Questions For Current Duke Students?

<p>and missing a few basketball games... ;)</p>

<p>but not the BIG ones :)</p>

<p>You're right mafool! But S1 decided early on that Pratt + basketball meant no study abroad during the school year for him. He actually didn't want to anyway, though we encouraged it. D went to England for her whole Junior year, and loved it! I think it's a great thing to do, and hope S2 will plan for it!</p>

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I've heard that the bio/chem/science intro courses are hard and that the curve in all science courses is tough (B-/C+).</p>

<p>At the moment I want to do premed. Last year I got a 5 on the AP Chem test and I signed up to take the AP Bio test next week. Do you think I should take the AP Bio test and use these APs to get out of intro courses? Or do you think I should just forget about taking AP Bio and take the intro courses so that I get a good foundation for other pre med requirements and medical school?

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<p>I would use the credit. Class will be boring if you've already had the material and will generally just not be worth it in the long run. I used credit to get out of Chem 21/22 and Calc 31/32 and haven't regretted it for a second--allowed me to take classes these past two semesters that I otherwise would not have been able to and, if it's easy As you're looking for, there are other classes that would serve that function better. Most of my friends who took classes that they already had AP credit in actually did worse because they felt like they already knew the material and didn't study as much for the exams, which resulted in worse grades.</p>

<p>I'm looking at math courses...
has anyone had Prof. Paul Aspinwall or know anything about him?</p>

<p>thanks:)</p>

<p>There's nothing on ratemyprofessors.com about him so he's either relatively new or his students were incredibly apathetic.</p>

<p>Dear all,</p>

<p>I'm currently considering between an undergraduate education at Duke or Cornell. I am looking to study either Economics or Public Policy at Duke. At Cornell, I'm considering the AEM program.</p>

<p>Below are some of factors important to me, which I hope will aid in your assessment:</p>

<p>Strength of the programs by their respective schools.</p>

<p>Career opportunities and job placement: As with everyone else, I am keen on entering the banking/finance/consultancy industry.</p>

<p>Academics: I'd prefer if the school did not practice grade deflation, where it is possible for most students to do well without spending all their time studying.</p>

<p>Students: I understand that competition exists in every school. However, I'd prefer collaborative, compete-with-myself competition rather than cutthroat competition. I'd also like to be around students who know how to play and enjoy themselves.</p>

<p>Cohesiveness: I'd like it if the school was not segregated along any lines. I have also heard of negative comments in some schools of the divide between students in fraternities/sororities and those that are not.</p>

<p>Mobility: I wish to have the choice to work and be employed in different parts of the country and possibly overseas.</p>

<p>Much thanks to those who have provided me with advice previously. I would appreciate any additional comments or insights.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p>

<p>As a Trinity student, can you take classes in Pratt or in Nicholas? Or can you do research with a professor there? I am particularly interested in research at Nicholas, in topics about environment. Can I do that without majoring in Env Studies or Science?</p>

<p>I have a few questions about dorm life. </p>

<p>Do the various dorms have particular reputations or is it really all the same? </p>

<p>How prevalent is the inter-dorm competition? </p>

<p>Is it common or uncommon for people to just hang out with the people they live with?</p>

<p>Once you live in East Campus for a while, you start to get an air to certain dorms, but they're usually really minor feelings (anyone care to object?).</p>

<p>BellTower gets a lot of smack, cus its the newest and obviously the nicest dorm. Along with Randolph and Blackwell, there doesn't seem to be interdorm mingling because people don't hang out in the common room that much (because they have more than one common room and they have air conditioning), but the main quad dorm seems to have more inter-mingling. I have yet to meet anyone that hangs out exclusively with their own dorm. It really depends on you. I have a good number of friends in my dorm, but I usually hang out with others.</p>

<p>I don't feel there's competition amongst the dorms. I mean, once in a while a couple of people from each dorm will participate in competitions, but after that is over, everything reverts to normal. Even Wilson's constructed rivalry against their across-the-main-quad dorm Giles doesn't seem like anything.</p>