellness dorms. Since I don’t drink or smoke and prefer to have quality quiet study time for a major portion of the day, I pretty much liked the idea of the wellness living. However, the following are swerving my mind:</p>
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<li><p>I have heard that the wellness dorms have an overwhelming majority of Asians. Moreover, it is considered most suitable for girls (btw, I am straight guy…O.O ! ) and a major percentage of the residents are girls. Is this the case really? Does it have a significantly smaller number of Americans and Europeans? Are the boys such minority there that one can have a hard time finding groups of guys for hanging out and fun-time?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a strong stigma associated with it, as considered by students from the other dorms? Are there serious derision, contempt and teasing? So much so that it gets hard to socialize and befriend people of the other dorms?</p></li>
<li><p>Can the wellness dorm people not attend parties or hang out outside Brown till late in the night?</p></li>
<li><p>Are there other rules and regulations to abide by that tends to make life very restricted or confined? </p></li>
<li><p>Do the Wellness student community not have fun and enjoyment among themselves? Is the cohesion, unity and amiability pleasant enough?</p></li>
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<p>I would highly appreciate if, in addition to answering these questions, you could provide me your view of the various pros and cons of the wellness dorms and whether you think (I would love your justification, if u feel like including it) I should go for it?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I can’t say much about the wellness dorm because I wasn’t in one and I’m sure it has its advantages. But speaking as someone who lived in a regular dorm on east, it’s pretty quiet most of the time. During the time, most of the people will be on west so there’s not much going on and at night and on weekends most people go elsewhere to party like on west or off campus (shooters) because East is a dry campus and it mostly stays that way. So really, it’s not like a zoo or anything.</p>
<p>Since no one throws parties on East, noise would depend on your roommate and neighbors more than which dorm you live in.</p>
<p>would it be advisable to send SAT II scores even though you already plan on sending ACT scores? Would a good SAT II help anyways, even though it wouldn’t be required anymore?</p>
<p>Thanks for the answer about the roommate situation. 
Ok, I have a question now about financial aid…I don’t know if you’ll be able to help or not. I heard apparently Duke lowers the need based aid they give to applicants if you recieve outside scholarships. First of all: is this true? The reason why I’m asking is because I’ve gotten $7,000 in outside scholarships, but I’m getting a lot of good need-based aid from Duke. My EFC according to them is like $20,000 we’ll have to pay. There’s another $2,000 scholarship I was selected to interview for but I don’t know if it’s worth it or not because I don’t want Duke to lower my need-based aid…my parents said they can pay the $20,000 no problem at all, I just don’t want them to raise it after additional scholarships. Any suggests?</p>
<p>Outside scholarships don’t affect EFC until both need-based loans, grants, and work study is taken care of first. The order is, I think, loans -> work study -> grants -> EFC. It sucks, but that’s the way it is.</p>