SBR

Yes, Biosci and Soc/Psych are both on west campus, it's probably a 10 minute walk at leisure pace. You could either walk up to the main quad from behind the chapel, turn left and walk to soc/psych, or you could walk up science dr. and cut through the engineering quad to get there.

sitk

ok, reading that previous message, i just check the locations for some of my classes and from ECON51D to MATH32 lectures on three days of the week, i have to go from Bryan Center to Carr Building, in 20 minutes. That's West to East right? Will that be too tight and will I need to find an alternative class schedule? There is a Math 32 class that's an hour later, which would be a better option i think, but i've already enrolled and all Math 32 classes are full now. Any ideas?

duke500

I think you'll be fine. I had a similar situation to this my freshman year and it was a little bit tight, but worked out fine.

loveduke22

You will all be fine, in my opinion. I mean, it would suck if you had those 20 minute breaks everyday, but 2-3 days a week of hustling between classes is something you'll get used to. Just walk fast, waste no time getting on the first bus you see, and walk fast to your next destination. I've done Gross Chem (believe me...it's far...they don't really use it at all for class anymore) to Carr in 20, Biosci to Carr in 20, Soch/Psych to Carr in 20. In fact, sometimes I'd walk from Soch/Psych to my car in the back of the Blue Zone, drive to East, park a block off East Campus, and still make it (keep in mind this professor was generally about 10 minutes late...but anyone who's spent some time walking to the Blue Zone knows this is a hike and probably stupid, but hey, I did it anyway)

lildeviljt

how difficult is it to switch majors rom the school of the arts to the prat school of engineering; im am curently an undeclared freshman in the trinity school, but i am considerin to major in biomedical engineer; wat shuld i do??

SBR

not difficult at all, it's as simple as filling out some paper work. Pratt will welcome you with open arms seeing as how the flow of transferees is usually in the reverse direction.

If you are seriously about switching to engineering though, I would suggest that you sign up for the engineering requirements such as EGR53 and math and such so that you don't fall behind. It's usually recommended that you hold off the transfer until the second semester.

loveduke22

From what I've heard you generally have to have take SOME math/science and IDEALLY EGR53 at Duke, and done well. It's a rigorous program, and I think Pratt wants to see that you're dedicated to working hard/finishing the program, as opposed to looking for an easy route to employment.

My advice would be to email the department and see what they suggest. They might urge you to take EGR53, or might suggest just Math 103/Gen Chem or something. But I don't think you can blindly switch into Pratt with no proven track record.

duke500

False.

True.

Duke University | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences : Academic requirements

SriverFX

Actually a lot of Pratt kids transfer to Trinity. I've heard around 1 out of 3 Pratt kids eventually do.

duke500

Yep, more kids transfer from Pratt to Trinity. Transferring from Trinity to Pratt is more difficult, though, and happens much less often.

SBR

How is what I said false? The flow of tranferees is much higher in the reverse direction (meaning from Pratt into Trinity). Also, this is assuming that the person has taken some math/science and EGR53. I can't see many situations where the transfer would be denied.

As for transferring from Trinity in Pratt, is it not inherently difficult from a bureaucratic standpoint. What makes it difficult is the rigid requirements and the curriculum that Pratt has. Unless the trinity student has taken those courses, transferring into Pratt and finishing on time is a challenge. But the transfer itself is just some paperwork and maybe approval from the advisor.

Speaking of the challenges of transferring into Pratt, a freshmen would have a much easier time since they just started and have plenty of time left to do the requirements and won't have so many grades to "scrutinize"

duke500

Sorry SBR, didn't mean it as an attack.

I think Pratt scrutinizes your high school grades and scores as well. Someone who scored (relatively) low on the Math/Science SATIIs but high on History/English or did not take many advanced math or science classes in high school could be rejected from Pratt.

I transferred from Pratt to Trinity myself and was told that it's much easier to take the course I did than try to transfer from Trinity to Pratt.

Hope that helps explain it better.

HiWei

I agree with SBR about transfers from Trinity to Pratt. The main reason, I believe, that there are relatively fewer transfers is because the Pratt curriculum is so preset so that your whole schedule is basically set when you matriculate. Moving to Pratt even after one year would mean you would have to make up those courses and that means compacting that many core classes into the same semesters.

But for those of you who are thinking about it... know that it is definitely possible and reasonable to do if you really want to and can plan ahead well.

noobcake

And also note that you don't have to take Pratt (or Trinity requirement) if you are in Pratt (Trinity) the first year with approval. So you can skip out of Eng 53 or Seminar if you intend on transferring at the beginning of next year.

More transfer out of Pratt than in from Trinity (quite a few with lower math/science scores while applying for Pratt/Duke)

adrivit

How hard is it to live without a phone, atleast for the first year?