Duke University

Pros: Great Education, Great Education, Great Education
Cons: Check out the availablity of housing

In some ways I think a University really belongs to the under grads. The under grads have the frat houses and the keg parties and they run all over the campus raising hell and having a great time. Don't get me wrong; anyone who is a student at Duke...

Pros: Duke's in the money, growing academic/scientific prestige, sports, sunshine
Cons: Lack of racial diversity, too elitist, boring city

Duke University likes to refer to itself as, "The Harvard of the South." It appears to be a school that is trying to attain the "near-Ivy" status of other estimable institutions such as Stanford, MIT, Hopkins, and Rice (among others). It is also trying ...

Pros: guaranteed 4-year housing
Cons: most rooms are small. Men aren't allowed to live in Cleland

Duke University has an absolutely gorgeous campus that must be seen in person to be believed. Take a walk around West Campus and you'll be overwhelmed by the majesty of its neo-Gothic architecture. At one end of the quad is the Clock Tower, which...

Pros: outstanding academics, beautiful campus, nice part of the country, DUKE BASKETBALL
Cons: expensive, social life needs improvement

It's no secret that Duke is highly regarded for its academics. I believe it's currently ranked #7 overall by US News & World Report. Just a few years ago, it was ranked #3, tied with Harvard. In fact, Duke is often called the Harvard of the South....

Pros: Cameron Indoor Stadium, strong Duke tradition of excellence, Coach K, great ACC competition
Cons: tickets are impossible to get if you're not a current student or a sickeningly-rich alum

If not for its academics, Duke is most famous for its men's basketball team. The Duke Blue Devils won the National Championship in '91 and '92, becoming the first team to accomplish back-to-back titles since John Wooden's legendary reign at UCLA during...

Pros: good academics and sports
Cons: none

Ma oh Ma!!! what a great school. its the bomb, like i said. first of all, if you want to go to a school that has phat babes, good academics, and sweet hoops, this is the place to be. Dont even get me started on the campus. Tight as hell my friend....

Pros: social student body, amazing academics, Division I sports, great campus/weather
Cons: nothing

I'm about to enter my senior year at Duke, and I can honestly say that I have never regretted my decision to come here. I can't think of a school (except Stanford, perhaps) that combines such incredibly strong academics, a phenomenal campus, Division I...

Pros: none
Cons: no money for int'ls, other restrictions also

My gripe with financial aid at Duke is that if you're an international student, you won't get any at all! Barring any scholarships, there's no way for foreign students to get any money from the school. I don't understand all the red tape around that,...

Pros: Small classes (if you are not premed) and cool campus
Cons: expensive, housing is bad if you don't join a frat or "living group" and people get annoying sometimes

Do you believe in the lie? What lie, you ask? The lie that if you go to a top tier school you are guaranteed greener pastures in the near future. Well, I believed that lie, and decided to come to Duke.

At first, I started off as a biomedical...

Pros: Tremendous growth and substantial international input
Cons: none

Terry Sanford, affectionately known to us as Uncle Terry (God rest his soul), had the foresight, ambition, and connections to make Duke University into an internationally acclaimed school. When I attended Duke, the basketball team was just beginning to...

Pros: Good education, great basketball!!
Cons: Private and expensive

For those of you who don't know, the Cameron Crazies are the students who attend Duke's basketball games, and let me tell you, they are CRAZY!! For a few years now Duke has been moving up in the academic rankings because it is now attracting a higher...

Pros: Close to 9th Street, dorm solidarity, big rooms/hallways
Cons: Distance (FAR)

If you're a freshman heading to Duke, your dorm is automatically selected so you won't have the choice of changing the selection, but hopefully you can become better prepared as to what to expect!

As a freshman, you probably know that you are...

Pros: As much variety as can be reasonably expected in a school this size.
Cons: Some gaps in matching offerings to student interest.

I was reviewing my c.v. the other day and felt a bit empty. Had I failed to take full advantage of all the opportunities available to me? In high school I was president of clubs x, y, and z and captain of this team and that team. In college, I...

Pros: solid academically, great weather
Cons: no social life, have to make your own fun

As a freshman at Duke in the fall of 1996, I was extremely excited about the college experience that lay before me. Throughout the 80's and 90's Duke was touted as a "Work Hard, Play Hard" institution, in which students were talented and...

Pros: Healthy, Choices are Plenty
Cons: Can't Miss Meals, Not Available on Weekends

Freshmen will eat most of their meals at The Marketplace, which I personally enjoy, but many people grow tired of it quickly. As part of your meal plan, you get breakfasts and dinners prepaid so that all you have to do is swipe your card to get in. The...