The Duke Campus: Visiting Duke: Visit a Class / Spend the NightVISITING A CLASSFor students about to make the transition from high school to college, sitting in on a college class can be one of the most significant and eye-opening experiences they can have. Every semester, Duke professors in more than 100 classes welcome visiting students. You can listen to a lecture on organismal evolution or Victorian poetry, or watch acting students learn their craft. Information on classes that are open to visitors is available here. When you sit in on a class, please keep in mind some basic rules of etiquette. You should plan to get to the classroom early and let the professor know that you are a prospective student interested in observing the class. Although these classes have been recommended as good courses for prospective students to visit, there will be occasional class sessions (i.e. quiz/test days) when it would be inappropriate (or not terribly exciting) to visit. Also, please plan to stay for the entire class period. Finally, please note that our fall semester classes end on December 7, 2007, and our spring classes end on April 23, 2008. OVERNIGHT VISITSThe Office of Undergraduate Admissions does not coordinate overnight visits during the Spring semester except for admitted students attending the first four Blue Devil Days. You will receive more information about requesting a host when you receive your Admissions Packet and Blue Devil Days invitation. If you would still like to spend the night, please feel free to make arrangements with any undergraduates you know well.
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  Better known as Kville, or Tent City, this annual phenomenon occurs when basketball season rolls around. That’s when the truly devoted participate in what is now a Duke institution: living in a tent for up to a month and a half in order to score tickets to the big games.   Although students are assigned to housing randomly, you’ll have a chance to state your preference for things like a single or double room, a single-sex or coed hall, or a living community that piques your interest. And, yes, you can request a specific roommate!   Most Duke students stop by the Bryan Center at least once a day. It’s where you meet up with friends, check your mail, get cash from the ATM, and grab a cheeseburger and fries from McDonalds or a smoothie and salad from the always-bustling Alpine Atrium. Bryan Center is also home to Duke Student Government and other clubs and organizations, as well as a place to catch movies, art shows, and performances.   This is where the first-year students live. Besides residence halls, East Campus has a recreation center, library, dining hall, cafe, post office, convenience store, dance studio, coffee house, outdoor tennis and basketball courts, and a bus stop—all within walking distance!   With nearly two dozen campus eateries that are open from 7 a.m. until midnight (and some are open around the clock), you won’t go hungry. And for that late-night energy boost, Merchants-on-Points delivers until 4 a.m.   Writing skills are crucial to success in college and the real world. That’s why all Duke undergraduates—whatever their major—are required to take a seminar on academic writing. For students who need to brush up on their skills, the Duke Writing Studio provides free one-on-one tutoring.   Duke’s Selective Living program provides students the opportunity to form residential communities based upon common values, interests, and goals. In addition to fraternities, selective living groups include academically sponsored theme groups (Languages, Arts, Round Table, and Anne Firor Scott Women’s Studies) and a number of other social selective living groups.   Oh Uncle Harry’s, what would we do without you? Located in Central Campus, this store is Duke students’ source for everything from gourmet snacks to boxes of pushpins, birthday cards to videos. Harry’s has fresh produce, sandwiches, and made-to-order items as well.   The Women’s Center helps educate the university community about gender-related issues and promotes a campus climate that is safe, healthy, and respectful of all people. The Women’s Center publishes VOICES magazine and sponsors numerous programs that help make Duke a better place for everyone.   West Campus is home to sophomores, juniors and the seniors who opt to stay on campus. It’s also home to Duke’s football stadium (Wallace Wade Stadium), the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Perkins Library, Duke Chapel, Bryan Center, and much, much more. West Campus is probably best known for its beautiful Gothic architecture.
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