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What people don't know is that most students who go to me have also been accepted to Duke. Relationship Statusĭuke is constantly overshadowing me, but I'm only moderately resentful. Luxury does come at a cost, though: the walk to class can be brutal. I bet my mascot suddenly makes sense to you now.įor freshmen, South Hall is the Hilton of dorms. Probably to foster jealousy.ĭelightfully evil, I know. I do have a couple newer dorms which are randomly assigned. Current Living Situationįreshman dorms are…well, the generous term would be "rustic." In truth, they are mostly old and small, but that's the case with most of us mature schools. It's nice when you get to walk by that one cutie every day at noon on the dot, but it's not so nice when you have to face the kid you sneezed on in chem class…day after day. Get ready to see a lot of familiar faces, because you'll be passing them on a daily basis. No, I don't run track, but thanks for asking. I'm lean and mean with only 4,746 undergrad students on my slim campus (340 acres). Winston-Salem, your number one hipster art scene. I've got a grand assortment of frat houses to blow off that built-up study steam. Ask me if I studied for that upcoming physics midterm and you'll get a laugh and a joke about how lazy I am…despite the fact that I started studying two weeks ago.Īll this talk about work makes it sound like I don't party. My medical program, for example, provides some of the finest primary care in the nation, and my business school is ranked first in academic quality.ĭespite my achievements, I try to stay humble. After all, you've got to work hard to stand out when you're small, and I'm known to make waves in all sorts of fields. There's a reason my students make a second home out of the ZSR, my always-open library. When the sorority girls and the football jocks make straight A's in Advanced Organic Chemistry, you know competition is tight.Īlthough, that could be why we're not doing so well on the football field…Įven though I'm highly intellectual, it doesn't mean I don't work hard for it. Yes, I'm a small pond, but make no mistake…I'm home to a lot of big fish.