I was there today for an on-campus interview and fell in love with it. I actually got there over the weekend and went to the Duke-Wake Forest football game and had some southern food in Chapel Hill with my host. Everyone I met was really chill, nice, and down to earth....maybe it's the southern vibe? The campus is gorgeous, and all the schools are located close to each other. The curriculum is also amazing - I knew beforehand that Duke's third year was pretty unique in that it was almost like a year off, but talking to all the current med students about how much they enjoyed it and how it's helping their residency applications made me appreciate it that much more. Also, my tour guide also mentioned something interesting: all big and important cases south of the Mason-Dixon line are sent to Duke. This is in contrast to the northeast, where Harvard, Hopkins, Cornell, Columbia, etc all fight for the rare cases, but here at Duke, they're more common since Duke is the only place for these cases. That led to my tour guide seeing a ton of rare cases that most other residency applicants never got the chance to see.
Anyway, long story short - I really hope good news comes around in March! Amazing day.