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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think 10% of the class at my kid's Big3 applied ED to Duke.  Many are legacy, all are smart.  [/quote]

So you're saying at least 5% of your Big 3 has legacy at Duke? Seems pretty absurd, but maybe makes sense since their parents probably earned a lot after attending Duke.[/quote]

The legacy at these privates is absurd.  I'd say 60% of the class has legacy at one Ivy or another (given two parents per child).  Probably 5% at Duke (with a bunch of overlap with the Ivies--one parent Duke alum, one parent an Ivy alum).

Actually I think it may be higher for Duke--more like 10%. 
Remember, some of the Big3 only have 75 kids per class.  I know at least 5 kids with Duke legacy out of 75 kids and that's just from the families I know well.  That's already 7.5%.   [/quote]

Duke LOVES legacies and big donors (they are not unique like this, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, etc are the same). The most recent info I could find online isn't so recent (from 2016) was from a presentation by Dean Guttentag that between 10-15% of each class is made up of legacies, which honestly seemed low to me.

Don't hate the player, hate the game. And I am not a big Duke fan, but them the breaks I guess.[/quote]

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