Duke Biomedical Engineering is Great but for an Asian....

angryasianman
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:42:11 +0000

So, I know that Duke is a great school, especially their Biomedical Engineering Program (which I got accepted into -> Pratt School of Engineering). But, Duke is in the South, and having been in the South… the South doesn’t seem very welcoming of Asians from my personal experience. But I know that I should keep an open mind and my parents keep reassuring me that there are lots of Asians/Chinese people at Duke and really want me to go there (mainly because it is a well-known school). I am on the west coast and my top three choices are 1. Stanford 2. UPenn and 3. USC (the only of these three I’ve gotten into is USC). So, I’m just wondering if you guys know how “friendly” Duke is towards Asians (specifically Chinese/Taiwanese people). And for all those who have graduated from Duke or are attending Duke, how was/is your experience? Also, I couldn’t take any AP science classes this year, as my school ran out of money and I’m wondering how disadvantaged I would be because of this…

BTW I actually get along with moderates/conservatives pretty well as long as we don’t start talking about politics, race, or other sensitive subjects. Funny thing is that I usually get along very well with moderate-conservatives personality-wise although I am VERY liberal. Duke just seems a little too conservative for my taste from what I’ve heard…