<p>To everyone that was accepted ED, congratulations! I'll see you in Durham next year!</p>
<p>If you were deferred, don't give up hope. That 10% that gets admitted from the deferred pool are those that show the most interest in attending if accepted. Send in an essay about why you really love Duke (I've seen it work before), another recommendation, or something to show that you haven't given up on them.
I know it's hard to think about it right now, I went through deferral last year (albeit at a different school... but everything worked out!).</p>
<p>If you were rejected, you will find somewhere else great!</p>
<p>I was deferred from Pratt ED........However, I am close family friends with a very very big donating alumni....would it seem desperate or be way too obvious if I had them send in a personal letter of recomendation? Would it actually help?</p>
<p>CubsRule: You never know, it MAY help if that person can give very personal anecdotes about you and your personality or whatever. But chances are it will come off too distant if he doesn't actually know you very well and if he can't come up with specific qualities to note. You would be better served by getting another strong recommendation from a teacher you have this year or maybe a research mentor/boss or something to show another side of your personality.
Desperation is not always a bad thing; they want people who want to be here!</p>
<p>r2005: I'm happy you'll be joining us! This year's Trinity ED was tough (not to take anything away from Pratt EDers). Only 26% or so accepted to Trinity I think, so nice work.</p>
<p>I don't think so. I was just figuring it out from the information on the letters people posted here. I figure ~470 total spots, ~1500 total applications, ~108 pratt acceptances, ~220 pratt applicants, and so Trinity comes out to around 26% I think.
We're on break so the chronicle isn't at full force, obviously, and that's where it would (and will, I assume) show up.</p>
<p>Yeah, they really are great. They're doing all this without Alena Beard and with Lindsey Harding on the bench.The only thing is no one goes to their games at Cameron. I love going to their home games, they're even more dominant than the men are at home, but the place is empty. It disappoints me that us Duke fans are supposed to be the best basketball fans in the country and we take our third ranked women's team for granted. For all you new admits GO TO BOTH THE MENS AND WOMENS BASKETBALL GAMES. While I'm on the subject, when you go to a Duke football game, try to get into the stadium and watch the game for at least 2 minutes. Doesn't say much when 3X as many students are out tailgating instead of in the stadium. Oh and our mens soccer team made it to the national semifinals this year and field hockey lost in the national championship game for the second year in a row. Cross country finished second nationally I believe, Women's Golf is number 1 in the country, and the mens golf and both mens and womens tennis and lacrosse teams are in the top 25 nationally. So for all you new Duke admits out there looking to become Duke sports fans, remember there is more Duke sports that you could see than just men's basketball. If you're a sports fan you're gonna have some fun the next 4 years.</p>
<p>I agree with duke25. I made it a point to go see at least one football game (I went to the guaranteed win vs. Citadel, call me shallow if you want) and it was pretty cool. I think we actually had a full stadium for the soccer game vs. Carolina. I definitely agree that more people should go to the women's basketball games.
People think that since our football team isn't so great (yet) that our basketball team is just some anomaly and we're just average at all other sports. But all of our sports teams are quite good! Duke pride extends far beyond basketball.</p>
<p>I was at the Citadel game:) Another reason why Duke should accept me...all the football games they've won in the past 2 years I've been at...weird...</p>