<p>I read that Duke is very "self-segregating" and the people there aren't "one big happy family". Is that a true statement?</p>
<p>yes .</p>
<p>^Lol, says a non-Dukie. No - Duke is UNIQUE in the sense that there is a feel of one big community. May I ask where you read that?</p>
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<p>I don’t think you can really say “yes” or “no” in an objective fashion. Relative to some other schools, yes, Duke is clique-y; relative to other ones, no Duke is not clique-y. I mean, you’re going to find your niche and have a group of friends that you usually hang out around.</p>
<p>I think self-segregation does occur a lot. Whether it’s disproportionately more here than at other places, I’m not sure.</p>
<p>The problem with “Is Duke <em>blank</em>?” questions is that there isn’t really any one thing that Duke is. There is no “Duke community”, but there are myriad communities within Duke. Some of those communities are very diverse and others are not (this also depends on what you mean by diversity: are you talking about race, gender, sexual orientation, communities of only students, communities of only Americans, etc.). No student here is in just one community. Further, Duke doesn’t manufacture its communities, its people do. So if you come here it’s going to be largely up to you to create a community that you’ll be happy to be a part of. Don’t think that “Duke” is going to stop you…“Duke”, in that sense, doesn’t exist.</p>
<p>That’s right. Duke is made up. It’s the term that refers to the “place” where the group of people who live there live. less mind, and more matter.</p>