How were your Blue Devils Days?

purpleacorn
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:14:17 +0000

I actually hated the first half of BDD. A lot of talk about Duke students ‘playing hard,’ a lot of talk about parties, which I hated and made me feel alienated. But I managed to talk to a wider x-section of students in the evening (dance/art/lit) majors, which was anyways closer to what I wanted and who I am that made me feel better. I also talked to a senior who was very honest/true about her feelings for Duke (not all of them good) which was ext. helpful. Not getting the party line was really nice. Eating dinner with current frosh was nice too, because it had the feel of being uncensored.

I spent a lot if time watching other students, looking around, and trying to imagine myself there. Def stay overnight if possible, some if the Trinity sessions were nice for getting an academic sense of the school, get up early and go to the dept fair.