<p>i highly doubt that. i called harvard admissions because of all the rumors, and they said its pretty dead set on april 1… but we shall see i guess?</p>
<p>Yes, I agree that Duke seems to be playing the yield game as well, unfortunately.</p>
<p>^^^Harvard’s website has said April 1 for weeks now. It’s April 1.</p>
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I have to disagree with this. duke’s too good to play games like that. for whatever reason, we were waitlisted. but not because we were “too good”</p>
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<p>i really thought i would get into duke… one of the admission officers even requested an online chat (using gmail’s chat thingy) and wow, i got bombared with questions. oh well. gotta move on…</p>
<p>we just gotta pray for harvard :(</p>
<p>My guess was you guys were just too good at literally everything. Somehow maybe that wrongfully stripped you of demonstrating passion in one field? I know that makes no sense but that is really the only reason I could see a school waitlisting applicants as amazing as you.</p>
<p>I personally think that nothing is an indicator of anything in terms of private school admissions.</p>
<p>Especially this year where the percentages are crazy low… and every college really is looking for different things. Just depends on the pool and the school.</p>
<p>^^ exactly… no matter how much work you put into apps, there are a lot of factors out of your control. Maybe the first person who reads your app just finished reading a pile of really, really boring essays and you stand out. Or maybe they just came from reading the app of that “once in a lifetime” kid who gets the likely letter and then your app just seems mediocre as they sit down to read it afterwards. No way to know.</p>
<p>it does… oh God… the day is almost here… GOOD LUCK PEOPLE! PLEASE TELL US HOW THINGS WENT! GOOD VIBES (flash of vibes)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
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<p>true… perhaps, we shall summon john harvard using a wigi board to ask for his wisdom and guidance</p>
<p>Back in the days of paper applications you could have just claimed that you got rejected because some admissions officer poured his/her coffee all over the EC’s section of your application and then just said, “You know what…**ck it - rejected.”</p>
<p>Nowadays you just hope that someone read some 3.0/1200 application and then accidentally inputted his/her review of the application under your file (and this miraculously happened twice in a row). Hey…it’s possible!</p>
<p>And, I must agree, Duke sucks :(.</p>
<p>Also, what if the Ivies decided to throw everyone off and released decisions today? Would chaos ensue?</p>
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<p>I agree. The banter is lighthearted and the sense of community is quite nice.</p>
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<p>Yet it remains quite difficult to rationalize the lack of acceptances among such highly qualified applicants. Yield protection seems to provide the most fitting explanation. However, I am relatively unacquainted with a basic sense of Duke’s common admission practices.</p>
<p>I want it to be March 31, but it’s not going to be. It’s DEFINITELY April 1.</p>
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I know…and I mean its not like they couldnt release on March 31st. I really doubt they will still be making/checking decisions the day before. O well, I guess they would know better than me tho.</p>
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<p><em>checks to make sure that Alumother is not around</em> – OK, we’re safe.</p>
<p>no, i bet they’re already done. they just do it to torment us bc they love schadenfreude</p>
<p>^Schadenfreude, makin’ me feel glad that I’m not you!!</p>
<p>I <3 Avenue Q.</p>
<p>[Avenue</a> Q “Schadenfreude”](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9B-ZoS0wvU]Avenue”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9B-ZoS0wvU)</p>
<p>oh gosh, im not afraid to admit this but i didnt really know the definition of the word schadenfreude. so i looked it up. and now its my favorite word. thank you natim1 for bringing up such wonderful words 
my vocabulary just expanded</p>
<p>Haha schadenfreude.</p>
<p>Is that pronounced SHAY-den-froid?</p>
<p>according to merriam, its pronounced:
ˈsh</p>