Duke Academic atmosphere?

erudition
Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:52:02 +0000

Most introductory courses at Duke are designed to be ridiculously hard (though no one is going to admit it officially). Avoid Calc-1, Calc-2, Chem 101, Organic 1 and 2, Econ 101 and 201, Physics 141&142 / 151&152 / 161&162 if possible. I would even go on to suggest avoiding Multi and Linear if you’re in a position to do so. Writing 101 is generally easy and fun but there have been some professors who demand a lot of work. Seek advise from current freshmen (on the Facebook group) on the professor you intend to take Writing 101 with before enrolling.