Duke Enrolls 50 New Students 2 Weeks Before Orientation Class of 2029

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting... Vandy and Emory are full

Not true. Nephew got notified yesterday from Vandy. He was on the waitlist. But he turned it down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting... Vandy and Emory are full

Not true. Nephew got notified yesterday from Vandy. He was on the waitlist. But he turned it down.

Interesting. Where is he going?

[Anonymous]

The BIG10 and SEC would love to have Duke as a member. The Duke name is platinum all over the country plus it has always been a ratings tiger. UNC and UVA are regional plays with national pull-Michael Jordan hasn’t played in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. Duke also has one of the wealthiest alumni networks in The country. The SEC should make a run at Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BIG10 and SEC would love to have Duke as a member. The Duke name is platinum all over the country plus it has always been a ratings tiger. UNC and UVA are regional plays with national pull-Michael Jordan hasn’t played in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. Duke also has one of the wealthiest alumni networks in The country. The SEC should make a run at Duke.

SEC doesnt need another sports bottom dweller…..they can only compete in Basketball….then they will be destroyed everywhere else….PASS…

I will take FSU, Miami and Clemson…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting... Vandy and Emory are full

Not true. Nephew got notified yesterday from Vandy. He was on the waitlist. But he turned it down.

Interesting. Where is he going?

Oxford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting... Vandy and Emory are full

Not true. Nephew got notified yesterday from Vandy. He was on the waitlist. But he turned it down.

Interesting. Where is he going?

Oxford.

And he was waitlisted at Vanderbilt? Good grief. I am so nervous for my rising senior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke and I'm a very loyal alum. I know a few kids in the entering class. This is embarrassing. They could have figured most of this out a long time ago.

I know this year is a bit wonky with the international students but 50 students at the 11th hour is a lot, and it seems to show incompetence and desperation. And the mass layoffs they just had also were not a good look for a school with an $8Bn endowment.

$12B

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that the new kid quoted in the article got generous financial aid. So this wasn't solely for money, or they would have taken all full pay kids.

The former Dean of Admissions who had been there for 30+ years just retired. The transition clearly did not go well (and it is a lousy year to be starting new given all of the chaos).

I wonder where these kids were supposed to be going and what the trickle down effect will be. At this point, how much do they owe the schools they were leaving?

“Owe the schools”? They may forfeit their deposits, but they don’t “owe” the other schools a damn thing.

By late July, tuition payments have been made at many schools. We got our bill for our college kid in early July, and it was due by early August. They don’t give those back, I’m pretty sure.

[Anonymous]

Toured with our kids. Whole family came away with the same impression. A place full of soulless strivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BIG10 and SEC would love to have Duke as a member. The Duke name is platinum all over the country plus it has always been a ratings tiger. UNC and UVA are regional plays with national pull-Michael Jordan hasn’t played in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. Duke also has one of the wealthiest alumni networks in The country. The SEC should make a run at Duke.

LOL. Tell me you know nothing about college football money without telling me you know nothing about college football money. I’m dying laughing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BIG10 and SEC would love to have Duke as a member. The Duke name is platinum all over the country plus it has always been a ratings tiger. UNC and UVA are regional plays with national pull-Michael Jordan hasn’t played in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. Duke also has one of the wealthiest alumni networks in The country. The SEC should make a run at Duke.

If true, it's the best kept secret in college football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting... Vandy and Emory are full

Not true. Nephew got notified yesterday from Vandy. He was on the waitlist. But he turned it down.

Interesting. Where is he going?

Oxford.

Oxford, Mississippi (beautiful girls & SEC football Oxford/Ole Miss) or Oxford (tea & crumpets & bad English Oxford) ?

[Anonymous]

When a family member states that their kid is going to Oxford, I think of Ole Miss first, and with respect to Cambridge, I think of Harvard/MIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke and I'm a very loyal alum. I know a few kids in the entering class. This is embarrassing. They could have figured most of this out a long time ago.

I know this year is a bit wonky with the international students but 50 students at the 11th hour is a lot, and it seems to show incompetence and desperation. And the mass layoffs they just had also were not a good look for a school with an $8Bn endowment.

Stephen Miller is an alumnus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The BIG10 and SEC would love to have Duke as a member. The Duke name is platinum all over the country plus it has always been a ratings tiger. UNC and UVA are regional plays with national pull-Michael Jordan hasn’t played in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. Duke also has one of the wealthiest alumni networks in The country. The SEC should make a run at Duke.

LOL. Tell me you know nothing about college football money without telling me you know nothing about college football money. I’m dying laughing.

+1 Duke in the SEC. Now I've heard everything.