<p>Just got accepted into Duquesne's business school (undergrad)! I visited the school this summer and was really impressed by the campus, but because it was in the summer, the school was dead. Any current students, or parents of students have any thoughts on the college they'd like to share? I currently feel indifferent about the school. So any impressions on the school would be great!</p>
<p>We attended the September open house. I was very impressed with their over-arching mission, and their apparent dedication to it. It seemed like more than just lip service. Also, was impressed with how the Honors program sounded. DS felt a little closed-in by the closeness of the campus, but is applying there.</p>
<p>D is a freshman and is very happy with her choice. She has a group of friends, and says that there is always a lot to do. The majority of students come from the Western PA area, but there are so many students that she has not found that students only stay with friends from high school. One of her best friends is an international student. They do have a “happy bus” that takes kids to the South Side for partying and the Duq students go to parties at Pitt or Carnegie Mellon. D has gone to a few Pitt parties and has made two new Pitt friends, but D thinks the Duq students are much friendlier overall. She also said that Pitt students sometimes turn up their noses at Duq students, which is funny since D turned down Pitt. She just liked the supportive atmosphere at Duq better. In the admitted student meetings related to her major, she felt that the Professors really wanted to know their students. She also met many upperclassmen who told her that they loved Duq (and she really tried to get them to give her the bad side of the school).</p>
<p>My other kids have gone to large public schools, and I agree that Duq offers a slightly different experience. For ex., I’ve been invited to a parents’ tea and I was able to register for the same “weekly events” email that is sent to all of the freshmen to tell them what activities are going to be available in the coming week: for ex., a bus to a movie complex ($6 for transportation plus ticket to any movie), crafts and free food, recent movie with free food, dance, sports events, etc. There’s enough to keep them busy, but not a huge number of activities that would interfere with studies.</p>
<p>On the negative side, D has found her freshman semester classes to be much easier than she expected, she has one tenured professor who has been really profane, and she hasn’t found access to hard-science research that could offer student opportunities to help (unlike Pitt). She also has found it surprisingly hard to sign up to register to volunteer at the hospital next door to Duq. On the negative side for me, she’s come home more than I expected. It’s too easy for her to come home for a few hours to do laundry or to do a WalMart run LOL.</p>
<p>Ok great insight, thank you very much!!! I currently go to a rigorous catholic highschool near Chicago, with approx. 2000 students, so decently large for a private highschool. I feel that Duq is the perfect size for a college, its not quite as small but its not very big either. I feel that with Duq though you definitely get the small school feel with the closed campus. The only thing I am worried about is that Ive read that many students go home on the weekends because they live near Pitt, and I would be living quite far from home so trips home would be very slim. Good to hear though, I applied to Pitt as well and Im hoping to hear from them in a few weeks.</p>
<p>Not that many people go home on weekends really. Freshman year they do at the beginning but once October comes most people stay at school. I’m a senior, and now most people just stay on weekends.</p>
<p>Occasionally there are weekends where it seems like EVERYONE goes home (for example, the weekend before halloween since we don’t have a fall break everyone seemed to have gone home). But other than that, it stays pretty populated.</p>