MissPrint2006

Hi! I'm an incoming freshman. I've never had a personal checking account before, but I need to set one up this summer because I got a job.

I'm just wondering which bank students usually use to set up their accounts? I'm hoping that I can just set up an account this summer that I can use in the fall, too.

How do Duke students usually manage their money, anyway? There's some sort of card, right? My step-brother who goes to UNC (yeah, I know) has something called a "One" card that he uses. What's the Duke equivalent of that, and can you tie it to a checking account?

dalaboy

I am from california and we don't have wachovia here, so I set up mine with bank america. I think there is only one atm, and it is wachovia on east campus but on west they have all sort of different atms. But for bank of america, there is branch about 10 minutes walk away from east campus in Northgate shopping mall.
On campus you will probably mostly use your flex and food accounts

Novah

You'll use your DukeCard for just about everything on campus. It's tied to food points, your flex account (where you deposit money and it remains there all four years that you're there, no weird charges on it or anything, and you use it for just about everything on campus), and dorm/door access. It's pretty much everything except your room key (which you should NOT attach to your DukeCard. What if you lost it? Then some creepy person has both your photo AND your room key. Baaaaaad idea.)

bandcampgirl

Haha, err, totally guilty of punching a hole in my DukeCard and attaching it to the keyring with my room key, bathroom key, and mailbox key. They yell at us all the time not to do that, but everyone I know totally did. It's just so much easier. Just don't lose that keyring!

Then again, you're also listening to the girl who (along with her roommate!) totally stopped locking the room door after November. And this included the time when we both temporarily moved out of our rooms and into that lovely place known as Krzyzewskiville. I think I have too-much-trust issues...

leejwwc

Wachovia is probably your best bet - they have ATMs at both the Student Union on East and the Bryan Center on West. Furthermore, if you get a job on campus in the Fall, Duke can make a direct deposit of your wages into your Wachovia account. There is also a Wachovia branch right off of east campus on 9th Street.

Unfortunately, you cannot tie your checking account directly to your DukeCard but you can always add $ onto your DukeCard and charge it to your checking account. This can be done online and in person at the Duke Card Office at the West Union bldg. on west campus

bananainpyjamas

I think this goes for any bank. I use Bank of America and they were able to set up direct deposit for me.

leejwwc

yeah ur right, as long as its a checking account, Duke can do a direct deposit