San Diego 12th grader....is Duke a good option? - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary - North Carolina (NC) -The Triangle Area - Page 2 - City-Data Forum

RaleighRob · 02-15-2007, 01:03 PM

I think you'll get a very good education at Duke. I'm a NCSU alum, but I did date a "Dukie" my junior year and visited almost every weekend.

It's a great place and I felt like those over there were friendly...even to a "State boy" like me!

Durham is fine city...I don't believe the hype of the haters. Sure it's not as big as Raleigh or as "collegiate" as Chapel Hill, but it's got a good scene nonetheless. The revitalizing downtown is impressive...and all those brick warehouses converted to condos and shopping centers are gorgeous!
And the Dukie-hangout area of Ninth Street is a charming place...if Raleigh's Hillsborough Street could be *HALF* as nice as Ninth Street is, I'd be happier!

55brian · 03-12-2010, 07:18 AM

Duke is a much better school than UNC. Who cares what the locals think. What you should care about is what your future employer would think. 9 times out of 10 they will be more impressed that your resume has Duke in it.

dave in jersey · 03-12-2010, 07:23 AM

3 years between post. Is that some kind of record?

RaleighLass · 03-12-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Beffrey2

I tried my hardest not to post here

But UNC is the better school

I would never consider Duke....but of course I am a Tar Heel and that is the only reason why.

So I am bias.....

Only a local could understand how much I hate Duke

Of course you are a Tarheel - you are "bias". A Duke student would know how to properly formulate a sentence

PS - I just had to set the record straight

Francois · 03-12-2010, 10:20 AM

Yeah, why did someone resurrect a 3-year-old thread? The OP is a Junior in college now--wherever he chose

(PS--Duke and UNC and both good, highly-rated universities).

RaleighLass · 03-12-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Francois

Yeah, why did someone resurrect a 3-year-old thread? The OP is a Junior in college now--wherever he chose

(PS--Duke and UNC and both good, highly-rated universities).

The person who resurrected it was new, their first post. When i was new and for some time after I did the same

Of course my dig was meant to be funny; all the schools in this area are good, each has something they offer that the others don't.

sll3454 · 03-12-2010, 11:35 AM

OP chose Santa Clara University, hated it, and when last heard from, was thinking about transferring to Tulane.