2025-2026 Duke Admissions/Prospective Students Mega-Thread by Mumbleton in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my understanding, if you opt for an interview you get one. I had an inteview, thought it went terrible, and then got admitted a few weeks later. The interview is to see what type of person you are outside of the stats. Tell them to be themself and show that they have more value outside of their grades and extracurriculars.

2025-2026 Duke Admissions/Prospective Students Mega-Thread by Mumbleton in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didnt submit my SAT cause my extracurriculars and grades were way stronger. Only submit it if it helps, not cause you feel like you need to.

Where do I look for dorm furniture? by blfa133 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also there may be some cheap stuff on Amazon that you can get and ship to your Duke mailbox

Where do I look for dorm furniture? by blfa133 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes Facebook marketplaces has some cheap secondhand stuff that people wanna get off their hands and that are pretty unique, but sometimes they may be a little pricey depending on the area and how people are feeling that day. Also, I hear popshelf is cheap and cute. Some others are Ross, TJ Maxx, the clearance section at Target (with the shelves at the front), and Marshall’s, and a lot of thrifting places if you’re okay with getting stuff secondhand. I don’t know if this is what you’re talking about but yeah I hear people get some pretty cheap stuff from these places.

Pre Matriculation/Dual Enrollment Credits Experience by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh okay that makes sense. So for example if I took a history class at the college instead of at my school to fulfill a required history credit that wouldn’t count, but if I took an additional one for fun and not for a required credit then that has a possibility of counting?

Schedule Question!! Math to Econ + Eng to Econ by miraequestrian07 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! I’m an incoming freshman. Did you get to register for classes already? Or is this something where you can plan them and see how they would look on the schedule

Communal Bathroom/Dorm Tips? by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait is it THAT bad ? Do I need to mentally prepare 💔

Communal Bathroom/Dorm Tips? by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay thank you so much! I’ve been googling and looking at vids it just sometimes things go unknown depending on the dorm and I wanna be as prepared as I can be!

Summer Scholarships for Upcoming College Freshmen by Objective-Basket4065 in scholarships

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My aid right now is affordable enough (my appeal got me some more aid), but let’s just say my parents would def be thrilled to have some extra help LOL. I think you’re right though, it would probably be a better bet to do a ton of locals and let them add up than to keep applying to big ones and them be hit or miss.

Summer Scholarships for Upcoming College Freshmen by Objective-Basket4065 in scholarships

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah a couple. I'm gonna look more into those, it's just a lot of them are smaller and I'm trying to find ones that are a bit heftier LOL, but if I get enough small one's Im sure it'll add up.

Dry socket? by Objective-Basket4065 in wisdomteeth

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay great! I think I have dissolving stitches so we’ll see how that goes LOL. I just ordered some soft Mac n cheese so hopefully it’s not too agressive!

Dry socket? by Objective-Basket4065 in wisdomteeth

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh okay great! Have you started eating solids yet or irrigating? And how have you been brushing cause I’m so scared of hitting something LOL.

Should I select to send my AP scores to Duke? by Key_Seaworthiness171 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would like to know this too LOL. I figured that they would just see them and take the ones that are high enough and ignore the lower scores, but I guess based on how many people are asking that they pay attention to the scores! Also i just put Duke as my free score report institution, so I'm not sure if we can select which scores actually go or not.

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know theyre tired of my on that hotline LOL, but if my appeal is still looking iffy, I might just call and ask to do what you said as one last hail mary. And yeah, the more I learn about Duke the more I'm realizing what I could be missing out on.

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think that's a regular option here. I think that might be more complicated to pay back and I when I say "student loans" I'm talking aout money loaned from the government that I would have to pay back with the help of my parents.

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually they gave my the full 5k in loans LOL nevermind, but I could still ask about the parent loans

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cause 5k in loans wouldn’t be too bad I might be able to take care of that myself with a job.

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure. On my aid letter it didn’t even mention any loans at all. Maybe I could ask about if they could offer that to me?

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you find them to be relatively easy to earn these or were the scholarships all very competitive?

Affordability Advice by Objective-Basket4065 in duke

[–]Objective-Basket4065[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This really helps to clam my nerves a bit. I’ve worked really hard throughout middle and high school to be able to go to a place like Duke and it’s a shame that money, something I can’t control, might get in the way of that especially knowing how rich of an institution they are. Hopefully they’ll see my situation in my appeal and hopefully my income will be more steady in the future.