HiWei

There's nothing on ratemyprofessors.com about him so he's either relatively new or his students were incredibly apathetic.

antwerp

Dear all,

I'm currently considering between an undergraduate education at Duke or Cornell. I am looking to study either Economics or Public Policy at Duke. At Cornell, I'm considering the AEM program.

Below are some of factors important to me, which I hope will aid in your assessment:

Strength of the programs by their respective schools.

Career opportunities and job placement: As with everyone else, I am keen on entering the banking/finance/consultancy industry.

Academics: I'd prefer if the school did not practice grade deflation, where it is possible for most students to do well without spending all their time studying.

Students: I understand that competition exists in every school. However, I'd prefer collaborative, compete-with-myself competition rather than cutthroat competition. I'd also like to be around students who know how to play and enjoy themselves.

Cohesiveness: I'd like it if the school was not segregated along any lines. I have also heard of negative comments in some schools of the divide between students in fraternities/sororities and those that are not.

Mobility: I wish to have the choice to work and be employed in different parts of the country and possibly overseas.

Much thanks to those who have provided me with advice previously. I would appreciate any additional comments or insights.

Thank you.

antwerp

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cristina89

As a Trinity student, can you take classes in Pratt or in Nicholas? Or can you do research with a professor there? I am particularly interested in research at Nicholas, in topics about environment. Can I do that without majoring in Env Studies or Science?

constantly

I have a few questions about dorm life.

Do the various dorms have particular reputations or is it really all the same?

How prevalent is the inter-dorm competition?

Is it common or uncommon for people to just hang out with the people they live with?

RevDem

Once you live in East Campus for a while, you start to get an air to certain dorms, but they're usually really minor feelings (anyone care to object?).

BellTower gets a lot of smack, cus its the newest and obviously the nicest dorm. Along with Randolph and Blackwell, there doesn't seem to be interdorm mingling because people don't hang out in the common room that much (because they have more than one common room and they have air conditioning), but the main quad dorm seems to have more inter-mingling. I have yet to meet anyone that hangs out exclusively with their own dorm. It really depends on you. I have a good number of friends in my dorm, but I usually hang out with others.

I don't feel there's competition amongst the dorms. I mean, once in a while a couple of people from each dorm will participate in competitions, but after that is over, everything reverts to normal. Even Wilson's constructed rivalry against their across-the-main-quad dorm Giles doesn't seem like anything.