| -is it hard YES. YES YES YES YES YES. But this is Duke. Deal with it. Everything's hard.
-are the professors good I'm a freshman = can't really say about Pratt alone. In Pratt, I've had one or two great ones, and one terrible one. Overall, I haven't been too impressed with professors' teaching abilities in Trinity classes, but they are all very nice people who have been very willing to help me outside of classes.
-is the courseload hard Depends on how you study and how much effort you put into the hw...For me, I do all the work and study pretty thoroughly so yeah, I have a lot of work every night.
-also, how hard is it to get into? Personally, I think easier than Trinity, especially if you're female, but that impression might just come because the kids from my hs who apply to Duke have strong math/science backgrounds and thus get into Pratt more often than Trinity. I think the numbers also say Pratt has a slightly higher acceptance rate, but I'm too lazy to find those stats...Basically, if you think you might like Pratt, apply and don't worry about the numbers.
Overall, good luck deciding. Pratt's amazing and I've never seriously regretted my decision (sure there are those math tests I walk out of and decide I'm switching out - NOW, but it's never serious and things always work out). It's a lot more humanities-friendly (lets kids in Pratt take humanities classes more often) than most other engineering schools, which really makes me happy. | 
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