<p>Is anyone doing it?! Do u think it's worthy?</p>
<p>I'm going to be honest, most of this post is me copying and pasting from a post I did last year. But I wanted to expand on it, so I modified the post instead of pasting a link. I did BUILD as a freshman, crew led last year, and will be crew leading again this year.</p>
<p>In my opinion, doing the program was the best choice I made in coming to Duke. I met so many people through it, and I got to serve the community. You are split up into crews of eight; three crew leaders and five crewlets. Basically, the program is eight days long, and each day you go to two different service sites for ~three hours each. After this, you have dinner with the entire group and then get to take part in some activity (for example, we did bowling, we went to a Durham Bulls game, we did a scavenger hunt, etc.). After that, you break off into crews again and hold interviews. What this means is that each night one person in the crew gets to tell his/her life story, and he/she gets as much time as he/she wants to do so. After the story has been told, the rest of the crew is allowed to ask questions. Now, on a normal night, these interviews begin no earlier than midnight, they usually take about 3 hours, and you have to get up at 9:00 every morning, so people can get pretty sleep deprived. Due to this, questions end up going from "how did this event in your life make you feel?" on the first few nights to "if you could be any species of cactus, which would you be and why?"</p>
<p>If there are any more questions about the program, I'd be more than happy to field them.</p>
<p>wow thanks seahorse! the project seems awesome.. the only problem is that if I decide to do project bulid, I'll miss the international orient. Luckily I have some days still to think about it. Thank u so much for ur post again!</p>
<p>You should register ASAP since the programs fill up really fast...I already registered a few hours after they opened registration...you might want to get on that.</p>
<p>Gotta say, I don't think I have ever heard anyone speak negatively about a PBUILD experience.</p>