Greek life is extremely huge at Duke, despite what other people might tell you. While the statistics may same something like only 30 - 40% of students are affiliated with Greek life, its presence is very prominent, and you will likely be affected by it at some point in your Duke career. These students mostly control the social and professional environment of the school because they often come from the wealthiest and most connected families.
Also, Greek life is very hierarchical. People often have conversations about which sorority or fraternity they think is “higher tier” than another one. You can see Duke’s section of the website greekrank if you want a little taste of these kinds of conversations. People will often have prejudgments about you based on what Greek organization you belong to.
Even if you don’t personally join a Greek organization, chances are, one of the friends you make first semester will. One common adage at Duke is that rush (the process of joining Greek life and other social organizations)"
"2. What’s the social hierarchy at Duke?
With some flexibility, the social hierarchy is:
1. Athletes 2. People in the “top tier” sororities and fraternities 3. People in the “mid-tier” sororities and fraternities 4. People in the “top tier” SLGS 5. People in the “mid-tier” SLGS 6. Independent Girls 7. People in the “low-tier” sororities and fraternities 8. People in the “low-tier” SLGS 9. Independent Guys
Girls have a slightly easier time than guys since many guys higher in the hierarchy will invite them out to events if they find them attractive enough.
Dating and socializing above or below your respective social tier is also virtually non-existent. People literally have conversations about which social group another person is in and will pre-judge them based on it. While there are friend groups that exist across different social tiers, it is by far not the norm."
Unfortunately, not everyone has equal chances at becoming a member of each organization. The organizations in “higher tiers”, except for athletes, are comprised mostly of WASPs or children of famous/important people. They won’t directly ask how wealthy you are, but they find ways to get the information out of you by asking things like what your parents do for a living, where you live, and what high school you went to. You can see any Greek organization’s Facebook or Instagram page to get an idea of the kind of people who generally join them.
These groups also start recruiting before the school year even starts through pre-orientation programs. If you want to try your luck at getting into any social organization, it will be tough regardless since you will be competing for roughly 20 spots in each group with around 300 – 500 people, if not more."
女儿仍然决定不了ED BROWN 或 DUKE。她准备学BIO-ENG或BIO-CHEM。BROWN有她比较好的朋友，现在了解得差不多了。DUKE是一点都不知道。
几个问题：
1. DUKE的CULTURE 是以什么为主？加州的孩子是否适应？女儿不太左，但有一点；
2. DUKE是否安全？
3. DUKE的天气如何？是否雨水比较多？
非常感谢！
天气接近上海长三角，四季分明，冬天不太冷，偶尔下雪，夏天热几周时间90多度。下雨春天有一些，夏天比较干
B有藤之名，但D有藤之实(经常被称为中藤档)。D的endowment fund是B的两倍(Duke ~$12B vs Brown ~$6B)
B家没商学院，法学院。 医学院#35。
D家商学院，法学院, 医学院都在前十左右。
生物/生医都是D的优秀学科
Brown is not far from Boston. That can be a good resource too.
政治上，我同意你 LOL
主要看孩子。
我会选Brown
他自己就是Duke bio Chem engineering 毕业。大女儿也去了Duke bio chemistry engineering. JHU bio chem eng No1.
很多名校的Greek Life的文化都很糟糕，但学校里的professional club，不是Greek的学生根本进不去
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是哪类人，然后某些州的作为也是不敢恭维 女儿实习和找工作也说不去红脖子州 LOL
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Greek life is extremely huge at Duke, despite what other people might tell you. While the statistics may same something like only 30 - 40% of students are affiliated with Greek life, its presence is very prominent, and you will likely be affected by it at some point in your Duke career. These students mostly control the social and professional environment of the school because they often come from the wealthiest and most connected families.
Also, Greek life is very hierarchical. People often have conversations about which sorority or fraternity they think is “higher tier” than another one. You can see Duke’s section of the website greekrank if you want a little taste of these kinds of conversations. People will often have prejudgments about you based on what Greek organization you belong to.
Even if you don’t personally join a Greek organization, chances are, one of the friends you make first semester will. One common adage at Duke is that rush (the process of joining Greek life and other social organizations)"
"2. What’s the social hierarchy at Duke?
With some flexibility, the social hierarchy is:
1. Athletes
2. People in the “top tier” sororities and fraternities
3. People in the “mid-tier” sororities and fraternities
4. People in the “top tier” SLGS
5. People in the “mid-tier” SLGS
6. Independent Girls
7. People in the “low-tier” sororities and fraternities
8. People in the “low-tier” SLGS
9. Independent Guys
Girls have a slightly easier time than guys since many guys higher in the hierarchy will invite them out to events if they find them attractive enough.
Dating and socializing above or below your respective social tier is also virtually non-existent. People literally have conversations about which social group another person is in and will pre-judge them based on it. While there are friend groups that exist across different social tiers, it is by far not the norm."
Unfortunately, not everyone has equal chances at becoming a member of each organization. The organizations in “higher tiers”, except for athletes, are comprised mostly of WASPs or children of famous/important people. They won’t directly ask how wealthy you are, but they find ways to get the information out of you by asking things like what your parents do for a living, where you live, and what high school you went to. You can see any Greek organization’s Facebook or Instagram page to get an idea of the kind of people who generally join them.
These groups also start recruiting before the school year even starts through pre-orientation programs. If you want to try your luck at getting into any social organization, it will be tough regardless since you will be competing for roughly 20 spots in each group with around 300 – 500 people, if not more."
不過要看一下你們高中 哪個學校小中女更容易進
Brown has a top-notch Applied Math program. Better than even Stanford's.
布朗就是完全分布在城市中的，不是仔细辨认看不出相邻的两幢房子哪个是学校的哪个是社区的。杜克的校园相对的来说和城市基本上是隔离开的，很多地方都隔着一片树林，有的地方是马路分开的，中间还有一堵矮墙，很明显的感觉倒哪里是学校里面哪里是外面。
布朗出来，步行很快就到城市中心，然后上火车，很快就到波士顿的花花世界，感觉和大城市连接很紧密。杜克不这样，最多就三角区域转转，没有车子去不了什么大城市。有车也不那么容易，都挺远的。
duke很在乎。虽然家庭没有布朗富裕。