Duke University Top Questions

My classmates are/were brilliant, hard-working, inspiring, and eager to learn.

My classmates are driven, passionate, and creative.

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My classmates from Duke became some of my best life-long friends.

My classmates are highly motivated, highly capable individuals who tend to be quite goal-oriented while also looking out for the best interests of others.

They are amazing

The students here are diverse, diverse in race/ethnicity, culture, socio-economic status, work ethic, personality, religion, drinking behaviors, sexuality and overall background. Some people who attend Duke are natural born geniuses who do not need to study for an exam more than the night before and still receive an A, while others are hard workers whose phenomenal grades depend on how many nights they put into studying. You'll meet people who blow your mind when you come here, but you won't know the extent of what they accomplished until you've known them for over a year. Most people here are modest when it comes to what they have done, but you also will meet people who honestly just bother you. You will not get along with everyone you meet at Duke, but you'll find your friends faster than you think.

Duke boasts one of the most diverse student bodies among all colleges in the US. All the social minorities: African-American and Latino students, LGBT students, the socio-economically disadvantaged (such as myself) are all very well represented on campus. The LGBT centre on campus is particularly active with a lot of events. And their T-shirt -- “Love = Love” -- can be very easily spotted. The two most popular ways students dress themselves would be: the preppy type with shirts, khakis, and boat shoes and the Californian type with T-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops, due to the fact that they are the two best represented groups on campus. However, there are many more than two dressing styles that students exhibit here as the campus is really diverse. One of the stereotypes associated with Duke would be racial segregation. And from my experiences so far, this is simply not true. I personally have friends that are off Caucasian, Asian, Indian and African descents and this is definitely the norm here. There may be some extent of segregation within the international students from Asia but even then they have a fair amount of interactions with the rest of the campus. As to be expected from any elite private school, the upper-middle class and above is the most prevalent financial background here. A survey conducted this year shows that one third of the student population came from families that earn $300000 or more per year. With that said, the socio-economically disadvantaged are still very well represented here with Duke’s generous financial aid program. And as a member of the said group myself, I do not feel separated from the more well-off students at all. Politics-wise, the students here are very active, which is expected at a school where political science and public policy are two of the most popular majors. A perfect example would be the (very) recent passing of the Amendment One, which banned same-sex marriages in the state of North Carolina. The student groups at Duke very actively campaigned against the amendment and encouraged all the students to vote. Even though the Amendment One was eventually passed with 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the votes in favor of it, the Durham county was won by the opposers, which perfectly demonstrates both Duke students’ openness of mind and political awareness/activeness.

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