Public policy:
USC
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Northwestern (social policy)
Cornell
Brown

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Anonymous wrote:With respect to your child's interest in public policy, this site may provide ideas for their greater college list:

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-public-policy/

Good list, but these are all super-selective. Not to derail, but any suggestions for targets and safeties that are strong in Public Policy?

Brandeis is not as selective as Duke. Georgetown is also great.

Anonymous wrote:With respect to your child's interest in public policy, this site may provide ideas for their greater college list:

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-public-policy/

Good list, but these are all super-selective. Not to derail, but any suggestions for targets and safeties that are strong in Public Policy?

With respect to your child's interest in public policy, this site may provide ideas for their greater college list:

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-public-policy/

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Anonymous wrote:3.96 uw, 4.5 weighted, magnet, varsity sport, debate, vice president of SGA and leader in deca etc. good extra curricular. Chances for Ed Duke ? Or bags he consider Ed elsewhere. Pub pol, Econ, finance. Shud be consider Penn instead. Knows ist high reach

This isn't very useful without SAT scores.

Though Duke is still test-optional, I think about 75% of admitted students have submitted scores.

Current speculation is that Duke is staying test-optional primarily to give admissions more flexibility with hooked candidates. Unhooked should have at least a 1510 to hit the middle 50% range (1510-1560).

Duke's long-term Dean of Admissions just retired and there is an interim in place now. The retired dean said they wanted to have a few TO classes graduate to see how they did. But also I think they want to give the eventual new dean some input in the decision.

Between their large number of top flight athletes, their increased emphasis on minority/local/low income students and their historic interest in being very welcoming to the kids of the rich and famous (though there aren't a ton of them), there would be some reason for Duke to stay TO to accommodate them, but I think their class is generally large enough that they can drop TO and still be fine as people would just ignore the bottom 25% numbers and note that the top 75% are still super high.

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Anonymous wrote:3.96 uw, 4.5 weighted, magnet, varsity sport, debate, vice president of SGA and leader in deca etc. good extra curricular. Chances for Ed Duke ? Or bags he consider Ed elsewhere. Pub pol, Econ, finance. Shud be consider Penn instead. Knows ist high reach

This isn't very useful without SAT scores.

Though Duke is still test-optional, I think about 75% of admitted students have submitted scores.

Current speculation is that Duke is staying test-optional primarily to give admissions more flexibility with hooked candidates. Unhooked should have at least a 1510 to hit the middle 50% range (1510-1560).

Anonymous wrote:3.96 uw, 4.5 weighted, magnet, varsity sport, debate, vice president of SGA and leader in deca etc. good extra curricular. Chances for Ed Duke ? Or bags he consider Ed elsewhere. Pub pol, Econ, finance. Shud be consider Penn instead. Knows ist high reach

This isn't very useful without SAT scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine had similar EC, 4.0/4.6 1590 and didn’t get in but his friend with lower GPA and SAT got in. It’s hard to predict when you are in low single digit acceptance rate. If Duke is first pick then give it a shot.

He didn't get in ED or RD? With those stats, I'm sure he had lots of great options.

Did not get in ED. Deferred then rejected. Was disappointed but happy now with how it all worked out.

Where did he go instead?

Got into Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA, UNC, among others and is at one of those. Did not apply to any Ivys.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with a lot here.

Take a look at some Duke applicants:

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1mlvyxy/basic_asian_male_cries_every_night_for_4_yrs_and/

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1k4u9g5/pov_choosing_a_college_is_harder_than_applying/

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1k2o202/normal_girlie_does_all_of_her_applications_in_one/

eye-opening....
omg

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Anonymous wrote:Mine had similar EC, 4.0/4.6 1590 and didn’t get in but his friend with lower GPA and SAT got in. It’s hard to predict when you are in low single digit acceptance rate. If Duke is first pick then give it a shot.

He didn't get in ED or RD? With those stats, I'm sure he had lots of great options.

Did not get in ED. Deferred then rejected. Was disappointed but happy now with how it all worked out.

Where did he go instead?

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Anonymous wrote:Mine had similar EC, 4.0/4.6 1590 and didn’t get in but his friend with lower GPA and SAT got in. It’s hard to predict when you are in low single digit acceptance rate. If Duke is first pick then give it a shot.

He didn't get in ED or RD? With those stats, I'm sure he had lots of great options.

Did not get in ED. Deferred then rejected. Was disappointed but happy now with how it all worked out.

Anonymous wrote:Mine had similar EC, 4.0/4.6 1590 and didn’t get in but his friend with lower GPA and SAT got in. It’s hard to predict when you are in low single digit acceptance rate. If Duke is first pick then give it a shot.

He didn't get in ED or RD? With those stats, I'm sure he had lots of great options.

Just apply you never know. Obviously hard since it's Duke but it would be a pretty incredible feeling to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious - do most schools have a statistically significant number of non-hooked kids applying to Duke (or anywhere else) such that the data is truly meaningful?

I tend to find the school data to be pretty useless because there is so often a story.

School data from FCPS is pretty worthless. The sample size is too small and the acceptances are a bit unpredictable.

That is my experience as well. Yet the default DCUM post is "check the data". It is worth checking but I wouldn't count on much unless you are applying to state flagship from in-state or something like that.

Correct. Data for UVA W&M VT JMU is very accurate. Top 10 is a total crapshoot.

I’d pick something more realistic. Duke seems impossible from this area