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.