<p>I was thinking about applying here (if I don't get into my ED school) but one of my friends showed me this website called Juicy Campus and it seems that people are way too obsessed with a 'select group' of people on Duke's campus. Is this really what all people care about?
Most of the people I know who are really interested in or are attending Duke around my area are pretty obsessed with social status themselves. I thought that was done with for most people in high school. Is this representative of Duke's social scene? Or is it only about 5% of the student body and no one else really cares?</p>
<p>My S attends and has never mentioned that as an issue. I am sure there are students whom social status does matter, but that is true at all schools...look for it the legacies in the Ivies if that is where you are ED. From what my S says there are a lot of interesting kids there and you find the ones you want to hang out with. I would say that my S is there to do well and hangs with an eclectic mix of kids and pretentious kids are not an issue to him at all. Social status really only matters if you care about it.</p>
<p>That juicy campus is so juvenile and stupid. It's embarrassing that the posters go to Duke and that it turns away possible applicants. Obviously the website is representative of some people here, but many others are very different also.</p>
<p>I agree with the aboves. It's embarassing and not a true representation of campus at all. Most people here are open, diverse, interesting, and wonderful people.</p>
<p>The 5% of students mentioned on that site are the ones still posting on it. And who really wants to associate with them?</p>
<p>As a current student, I don't know a single person who still EVER visits that site.</p>
<p>Your comments reassure me that going to Duke won't suck- if I get in that is, lol.
I still plan to apply if I don't get into Columbia.
Thank you!</p>
<p>not even 5%. only time i ever went on that site was when someone told me my name was on it. from what i hear its just a few misguided freshman posting nowadays.</p>
<p>Since when did caring about social status become a bad thing? I would agree that most students aren't concerned with it though. The exception might be the people in the top fraternities and sororities or those who aspire to be in them. I wouldn't be too worries about finding a niche. The student body overall is very friendly.</p>
<p>if you look up any of the Ivies on juicy campus, they look just as bad. juicy campus shows the worst side of every school, not just duke.</p>
<p>As a Duke freshman, I think I speak for a number of us when I say we treat the website as a joke. Nothing is taken seriously on the website. </p>
<p>Fun fact: the creator of Juicy Campus is a Duke alumnus. THAT is no joke.</p>
<p>Please Please Please convince me that Duke is not going to be like what i've heard!
i just read an article about the parties and the social chaos that goes on at duke! is this true?!
Please im applying to Duke ED and unfortunately i did not see this stuff until it was too late
Besides this nonsense, Duke attracts me so much!</p>
<p>What article did you read, swimg907?</p>
<p>Eh, Juicy Campus is the one of extreme ends of what the Duke social scene is like, but it definitely does exist. No one can deny the large Greek/social climbing presence at Duke. Almost 40% of students are Greek. That being said, even most Greeks aren't like that, and there are still plenty of other people outside of that 40%.</p>
<p>swimg907, if you read the Rolling Stone article, let me tell you that only applies to a small percentage of people at Duke. No one uses the term the "Duke 500" or any of that crap. Some of my friends at Duke don't even know the names of the top fraternities or sororities on campus. I am Greek and don't care much for social climbing- I joined a fraternity because I enjoy being with the people in it not because I thought it would boost my 'social status'.</p>
<p>Rolling Stone sucks for that. When I was a junior, I read that article and was turned off by Duke a little bit until I actually visited and saw that most people there didn't give a crap about that sort of stuff.</p>