Duke reopened WL today

[Anonymous]

As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

Why?

yeah why?

[Anonymous]

DP but I assume because it hurts all over again to have been rejected when hearing about so many people getting called off the waitlist this late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

This is an absurd comment. What does anyone have to be enraged about? You're mad waitlists exist? You're mad Duke still has spots to fill and there are certain kids they'd like to fill them?

Your kid didn't get in or get the waitlist. And there's schools (s)he got into and got on the waitlist for (presumably). Should other parents be enraged by that? Like what are you talking about.

[Anonymous]

cameron crazies shuffling through zombie land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

Sorry to read this. Understandable. Was your student accepted to other schools about which he/she is excited ? If yes, then that is all that really matters. If no, then have him or her contact Duke admissions.

A year or two ago, several students rejected by an elite MBA program were contacted after the MBA program experienced a low yield of accepted students and asked if they (the rejected students contacted) were still interested. (I cannot recall which MBA program, but I'll try to Google it.) My point is that anything is possible and if your student really is upset, then fight for what he/she wants. (May receive strong encouragement to reapply next year or better.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

this makes zero sense. it means there was a priority waitlist and your kid wasn't on it. no drama. it sucks to be rejected or have a "softer" rejection or whatever - but other kids getting into duke off a waitlist is not enraging.

happy for the kids who got unexpected good news - must be a thrill!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a kid that really really wanted Duke and didn’t get in, this thread is enraging.

Why? Your kid must not be on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke in the mid-90s and there were a few large doubles in my freshman dorm on East (which is now the freshman campus) that were turned into triples - not ideal, but not awful, and the ones I recall were women.

It sounds like this was not just a few but they took quite a few more kids. Duke has really grown its international population in recent years and it seems to be coming back to bite them.

I hate to say it as things will likely change a lot in the next few years, but as the parent of a full pay legacy who will likely be applying ED in a few years, this is not the worst thing in the world for my child's chances.

Wow. I guess your Duke education didn’t teach you to think broadly and allow you to understand what is going on with the takeover of education.

I did not say I was happy about it. I would much rather my kid didn't get in and Trump was not president and we returned to normal. I was just being realistic and somewhat sarcastic. Some people seem to struggle with nuance. They teach that at Duke - UWC. 8 am. So much fun.

Everyone can be a critic and a comedian when they are anonymous. So sad.

Yea it’s wishful thinking on your part too. You can’t really think that your kid suddenly has an appreciably better chance of getting into Duke because of this year’s
insanity, do you? Even as a legacy?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke in the mid-90s and there were a few large doubles in my freshman dorm on East (which is now the freshman campus) that were turned into triples - not ideal, but not awful, and the ones I recall were women.

It sounds like this was not just a few but they took quite a few more kids. Duke has really grown its international population in recent years and it seems to be coming back to bite them.

I hate to say it as things will likely change a lot in the next few years, but as the parent of a full pay legacy who will likely be applying ED in a few years, this is not the worst thing in the world for my child's chances.

Wow. I guess your Duke education didn’t teach you to think broadly and allow you to understand what is going on with the takeover of education.

I did not say I was happy about it. I would much rather my kid didn't get in and Trump was not president and we returned to normal. I was just being realistic and somewhat sarcastic. Some people seem to struggle with nuance. They teach that at Duke - UWC. 8 am. So much fun.

Everyone can be a critic and a comedian when they are anonymous. So sad.

Yea it’s wishful thinking on your part too. You can’t really think that your kid suddenly has an appreciably better chance of getting into Duke because of this year’s
insanity, do you? Even as a legacy?

Nope.

NP: Did they say that? No. Horse is dead. Stop beating it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP but I assume because it hurts all over again to have been rejected when hearing about so many people getting called off the waitlist this late.

Exactly, DP, it's a crime to be human here sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke in the mid-90s and there were a few large doubles in my freshman dorm on East (which is now the freshman campus) that were turned into triples - not ideal, but not awful, and the ones I recall were women.

It sounds like this was not just a few but they took quite a few more kids. Duke has really grown its international population in recent years and it seems to be coming back to bite them.

I hate to say it as things will likely change a lot in the next few years, but as the parent of a full pay legacy who will likely be applying ED in a few years, this is not the worst thing in the world for my child's chances.

Wow. I guess your Duke education didn’t teach you to think broadly and allow you to understand what is going on with the takeover of education.

I did not say I was happy about it. I would much rather my kid didn't get in and Trump was not president and we returned to normal. I was just being realistic and somewhat sarcastic. Some people seem to struggle with nuance. They teach that at Duke - UWC. 8 am. So much fun.

Everyone can be a critic and a comedian when they are anonymous. So sad.

Yea it’s wishful thinking on your part too. You can’t really think that your kid suddenly has an appreciably better chance of getting into Duke because of this year’s
insanity, do you? Even as a legacy?

Nope.

NP: Did they say that? No. Horse is dead. Stop beating it.

Yes, they did say that. Or at least as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Duke in the mid-90s and there were a few large doubles in my freshman dorm on East (which is now the freshman campus) that were turned into triples - not ideal, but not awful, and the ones I recall were women.

It sounds like this was not just a few but they took quite a few more kids. Duke has really grown its international population in recent years and it seems to be coming back to bite them.

I hate to say it as things will likely change a lot in the next few years, but as the parent of a full pay legacy who will likely be applying ED in a few years, this is not the worst thing in the world for my child's chances.

Wow. I guess your Duke education didn’t teach you to think broadly and allow you to understand what is going on with the takeover of education.

I did not say I was happy about it. I would much rather my kid didn't get in and Trump was not president and we returned to normal. I was just being realistic and somewhat sarcastic. Some people seem to struggle with nuance. They teach that at Duke - UWC. 8 am. So much fun.

Everyone can be a critic and a comedian when they are anonymous. So sad.

Yea it’s wishful thinking on your part too. You can’t really think that your kid suddenly has an appreciably better chance of getting into Duke because of this year’s
insanity, do you? Even as a legacy?

Nope.

NP: Did they say that? No. Horse is dead. Stop beating it.

Yes, they did say that. Or at least as much.

I disagree, but either way, I think that discussion ended about 100 posts ago. They said they were being sarcastic. They know that statistically the impact is virtually zero. Move on. Lighten up, Francis. In trying to show how smart you are, you are just showing how anal and dumb you are. Everyone who comes here to take other people down really should get a life (and note that I am defensively taking you down, which is different from initiating it like you did).

So much of the shallow end of the gene pool posts here. OMFG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP but I assume because it hurts all over again to have been rejected when hearing about so many people getting called off the waitlist this late.

Exactly, DP, it's a crime to be human here sometimes.

Yeah....but, enraging?? Getting a rejection letter from Duke at any point in time should not be enraging, for anyone. That's the point of reaches-for-all. All applicants may get the rejection letter.

Not sure what late has to do with it. It would make some sense if your kid was actually on the waitlist, and not called.