Duke admissions?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was looking checking out the collegeboard school profiles some time ago, and I came across this under Duke:</p>

<p>Very important admission factors:</p>

<pre><code>* Application Essay
* Extracurricular Activities
* Recommendations
* Rigor of secondary school record
* Standardized Test Scores
* Talent/Ability
</code></pre>

<p>Considered:</p>

<pre><code>* Alumni Relation
* Geographical Residence
* Racial/Ethnic Status
* State Residency
* Volunteer Work
* Work Experience
</code></pre>

<p>*** Academic GPA**</p>

<p>Is it possible that academic GPA isn't very important? Or rather, that it is less important?</p>

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<p>class rank isn’t even there…</p>

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<p>lols i think they made a mistake on the site. i’m pretty damn sure gpa is extremely important…</p>

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<p>Impossible. This has to be a typo. :P</p>

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<p>At most of these elite (top 25 universities), the high school transcript will be the most important factor usually (the problem is most people have great GPAs/grades, so they have to look at extracurriculars/essays to differentiate between applicants)… so that is a mistake.</p>

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<p>I’m not very familiar with Duke admissions, but I doubt it’s an error. The rigor of coursework and academic success are extremely important. GPA (the number) is less important.</p>

<p>Chicago has the same policy.

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<p>Well, according to Naviance, in our high school many have applied, but no one has ever gotten into Duke without an extremely high GPA (and correspondingly high standardized test scores).</p>

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<p>IBclass, GPA generally measures you academic sucess, so it is VERY important. Class rigour is important, yes, but you would be a fool to actually believe GPA and test scores were the LEAST important.</p>

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<p>yea i agree. GPA and your transcript are probably the single most important aspects of your application.</p>

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<p>Their statement is accurate. They look at the secondary school record, i.e. GPA, vis a vis rigor. A high academic GPA without rigor will not get you into Duke. That’s all that they are saying.</p>