<p>my last post was totally sarcastic
I’m glad people are starting to agree…</p>
<p>Because Duke has so many more applicants than places, I doubt they are admitting substandard students ED (except for athletes - flame away if you like). However, there are probably some students who apply RD who, though the quirks of college admissions, are just as strong as the top students at Harvard and MIT, but they didn’t get in, and they make the RD class look stronger. </p>
<p>But why would Duke need to admit substandard students ED when admissions knows they will get plenty of qualified applicants that will actually enroll?</p>
<p>Best reason to apply ED: you know you really want to come to Duke and you want to have a nice senior year. I had so much less stress this year than my friends who did not apply or get accepted ED to college.</p>
<p>Does being a legacy help you more if you apply ED?</p>
<p>Tell you the truth, I think that ED has many extremely qualified and even over qualified candidates. Duke this year had a record high application of ED students and all the Ivies did too. Yale deferred 1/3 of their ED students and I had a friend who got accepted into Princeton that god deferred from Yale. Also I totally do not agree that the application pool is weaker in ED. Many of you are only thinking about the people who score like the top 25% ok. Look RD I’m sure has a whole bunch of candidates that have scores that are lower than the ED candidates but you guys are only looking at the the good ones and saying “oh so and so didn’t get in and they had great stats” but I’m sure there are other people who don’t have high as a stats that got in as RD. GPA and SAT I and ACT are the least of what they look at. They take in consideration of what your EC. They also look at your sense of community, your essay, and extremely look at your recommendations. They love to see what challenge you have for them. Duke doesn’t care much about your academic as they care about what new perceptive you can bring to the school. Duke is different, if you only care about academics, then go to Ivies and stop complaining. Duke is unique in the way that they look at what the candidates can bring to the school, not what the school can provide for the candidates. Unlike the Ivies, Duke cares more about what new programs that the Ivies don’t have. There is a reason why Dukes programs are second to none, is because they care about uniqueness, not so much as to your academic scores (of course they do care about that).
Also you guys are only looking at the lower people in ED, it makes no sense comparing people who got low scores that got into ED to people who got high scores that didn’t get into RD. Because I’m sure there are people you might find surprising that had low scores in RD that edged out higher scores RD students. It would be because they don’t care only about academics but they have other EC commitments in their lives. School and Scores are only half of what they look at. They look at your commitments outside the realm of academics.
I had a friend that got into Duke with a 34 ACT, I think 800 SAT IIs and a whole lot of EC. He has never had a 4.0 since the start of high school. He applied ED and got in.
I also have a fried who got into MIT with a GPA of 3.7 (he had three Bs junior year). He got a 800 on SAT II physics and math and I don’t know his SAT/ACT. But he applied to MIT and got accepted.
In other words, you people who think that ED is less qualified than RD, I would totally disagree.</p>
<p>From the Duke website:</p>
<p>What is a legacy student? Does Duke consider legacy in the application process?</p>
<pre><code>A legacy student is an applicant who has grandparents, parents, or siblings who have attended or are attending Duke. Duke does take legacy status into consideration when evaluating applications, but it will not make or break any individual application.
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<p>AKA, Duke doesn’t care if you are a legacy or not, your still going to be reviewed the same as others</p>
<p>Okay, so does that mean it can only help? In my case, I have pretty good test scores, GPA, and extracurriculars, so I am hoping being a legacy might counteract any possible weakness they might see in my application.</p>
<p>wiat no cdz you read that incorrectly. duke DOES care if you are a legacy (as does any private school in this country lol). legacy admit rates are generally “double,” so yeah, daughter, it will help. but just don’t rely on it…</p>