<p>noob,</p>
<p>Actually yes there are stats that indicate that RD = ED. Ask some of the admissions counselors and they will let you know. The stats are not published though. </p>
<p>And for athletes and legacies, I will help answer some of those questions as well. Legacies have the same admit rate as ED applicants. Again demonstrating that ED applicants and legacies just have an easier time standing out. Legacies just get a second look-over when applying and they usually have the same sort of commitment that ED applicants have because they plan on attending Duke no matter what. </p>
<p>And athletes, recruited athletes on average will probably have lower stats but they usually fall right into Duke’s range. I had several of friends who were athletes. The lowest SAT score out of my athlete friends was 1450 (on the old scale) and the highest was 1580. One friend ended up graduating with a 3.97 GPA in Biology. I only knew one student-athlete with a GPA lower than 3.3 (most majored in Economics, or engineering). Countless friends ended up at excellent graduate schools. </p>
<p>You have to realize that athletes are extremely focused and determined and they will usually do extremely well in school. Recruited athletes at Duke are top performers both in the classroom and outside of it. </p>
<p>And finally, all you are talking about are “stats”. Numbers. Numbers don’t tell the whole story. There is no way to quantify the leadership positions or the EC’s of an applicant. There is also no way to quantify the life experiences and essays that these applicants write. Applicants become obsessed with “stats”, usually GPA and SAT, these are TWO and only TWO components of an entire application.</p>