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Can someone tell me more about Duke? I've read a little about it, but from an insider's viewpoint or from those who have visited it. Thanks-

By Parentofteen (Parentofteen) on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 08:27 am: Edit

Very beautiful Gothic style campus! Extremely competitive admissions process!!! Middle range of SATs between 1360-1520 . . . 199 kids with 1600s applied there last year and many of those were not accepted! Undergrad enrollment = about 6,000 . . . Two campuses: East(older) and West . . . commuter buses run every four minutes between the two campuses since all freshman live on East campus, yet many of their classes are on West campus . . . $40,000 per year!!!! . . . No credit given for APs in fulfilling basic undergrad requirements, but APs can be used as elective credit. . . pretty stringent undergrad requirements. . .

What else do you want to know? My daughter is applying to Duke ED, and we have visited it once. We will also be attending NC/SC Day there next weekend. Only 14% of the students are from NC/SC, by the way.

If you are from the Carolinas, you may want to register for NC/SC Day. They will specifically outline all scholarships available to area students on that occasion.

By Tsdad (Tsdad) on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 08:40 am: Edit

The best think about Duke is that it's not far from Chapel Hill.

By Tennizpro06 (Tennizpro06) on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 04:51 pm: Edit

What's chapel hill? Also, what I meant to ask was what sort of students excel there? What sorts of programs/majors is it particularly famous for, etc.

By Tsdad (Tsdad) on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 08:40 pm: Edit

www.unc.edu

By Steffen321 (Steffen321) on Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 02:40 am: Edit

One of the best schoolS in America: Excellent academics. Nice campus. Town too small.