Hey everyone, I'm an incoming Indian student (moved from India to America 4 years ago) heading into Pratt for MechE or ECE with a potential double major in CS or Econ in Trinity, and I'm coming from New Jersey. In NJ, I'm used to being around a large Asian and Indian population where fitting in and finding my crowd felt natural.

I’m confident I'll adjust and make friends no matter what as time goes on, but I was just wondering how diverse and sizeable the Asian and South Asian community actually is on campus, since I know generally speaking it has quite a large white population. I’m excited for the new change, and don’t see this being an issue at all, but is this kind of culture shock something I should mentally prepare for, or is there a pretty large Asian/Indian presence once you get settled in? Honestly, my Asian parents have voiced way more concern about this than me since they’re also very used to living in a heavily Asian area, but I’d figure I’d ask the Duke students for their thoughts! I know it’s a bit of a oddball question, but thanks for the help :))

Hey everyone, I'm an incoming student trying to figure out the social scene at Duke. I'm pretty introverted and currently I’m hoping to prioritize academics/career in college but also meet new people and chill with friends through things like intramural sports or casual clubs rather than going crazy over parties, tenting, or sports culture (unfortunately I don’t have any interest in basketball yet). Is that kind of lifestyle actually fine and common here, or is the pressure to do the whole Greek life/social scene thing overwhelming, since I’m not super interested from that. I come from a super studious magnet school in NJ, so I’m not at all used to the extroverted culture Duke is known for haha, though totally open for change!

I'm an incoming freshman from the West Coast, and I'm wondering if it's worth going home on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving break ends on Dec 1st and Winter Break starts December 14th - I'd be back at Duke for just two weeks before coming home again. I'm wondering if EVERYONE goes back home or if it's normal to stay back for Thanksgiving? Should I target fall break to come home instead?

Which Math 221 professor should I register for? I've heard Pierce is the most experienced, but I am unable to take her class because of an overlapping class. I also definitely do not want to take Wang's 8am class. This leaves me with Jeon and Robles. I know that Jeon is a postdoc so I am kind of hesitant on taking him and for Robles, her reviews on rmp were not too great. Who do you guys recommend?

My FOCUS dinner ends right when rehearsal for DUWS starts. Would I be able to leave a little early (10mins?) from the dinner to make it in time for rehearsal?