Duke’s Acceptance Rate Completely Plummeted This Year - What Happened?

[Anonymous]

Duke ED last year was ~20% while this year it was ~15% acceptance rate. No other school experienced a drop like this, does anyone know why this might have happened?

[Anonymous]

Have to be big donor kids this year

[Anonymous]

Either the application numbers increased, or Duke decided to accept fewer in the ED round compared to last year, or both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either the application numbers increased, or Duke decided to accept fewer in the ED round compared to last year, or both.

This. I mean there are only 2 obvious answers.

[Anonymous]

They didn't get enough good applicants.

[Anonymous]

Many schools haven’t released their ed1 stats so I don’t know where you are getting the idea it’s unique. Also, 20 to 15 isn’t a plummet.

[Anonymous]

Too many URMs, athletes, legacies and donors' kids to accept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either the application numbers increased, or Duke decided to accept fewer in the ED round compared to last year, or both.

Yeah, I don’t think people seem to understand the nature of percentages on this site…

[Anonymous]

If you want more info, you're more likely to find it in the Duke Chronicle than on DCUM.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/12/duke-university-early-decision-class-of-2027-lowest-record-acceptance-rate-admitted-students-questbridge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either the application numbers increased, or Duke decided to accept fewer in the ED round compared to last year, or both.

The question was likely more about why Duke’s rise in applicants was so high this year relative to other schools. Dartmouth announced need blind for internationals this year and they increased by 14% (biggest increase in Ivy League). Duke made no new policy changes and they increased in early apps by 20% compared to last year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They didn't get enough good applicants.

Probably not true. Daughters friend with perfect scores and stats was deferred. Not sure what happened at Duke this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either the application numbers increased, or Duke decided to accept fewer in the ED round compared to last year, or both.

The question was likely more about why Duke’s rise in applicants was so high this year relative to other schools. Dartmouth announced need blind for internationals this year and they increased by 14% (biggest increase in Ivy League). Duke made no new policy changes and they increased in early apps by 20% compared to last year

Agree that the question is what prompted the increase in apps.

In addition, Duke decided to admit fewer ED this year than last year (800 vs 855), but that factor was completely in Duke's control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn't get enough good applicants.

Probably not true. Daughters friend with perfect scores and stats was deferred. Not sure what happened at Duke this year

There are at least 20,000 kids with “perfect scores and stats”. So it’s a lottery even for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many URMs, athletes, legacies and donors' kids to accept.

Sure. URMs are about 17% of the class. But you won’t be happy until they’re at 0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn't get enough good applicants.

Probably not true. Daughters friend with perfect scores and stats was deferred. Not sure what happened at Duke this year

1600/36, 4.7+??