Undergraduate / 'the bottom of things' - Why I want to study engineering and at Duke [6]

The beginning is really good and your reasons are strong, the only thing I want to remark is

The outstanding Civil Engineering program offered by Duke, the vibrant blue and white of the Blue Devils and the fascinating research done by Duke make it the university of choice.

It above mentioned sentence it feels like you don't really have anything else to say and hence start writing about the blue and white of the Blue Devils.