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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2022 data:

https://today.duke.edu/2022/03/duke-offers-regular-admission-2230-students

Just over 50,000 students applied for admission this year, the most ever. With the 855 students accepted in December as Early Decision applicants, a total of 3,085 have been invited to join the Class of 2026.

Duke received 50,002 applications for undergraduate admissions this year, up about 1 percent over last year’s pool, which saw the largest year-to-year increase in the school’s history.

Of those, 45,941 applied under Duke’s Regular Decision program, up from 44,133 last year. Among the Regular Decision applicant pool, 2,120 students -- 4.6 percent -- will receive a notice of acceptance.[/quote]

Wow. Admissions these days for top schools are really a lottery unless you've done something groundbreaking.[/quote]

Actually, admissions to top schools seems to me to be the opposite of a lottery system as a highly competitive system is not the same as chance.[/quote]

:roll: The stats give you a lottery ticket.[/quote]

+1 nowadays having good grades and test scores just gives you a ticket to enter the lottery. In the past it was much easier to determine which kids would get into which schools, hence why it's more like a lottery now. I can't tell you how many times I've seen kids who I thought were very deserving get denied from top schools that they liked very much. Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Columbia, you name it, unless you've done something like win an international competition there's really no guarantees.[/quote]

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