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Congratulations! Welcome to the Class of 2011!
I'm so excited!! I've been running around my house screaming my lungs out!! Won't be able to speak for the next couple of days, but that doesn't matter cause I'm a part of Duke's class of 2011!
Oh wow...I didn't think decisions were coming out until next week. If you don't mind me asking, was this an md or md/phd acceptance and when did you hear?
Congrats! It's nice to have some company on this thread
Just out of curiousity's sake, how many of you are seriously considering other schools? I am remotely thinking about Michigan, though Duke has always been number one. I'd say 90% it's Duke.
It's about time this thread got started! Congrats all, looking forward to meeting you.
Bah... so I just realized that my senior thesis is due the Monday right after Duke's Second Look (March 30-April 1). Man, how much does that totally suck? Not that it would keep me from going to Second Look (or at least part of it), but still.
Pagemmapants! I think I met you during my interview weekend... I stayed with Andrew, and I think you had just bought a house?
Mmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, evljanevl, huh?
I think I knoooooooooooooooooooow you.
*listens to the crickets chirp lazily around this thread*
Where is everybody?
I'm here! I keep checking the allo threads to see if there's any activity over here, but I never really have a conversation-starter... I suppose I could talk about something Duke-admissions-related like financial aid or something. However, I was doing a little research last night, and Duke isn't as generous as it seems when it comes to financial aid packages. So that's depressing, and I don't want to talk about it.
We could extol Duke's virtues or talk about second look (T-19 days!), but I think we've talked about it enough so far over in pre-allo.
How about something entirely un-Duke-related? For example, I made myself some excellent spicy basil chicken tonight, without burning either my chicken, myself, or my kitchen. Congratulate me.
I know I'm totally disregarding your desire not to talk about it, but what do you mean? It seemed pretty straight forward. My only concern was that calculations of estimated family contribution would be inflated.
Oh, it is straightforward. It's just that they say they offer a "generous financial aid package," and actually, the percentage of financial aid that is grant-derived seems larger than most. They also advertise that the average debt is only around $60,000-70,000. However, the estimated cost of attendance at Duke is slightly higher than most other schools I've visited of a similar caliber (albeit only by about a few thousand per year), and I guess that the average indebtedness statistic neglects the fact that, on average, Duke students tend to be wealthier than the average med student (there was some talk over in pre-allo awhile back).
When I was there, a couple of students mentioned that Duke is expensive (like I said, more so than other schools of its caliber), and because they only offer merit scholarships to minorities, it's a lot tougher to get merit-based aid like at WashU or Vandy. One or two people mentioned turning down offers to go to cheaper top-tier schools in favor of the great (yet pricey) awesomeness that is Duke... speaks to the school, but not to the financial aid. The MS I's wandering around here might be able to give us more insight, but I searched for "financial aid" in the Duke c/o 2010 thread from last year... looks like most of you guys didn't hit any big money, and there were several people accepted who withdrew due to the expense.
EmbellisMaVie,
Did you really say Duke only gives merit scholarships to minorities?
There are merit scholarships offered before you enroll, and basically each year thereafter in some form, most of from named benefactors rather than directly from the school.
Anybody hear any good suggestions for housing?
It is time to revitalize this thread!
Natytilly said:On housing. Do any of you have an idea whether you might buy, rent, live alone, with roommates? I'm thinking I might try to buy in year two, once I understand the area better. I have not decided about roommates. I'm a little anal about keeping the kitchen clean, knives sharp, sponges banished, which has always been a problem for me. Of course, at the same time, my room is usually a mess.
Natytilly said:On cooking. Way to go with the chicken Embellis! I had a very successful chicken marsala a few days ago.
Natytilly said:Is anybody else really excited for second look?
Just out of curiousity's sake, how many of you are seriously considering other schools? I am remotely thinking about Michigan, though Duke has always been number one. I'd say 90% it's Duke.
Talking to the med students on interview day, they didn't seem to think that the first year was any more difficult than it is for peers at other medical schools. Also, I've talked to a recent Penn Med graduate, and this person loved the idea of the combined first two years into one year as Duke Med has.
But of course, everybody is different.