Campus Life

The food options at Duke are great. Also, if one does not like the food on campus, there are many great food places around the area.

We have the ultimate dining plan. I can order food from any number of restaurants, ranging from places like Dominoes to TGI Fridays and pay for it with my meal plan. There are a variety of different restaurants on campus that take food points. We also have the usual dining halls but with much better variety and quality than I have seen at other schools.

Although the food isn't the greatest, the freshman experience of an only freshman dining hall is very nice. There are also many restaurants and places to eat around in Durham.

The food is great, per what I've heard.

It's good enough. Not gourmet, but you'll live and be pretty happy. Off campus options are wonderful if you don't mind spending more money.

The food here is alright. The food off-campus is better.

We have a meal plan in which you pick a pre-set amount of food points and you can use them at any of the several eateries on campus. However, there really isn't enough variety with the food places and it's easy to get tired of them after a semester. In addition, next year they're getting rid of some of the more affordable food options (Subway and Chick-fil-a). Not good. But on the bright side, Durham has lots of yummy food places, as long as you don't mind shelling out real money instead of food points

Freshman year, the Marketplace will get boring. But the variety of selections on Central and West Campus are worth getting Dining Plan E for. The best part is that if you have Financial Aid, it will cover your dining plan.

--Freshman will eat at Marketplace, which has diverse food at first, but quickly gets boring later on. There are a lot of selections for vegetarians, some for vegan, and not so much for gluten-intolerance. Take advantage of the all-you-can-eat style, because upperclassman have to pay approx. $17 to get in, whilst freshman can simply use a food swipe! --There are a few name brand dining places on West Campus, like Chick-fil-A, Subway, and Panda Express. There's also a Starbucks in Duke Hospital, but it is kind of out of the way unless you work there. --The food at the Loop is pretty good, as is the food at Pitchfork Provisions and Graces. Overall, I think the food at Duke gets boring like I'm sure it does at many other colleges. I've found excursions into Durham to really brighten up my day. Here are some good places in Durham: -Whole Foods (off of east) -Cookout Milkshakes (accessible by car) -Dales Indian Cuisine -Toast -Francesca's Dessert Cafe (off of east) -Bali Hai (off of east) There are a lot more places, but those are the ones that come to mind.

I am a distance student

I myself am not that into Greek life but it is definitely a good part of the campus. NPHC and other minority fraternities and sororities don't have a large showing on campus but they make their presence felt. The majority causcasian fraternities and sororities have pretty large chapters as far as I know and they are always having some type of event.

Huge part of campus for many, I'm personally not involved. There are superficial Greek rankings assessing popularity/desirability. It's not as big a deal as some make it out to be.

Present and dominant (76% of girls and over 51% guys are greek), but there are many other ways to have fun if you're not into greek life.

Many people choose to pursue Greek Life, but without it, you will still have fun! There is an option to rush selective living groups, which isn't a part of Greek Life, but has much of the same close community. Sorority rush is on the weekends and kind of sucks, but pledging is awesome. Frat rush is great and pledging is horrible. If you're ready to invest in Greek life, set aside some time after winter break to do so because it takes up a lot of time and energy!

I am a distance student

Just about every soro and frat you can think of is here!

There if you want it.

Duke has a multitude of Greek organizations on campus. NPHC, Panhel, Inter-Greek Council, and IFC (Inter-Fraternity Council) are just to name some of the umbrella groups. All that you need to know about Greek Life at Duke can be found at the following website: http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/greek

Greek life is very big here on campus. They provide the majority of the on campus parties, although it is not so overwhelming to the point that if you are not into Greek life, you won't have a good college experience. There are parties thrown by non-Greeks and plenty of other things to do if you are not the partying type.