Admitted to Duke (Fuqua) Class of 2012 Thread!

Hello Folks. There's an official group created by the Fuqua folks on facebook

Look it up.

All you have to do is apply and start networking with other admitted students and admin staff on a variety of topics

It's pretty good. Check it out!

Cheers
JMA

Anyone know what goes on at BDW? There's still no information on the incoming student website or the facebook group.

I'm trying to decide whether or not go.

There's $39 Southwest flight to/from RDU during BDW:

To Baltimore for as low as $39 one-way
To Birmingham for as low as $39 one-way
To Cleveland for as low as $39 one-way
To Indianapolis for as low as $39 one-way
To Jacksonville for as low as $39 one-way
To Nashville for as low as $39 one-way
To Philadelphia for as low as $39 one-way

https://travel.southwest.com/specialoffe ... 0000100209

Anyone with children/spouses planning on attending BDW? Being that there is no information out there in regards to BDW, partners and children, we are very hesitant to shell out over $1000 for flights/rental car/hotel...coming from CA.

Has anyone gotten any information about BDW? It would be nice if Fuqua would tell us something...flights are getting more expensive everyday.

Fuqua just posted a facebook event on BDW. However, the information on that is pretty limited. I'm on the fence about BDW as well. Without much information about the event, it's hard to justify the $$$.

Has anyone heard anything regarding financial aid? I submitted FAFSA and the Duke fin-aid request late January. Are we supposed to hear back within two weeks of the SAR or in March?

I booked my ticket for BDW today, I didn't want to wait any longer since the travel alerts were telling me to book. I'm a little disappointed that there still isn't any agenda or information. Hopefully it will come this week.

Same boat as everyone above. Have heard great things about the weekend but we like some like some more info before I book.

Leaning toward just booking.

Anybody here from the DC area? Fuqua has an admitted students event on Thursday that I'll be going to.

I'm in DC, but unfortunately I can't make it on Thurs. I could have made the last one, but that damn snowstorm ruined everything.

Let me know how it goes.

Saw this video on the Fuqua 2012 fb group. Had a good laugh. Thought some of you might enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNv2xIrfh88

Milkman, did you (or anyone else) go the DC event? I was sorry to miss it - anything eventful or interesting?

Hi mba12tech,

I thought the Duke event was pretty good! People were exceptionally friendly about walking up to strangers and cracking jokes and such. Two things surprised me:

1) More married couples than I would have expected.

2) Most people seemed like they were already decided that Duke was where they would be attending. Only a handful seemed to still be considering other schools. Ross, Wharton, & Darden were mentioned as competing schools about which people were undecided.

Other than that, not too much to report. Liz Hargrove is great; super-friendly. A couple of us talked to her about putting together a DC-area email list for Duke admits so we can plan future happy hours before school starts. Hopefully that will happen soon.

Had I been able to make it, it would have been yet another married couple in attendance. I wish I could have gone though, as I'm about 85% sure I'll be going to Fuqua. The DC-area list sounds like a great idea.

Hi there! Anyone admitted from round 2 yet?. I know the deadline is March 8th, but I wondered if some decissions will be released earlier.

I am from Mexico and I am planning to visit Campus on late March (24-26). Any suggestions?

The last two decisions were released the Friday before. Although for R1, Duke sent out the incoming student website to admitted students before the decision, which prompted the early release. So the decision may come out 3/5, but most likely will not until 3/8.

As far as you visiting. March 26-28 is the admitted student weekend (Blue Devil Weekend). So if you are in R2, it'll be good to delay your trip a couple of days for the Blue Devil Weekend (if admitted).

Thanks for the information, asimov. Hope to get an acceptance notification by the end of this week, then.

About the BDW (if admitted), it is good to know the dates. Where can I find more information? Looks like delaying my trip is a good idea.