Anonymous wrote:DD told me there are 5 girls applying ED to Duke in her class. I understand Duke is a great school, but it's a fairly larger percentage of her grade EDing there with all things considered. Having spoken with other parents, it seems like this is a trend at many of the local private schools in the area. Is there anything super special about Duke that's attracting a lot of early applicants this year?

I'd be curious whether Naviance/SCOIR supports this sort of decision? At our private, the only people who get into Duke are athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Said me, forever.

That southern culture can be a bit much for kids used to Washington. It’s suffocating. We out-of-staters hung together.

Well bless your heart. I am an OOS Tar Heel. We definitely didn’t hang.

Rude.

Not even. Truth hurts.

Anonymous wrote:Duke are The Blue Devils for a reason. Founded by Northerners. It's a more Northern-feeling school benefiting from some aspects of the South.

Northerners ruin everything.

Looking at their acceptance rate in yield, it has some type of appeal. My kid doesn’t have time to research every school in depth. but right now is going with some of what he knows, and some of what is popular with other students (who likely have done research). if/when he gets in, we’ll figure it out

there’s no point in hating on a school, unless you know your kid can’t get in and you’re just expressing sour grapes.

Anonymous wrote:When I was applying I had multiple alums express concerns regarding race relations on campus. It sounded weird enough that I was out.

How many years ago? Duke actually has one of the best diversity makeup of the top schools.

Only 40% white, 20% Asian, 10% black, 10% Hispanic… etc.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Said me, forever.

That southern culture can be a bit much for kids used to Washington. It’s suffocating. We out-of-staters hung together.

Well bless your heart. I am an OOS Tar Heel. We definitely didn’t hang.

+1

- ‘89 grad from Wisconsin

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Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Said me, forever.

That southern culture can be a bit much for kids used to Washington. It’s suffocating. We out-of-staters hung together.

Well bless your heart. I am an OOS Tar Heel. We definitely didn’t hang.

Rude.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Said me, forever.

That southern culture can be a bit much for kids used to Washington. It’s suffocating. We out-of-staters hung together.

Well bless your heart. I am an OOS Tar Heel. We definitely didn’t hang.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Said me, forever.

That southern culture can be a bit much for kids used to Washington. It’s suffocating. We out-of-staters hung together.

Anonymous wrote:It’s one of the top regrets of my life that I fell under the spell of the beauty of Chapel Hill - many years ago - and thus picked Carolina over Duke.

said no one, ever.

Anonymous wrote:We also have lots of smart kids EDing Duke this year in our area… don’t blame them, Duke would be a killer outcome

+1 same, expecting at least 4500 ED to Duke this year

We also have lots of smart kids EDing Duke this year in our area… don’t blame them, Duke would be a killer outcome

Anonymous wrote:Duke are The Blue Devils for a reason. Founded by Northerners. It's a more Northern-feeling school benefiting from some aspects of the South.

The bolded is correct. Beautiful scenery, great weather overall, lots of school spirit especially, great academics and research, close for travel to other southern schools and cities.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s misleading to label Duke as T10. It’s more like #10-15.

There is minuscule (if any) difference between a T15 and a T10.

So why say 15 when it's actually T10

Anonymous wrote:It’s misleading to label Duke as T10. It’s more like #10-15.

There is minuscule (if any) difference between a T15 and a T10.