Duke University Top Questions

Academics at Duke are pretty ridiculous. It may be because I'm doing Biomedical Engineering, but classes are quite difficult and require a lot of work to do well in. Good thing most students are quite studious here at Duke and work hard. Some of my professors have been much better than others, and because of this I think there should be a better standard for hiring professors, especially in math classes, because the difference between some of my professors has been so huge that it definitely affects my final grade in the class.

rigorous, lots of work outside of class

hard

It is definitely hard as there isn't any grade inflation. Professors expect a ton out of their students which can definitely suck from time to time but in the end provides for a better academic experience.

Academics at Duke are amazing. I've gotten to personally know several professors. I feel like I'm really being prepared for life.

I been readin' books and they's hard

There is a brilliant mix between large lectures and small lectures. Even in the large classes, there is an opportunity for one on one attention so that you never feel like a number defines you. You are defined by your name and not anything else.

I loved my writing 20 this year it was on detective fiction and even though iw asn't able to do all of the reading I ACTUALLY enjoyed the class and the assignments. Physics is so fuckign boring and that class pists me so much because before coming into school I had a huge love for physics but this class has just taken that away from me.

Very challenging, but it should be.

Professors almost always know your name, particularly in Trinity You study a lot intellectual conversations - yes though not as much as I think many would like