Duke Announces New Record Low Acceptance Rate

[Anonymous]

They accepted 4% this year they said… good luck everyone

[Anonymous]

Duke is just becoming more and more competitive… it’s an absolute moonshot right now to get in

[Anonymous]

That's sad, they accepted way less through ED this year so I thought their RD rate would be higher. But they received a lot more applicants in RD too so that didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

And Duke is still in March Madness for both men and women, they need to lose at something!

[Anonymous]

Congrats to Duke!!!

Because that’s the only party benefiting from this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And Duke is still in March Madness for both men and women, they need to lose at something!

Literally 1 in 25 kids are getting into Duke this year, that’s the real March Madness.

[Anonymous]

So strange, because their application numbers were down a good amount from last year. Did they over enroll this past fall I wonder?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So strange, because their application numbers were down a good amount from last year. Did they over enroll this past fall I wonder?

Maybe their yield rates have increased, so they accept fewer total kids? It is odd since their total applications dropped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So strange, because their application numbers were down a good amount from last year. Did they over enroll this past fall I wonder?

No their total applications increased. They received 48,000 RD, which is their most ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So strange, because their application numbers were down a good amount from last year. Did they over enroll this past fall I wonder?

No their total applications increased. They received 48,000 RD, which is their most ever.

I also recall seeing an article indicating applications were down this year vs. last.

In any event, is your 48,000 figure only RD (i.e., not a combination of RD and ED?)? Where are you pulling that figure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So strange, because their application numbers were down a good amount from last year. Did they over enroll this past fall I wonder?

No their total applications increased. They received 48,000 RD, which is their most ever.

I also recall seeing an article indicating applications were down this year vs. last.

In any event, is your 48,000 figure only RD (i.e., not a combination of RD and ED?)? Where are you pulling that figure?

It's on their website, they received 48,000 RD and over 54,000 total, both records for Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They accepted 4% this year they said… good luck everyone

Let's be real, our kids chances of getting in aren't much different than last year, or the year before, etc. Duke is just near impossible to get into, and year-by-year fluctuations don't change that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They accepted 4% this year they said… good luck everyone

Let's be real, our kids chances of getting in aren't much different than last year, or the year before, etc. Duke is just near impossible to get into, and year-by-year fluctuations don't change that.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Ivy + Duke day is going to be fun! Our kid's biggest hope is Cornell or Dartmouth, definitely no expectations for HPS, Yale or Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivy + Duke day is going to be fun! Our kid's biggest hope is Cornell or Dartmouth, definitely no expectations for HPS, Yale or Duke.

Stanford is after ivy + duke day I thought?