Should I choose Duke?

texaspg
Tue, 03 May 2016 22:15:47 +0000

If you have no cost difference, pick Duke. They seem to be giving you a lot of financial aid if you don’t see a cost difference.

The difference between UK system and US system is that you are studying through out the year in US and not waiting until March to take one single final. You have home work, 2 or 3 mid terms and a final or as you go further, probably a big term paper for a final. The drinking age limit is 21 and so you can’t officially party outside of campus but there is plenty of drinking on most college campuses, age be darned.

Duke allows you to go abroad for several semesters and so you can study in Europe very easily for 2-3 semesters (several of my friends children did).

If you like sports, you will enjoy Duke during basketball season. They have a young team and will probably make the final four (or win it all) at least once in your 4 years. They are always a contender. They have a reasonably good football team although several ACC teams might be better.

You should attend Duke for no reason other than you have lived long enough in London and going to college in your home town is not a big deal!