Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:57     Subject: Re:Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I find it funny how much this forum reveres Duke because of how few they take from the DMV. Perceptions of schools on here are just driven by perceived exclusivity, and it's gross.


It's not just perceived exclusivity. Duke has become known as a well rounded college experience where kids can have fun, attend sports games and also get a top notch education, while places like Princeton and Yale are known for being competitive and grindy with kids competing with another to get into clubs. A lot of students (and their parents) want their kids to be in a more well rounded college environment and the weather helps too. Also, with the protests, lots of Jewish parents have been souring on schools like Columbia and Harvard. My Asian American, STEM-loving DD with very high stats applied ED to Duke and was deferred.


The only spectator sport at Duke is basketball and the social part ended about a decade ago.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:50     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote: There's a very prestigious "school of math and science" public highschool in durham adjacent to Duke. I wonder if it's a major feeder.


Don't think it's a feeder per se, and it's a public boarding school with kids from the whole State (acceptances are done by region). Certainly Duke gets some kids from NCSSM, but the students there get a guaranteed acceptance to a UNC system school and free tuition, so many end up at NC State and UNC.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:31     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
DS also chose a top 3 Ivy over Duke but it was a tough decision.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:15     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Duke academics is nothing to write home about
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:07     Subject: Re:Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:I find it funny how much this forum reveres Duke because of how few they take from the DMV. Perceptions of schools on here are just driven by perceived exclusivity, and it's gross.


It's not just perceived exclusivity. Duke has become known as a well rounded college experience where kids can have fun, attend sports games and also get a top notch education, while places like Princeton and Yale are known for being competitive and grindy with kids competing with another to get into clubs. A lot of students (and their parents) want their kids to be in a more well rounded college environment and the weather helps too. Also, with the protests, lots of Jewish parents have been souring on schools like Columbia and Harvard. My Asian American, STEM-loving DD with very high stats applied ED to Duke and was deferred.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 18:29     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stephen Miller.


Ok, but any humans?


Please keep politics out of the College subforum. Take it to the politics one if you want to discuss.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 18:25     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:Stats of anyone who got in in ED? Just a few deferred from our school. All hooks


Only legacies from our HS
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 18:08     Subject: Re:Does anyone get in Duke
I find it funny how much this forum reveres Duke because of how few they take from the DMV. Perceptions of schools on here are just driven by perceived exclusivity, and it's gross.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 18:05     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
My DC was accepted to Duke last year RD (applied undecided) from a top FCPS. Blue Devil Day was fun, but ended up at HYPSM
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 18:01     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From our private high school, at least one or two get in a year. Exclusively ED admits. Some hooked (legacy), but ALL are top of their class (probably 5%, minimum 10%), highly academically motivated, highest rigor across the board, and almost all, were very active on the robotics team.

Duke is what the Ivy league was 30 years ago, now that the Ivy league is more interested in FGLI and URM and athletes.


The top ranked kids at our private still select the Ivies over Duke.

Even Cornell and Columbia?


Yes
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 17:53     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From our private high school, at least one or two get in a year. Exclusively ED admits. Some hooked (legacy), but ALL are top of their class (probably 5%, minimum 10%), highly academically motivated, highest rigor across the board, and almost all, were very active on the robotics team.

Duke is what the Ivy league was 30 years ago, now that the Ivy league is more interested in FGLI and URM and athletes.


The top ranked kids at our private still select the Ivies over Duke.

Even Cornell and Columbia?
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 17:33     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:From our private high school, at least one or two get in a year. Exclusively ED admits. Some hooked (legacy), but ALL are top of their class (probably 5%, minimum 10%), highly academically motivated, highest rigor across the board, and almost all, were very active on the robotics team.

Duke is what the Ivy league was 30 years ago, now that the Ivy league is more interested in FGLI and URM and athletes.


The top ranked kids at our private still select the Ivies over Duke.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 16:40     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
From our private high school, at least one or two get in a year. Exclusively ED admits. Some hooked (legacy), but ALL are top of their class (probably 5%, minimum 10%), highly academically motivated, highest rigor across the board, and almost all, were very active on the robotics team.

Duke is what the Ivy league was 30 years ago, now that the Ivy league is more interested in FGLI and URM and athletes.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 16:30     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:Stephen Miller.


Ok, but any humans?
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 15:59     Subject: Does anyone get in Duke
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid just got back from study aboard where there was a mix of kids from other schools. Said the Duke kids were insufferable and cliquey as a group (only wanted to be with other Duke kids). YMMV.


who'd they say the nicest kids were??


Everyone else. Duke kids were obnoxious and stuck to themselves while kids from all the other colleges got along.