irishforever

Congrats!!

proudinnj

Welcome to the Duke Family! As you can tell we are a spirited group with an unbridled affection for the school (despite in my case being a UMCP gaduate). As I told another future Dukie, my sons are FACs this year ( help frosh move in, guide them through orientation, etc). If your daughter has any questions or would simply like to know two people before she arrives, send me a PM and we can put them in touch with each other.

DukeEgr93

Irish - I hadn't realized quite how much "House Divided" gear there was out there. license plates, rugs, flags... I feel like buying some of those license plate covers for the Robertson buses

irishforever

Dr. G~we have seen the flags, but hadn't seen some of the other items. S2 is insisting that we get a flag (and we'll have to get a BC flag to sew onto it to represent our other family ACC school) DH swears that future family reunions will have to be at the ACC tournament!

I did tell S2 that it will be a while before I can bring myself to cheer for the Tar Heels in basketball--we've been cheering for Duke and BC for a long time--as he has. We have many pictures of him in his siblings' school colors, so it may be harder for him to be a rabid Tar Heel!

TenorTwelve

Hi, I'm the parent of a 2010er and a 2012er. I also live in the area, so like others here would be glad to answer any questions. Haha, I very nearly needed some of that house divided gear also when it looked like my 12er was gonna be going to school down the road after having been accepted there first in Jan. I'm just glad the envelope was big for Duke in March!

We may live in the area, in fact, just minutes away, but Duke is really a world unto itself, and it has already yielded a lifetime of opportunity for my 10er!

Shrinkrap

TenorTwelve as a Durham resident, what do you make of all the Durham bashing? My sister lives there, My BIL's family goes why back there, and we've been visiting for years. Its not a destination but how many "college towns" are?