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

[Anonymous]

My DC considered Duke as ED. Didn't go that route. Found out a classmate - school is lower-tier in FCPS - apparently got a full scholarship to Duke.

She is URM and not sure about other factors. But DC was surprised because the girl wasn't seen as obvious Duke candidate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC considered Duke as ED. Didn't go that route. Found out a classmate - school is lower-tier in FCPS - apparently got a full scholarship to Duke.

She is URM and not sure about other factors. But DC was surprised because the girl wasn't seen as obvious Duke candidate.

Duke was very competitive this year so it’s very possible she did some things or had some circumstances that were never out in the open. It looks like a lot of 1550+/35+/3.9+ candidates were deferred and rejected from Duke so it’s never a pure numbers game.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard of a school that didn’t have a 15% increase in early apps.

Most of Duke’s peer schools did not, only Dartmouth was close to having that level of increase.

Harvard - 2% increase

UPenn - 3% increase

Columbia - 9% decrease (shocking)

Dartmouth - 14% increase (they went need-blind for internationals)

Yale - 6% increase

Duke - 20% increase

This is your proof that you are not correctly classifying it’s peer schools. Most of these schools already had an ED/REA acceptance rate lower than Duke’s this year. Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice are way closer to a peer schools.

Also, Duke chose to take fewer kids ED this year, so that’s part of the reason for the decline.

Emory? Lol. Duke and UPenn had the same ED acceptance rate this year (15%). Columbia just trended in the wrong direction (probably due to their admissions reporting scandal). Dartmouth accepted ~19% this year. Of course you can’t compare the early rates at Harvard and Yale because those are not binding. As an Ivy grad, Duke is absolutely our peer for undergrad, and it’s more selective than several of them. I wouldn’t really consider Emory a peer at all. Vanderbilt and Rice are great but I believe Duke stands above both quite comfortably

Another Ivy grad checking in here. I agree that Duke is our peer. There's a LinkedIn group named "Alumni of the Ivy League: Ivy & Oxford Cambridge MIT Stanford Duke Berkeley Chicago." At the graduate level though, it's debatable. Duke isn't included in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program (Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago), for example.

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard of a school that didn’t have a 15% increase in early apps.

Most of Duke’s peer schools did not, only Dartmouth was close to having that level of increase.

Harvard - 2% increase

UPenn - 3% increase

Columbia - 9% decrease (shocking)

Dartmouth - 14% increase (they went need-blind for internationals)

Yale - 6% increase

Duke - 20% increase

This is your proof that you are not correctly classifying it’s peer schools. Most of these schools already had an ED/REA acceptance rate lower than Duke’s this year. Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice are way closer to a peer schools.

Also, Duke chose to take fewer kids ED this year, so that’s part of the reason for the decline.

Emory? Lol. Duke and UPenn had the same ED acceptance rate this year (15%). Columbia just trended in the wrong direction (probably due to their admissions reporting scandal). Dartmouth accepted ~19% this year. Of course you can’t compare the early rates at Harvard and Yale because those are not binding. As an Ivy grad, Duke is absolutely our peer for undergrad, and it’s more selective than several of them. I wouldn’t really consider Emory a peer at all. Vanderbilt and Rice are great but I believe Duke stands above both quite comfortably

Another Ivy grad checking in here. I agree that Duke is our peer. There's a LinkedIn group named "Alumni of the Ivy League: Ivy & Oxford Cambridge MIT Stanford Duke Berkeley Chicago." At the graduate level though, it's debatable. Duke isn't included in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program (Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago), for example.

That LinkedIn group is for all alumni of a school, including their grad schools. I’m pretty sure UChicago and Berkeley wouldn’t have been included just for undergrad because unlike Duke, their grad schools are stronger than their undergrad. Duke is the opposite: undergrad is its hallmark program, but its grad schools are certainly not slouches and are generally Top 10 in the country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard of a school that didn’t have a 15% increase in early apps.

Most of Duke’s peer schools did not, only Dartmouth was close to having that level of increase.

Harvard - 2% increase

UPenn - 3% increase

Columbia - 9% decrease (shocking)

Dartmouth - 14% increase (they went need-blind for internationals)

Yale - 6% increase

Duke - 20% increase

This is your proof that you are not correctly classifying it’s peer schools. Most of these schools already had an ED/REA acceptance rate lower than Duke’s this year. Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice are way closer to a peer schools.

Also, Duke chose to take fewer kids ED this year, so that’s part of the reason for the decline.

Emory? Lol. Duke and UPenn had the same ED acceptance rate this year (15%). Columbia just trended in the wrong direction (probably due to their admissions reporting scandal). Dartmouth accepted ~19% this year. Of course you can’t compare the early rates at Harvard and Yale because those are not binding. As an Ivy grad, Duke is absolutely our peer for undergrad, and it’s more selective than several of them. I wouldn’t really consider Emory a peer at all. Vanderbilt and Rice are great but I believe Duke stands above both quite comfortably

Another Ivy grad checking in here. I agree that Duke is our peer. There's a LinkedIn group named "Alumni of the Ivy League: Ivy & Oxford Cambridge MIT Stanford Duke Berkeley Chicago." At the graduate level though, it's debatable. Duke isn't included in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program (Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago), for example.

A linked in group? That’s a reach. Years ago, there was an Ivy only dating service that was open to both Duke and Hopkins grads. Totally irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard of a school that didn’t have a 15% increase in early apps.

Most of Duke’s peer schools did not, only Dartmouth was close to having that level of increase.

Harvard - 2% increase

UPenn - 3% increase

Columbia - 9% decrease (shocking)

Dartmouth - 14% increase (they went need-blind for internationals)

Yale - 6% increase

Duke - 20% increase

This is your proof that you are not correctly classifying it’s peer schools. Most of these schools already had an ED/REA acceptance rate lower than Duke’s this year. Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice are way closer to a peer schools.

Also, Duke chose to take fewer kids ED this year, so that’s part of the reason for the decline.

Emory? Lol. Duke and UPenn had the same ED acceptance rate this year (15%). Columbia just trended in the wrong direction (probably due to their admissions reporting scandal). Dartmouth accepted ~19% this year. Of course you can’t compare the early rates at Harvard and Yale because those are not binding. As an Ivy grad, Duke is absolutely our peer for undergrad, and it’s more selective than several of them. I wouldn’t really consider Emory a peer at all. Vanderbilt and Rice are great but I believe Duke stands above both quite comfortably

Another Ivy grad checking in here. I agree that Duke is our peer. There's a LinkedIn group named "Alumni of the Ivy League: Ivy & Oxford Cambridge MIT Stanford Duke Berkeley Chicago." At the graduate level though, it's debatable. Duke isn't included in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program (Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago), for example.

Why would Berkeley be included in that?

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t heard of a school that didn’t have a 15% increase in early apps.

Most of Duke’s peer schools did not, only Dartmouth was close to having that level of increase.

Harvard - 2% increase

UPenn - 3% increase

Columbia - 9% decrease (shocking)

Dartmouth - 14% increase (they went need-blind for internationals)

Yale - 6% increase

Duke - 20% increase

This is your proof that you are not correctly classifying it’s peer schools. Most of these schools already had an ED/REA acceptance rate lower than Duke’s this year. Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice are way closer to a peer schools.

Also, Duke chose to take fewer kids ED this year, so that’s part of the reason for the decline.

Emory? Lol. Duke and UPenn had the same ED acceptance rate this year (15%). Columbia just trended in the wrong direction (probably due to their admissions reporting scandal). Dartmouth accepted ~19% this year. Of course you can’t compare the early rates at Harvard and Yale because those are not binding. As an Ivy grad, Duke is absolutely our peer for undergrad, and it’s more selective than several of them. I wouldn’t really consider Emory a peer at all. Vanderbilt and Rice are great but I believe Duke stands above both quite comfortably

Another Ivy grad checking in here. I agree that Duke is our peer. There's a LinkedIn group named "Alumni of the Ivy League: Ivy & Oxford Cambridge MIT Stanford Duke Berkeley Chicago." At the graduate level though, it's debatable. Duke isn't included in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program (Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Chicago), for example.

Why would Berkeley be included in that?

Berkeley has incredible grad schools. Same reason Chicago is included

[Anonymous]

Oxford and Cambridge are public universities. Berkeley is simply the Oxbridge of the US, and anyone who doesn't recognize this is living under a rock. https://www.harvardhk.org/assets/upload/eventfiles/c5322_Charity%20Speed%20Dating%20e-flyer%202014-11-14.pdf

"Berkeley, Brown, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, Imperial College, King's College, LSE, Oxford, UPenn and Yale university alumni societies warmly welcome all of you to their charity speed dating and social mixer drinks."

[Anonymous]

“Plummet” is a little hyperbolic, come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oxford and Cambridge are public universities. Berkeley is simply the Oxbridge of the US, and anyone who doesn't recognize this is living under a rock. https://www.harvardhk.org/assets/upload/eventfiles/c5322_Charity%20Speed%20Dating%20e-flyer%202014-11-14.pdf

"Berkeley, Brown, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, Imperial College, King's College, LSE, Oxford, UPenn and Yale university alumni societies warmly welcome all of you to their charity speed dating and social mixer drinks."

This is the most elitist thing I've ever seen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Plummet” is a little hyperbolic, come on.

Their acceptance rate went down by 5%. For a school that’s already so selective that’s pretty much a plummet

[Anonymous]

My DC considered Duke as ED. Didn't go that route. Found out a classmate - school is lower-tier in FCPS - apparently got a full scholarship to Duke. She is URM and not sure about other factors. But DC was surprised because the girl wasn't seen as obvious Duke candidate.

Another obvious racist lie. Merit scholarship finalists at Duke aren't notified until March.

[Anonymous]

My high stats student had forever goals of Duke. When it came time to apply it wasn’t anywhere on his list.

[Anonymous]

We were very close to applying ED to Duke this year, but decided to go with a non-binding peer school for SCEA. Definitely applying to Duke regular decision though!

[Anonymous]

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My DC considered Duke as ED. Didn't go that route. Found out a classmate - school is lower-tier in FCPS - apparently got a full scholarship to Duke. She is URM and not sure about other factors. But DC was surprised because the girl wasn't seen as obvious Duke candidate.

Another obvious racist lie. Merit scholarship finalists at Duke aren't notified until March.

She may have gotten need based financial aid.

Nobody outside a family really knows a kid's profile. My kids are definitely not competitive for Duke but they both spent a lot of time on outside of school ECs that casual school acquaintances wouldn't know about.