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[quote=Anonymous][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]

The real question is, how many of these applicants are actually competitive for Duke and how many of them were just added because of Duke basketball?[/quote]

I'm pretty sure if kids ever got to the point of considering Duke due to basketball without having the academics to back it up, their conversation with their guidance counselor would go something like:

GC: Timmy, what is your top choice for college?
Timmy: I would really love to go to Duke, they have an awesome basketball team and I'd love to go to their games.
GC: Timmy you have a 1000 SAT and a 3.5 GPA. Do you know what it takes to get into Duke?
Timmy: No, is that a problem? It's just a sports school right?
GC: I think there are other schools with good sports teams that would be a better fit for you. You can save your application fee and we'll find some other schools for you.[/quote]

HA I love this little role play. Imagine thinking Duke is just a sports school. Although I can see it happening in less educated areas. Maybe on the west coast the same thing happens with Stanford football.[/quote]

Duke basketball is a huge brand, similar to Alabama football. I can totally see some big sports fans who aren't into the college admissions hoopla thinking Duke is the basketball equivalent of Alabama.[/quote]

I think a better equivalent for Duke basketball is Notre Dame football. I'm not that into college football, but it's hard to believe any real college football fans don't know Notre Dame is a top academic school as well. I think the better comparison for Alabama football would be Kentucky basketball - both big state schools with ravenous local fans.[/quote]

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