Duke or Dartmouth

goldenboy8784
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:04:23 +0000

Everything you posted indicates that Duke is the better fit for you academically and socially. The two things holding you back from enrolling at Duke is the presence of the Dartmouth Outing Club and a greater undergraduate focus at Dartmouth.


The first concern isn’t even a legitimate one since Duke offers four separate Pre-Orientation programs that will all place you outdoors in some capacity: [Project WILD : Pre-Orientation Trip](http://www.duke.edu/web/pwild/preorientation/signup.html)
[Duke University | Student Affairs | New Student & Family Programs | Project Waves 2011](Duke Student Affairs)
[Project BUILD - Duke Community Service Pre-Orientation Program](http://www.duke.edu/web/build/)
[Duke University | Student Affairs | New Student & Family Programs | Project Search](Duke Student Affairs)


Pick the one you like best and enjoy! P-Waves and P-Wild especially are supposed to be great bonding experiences.


It’s possible that Dartmouth is slightly more focused on undergraduates than Duke but the latter is no slouch in this regard. You can easily arrange to have lunch with all of your professor, do a service project abroad, do science research from the get go, and take seminar style themes classes as part of a structured program your freshman year. If you’re interested in premed, there’s the Cardea Fellows program as well as the Howard Hughes Research program.


Here are all the relevant links:

[Duke University | Student Affairs | OSAF (Office of Student Activities & Facilities) | FLUNCH](Duke Student Affairs)
[Duke University | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences : Cardea Fellows Program](http://trinity.duke.edu/cardea-fellows-program)
[Research Fellows Program](http://howardhughes.trinity.duke.edu/research/fellows)
[Duke Engage : Home](http://dukeengage.duke.edu/)

You’re a sports fanatic and want to go into business or study biology? Come to Duke!:)