<p>Duke expects to admit roughly 3,300 (including those previously admitted ED) for a class of 1,640 - meaning that they anticipate an overall yield of nearly 50%.</p>
<p>Byerly, what is the student population growth from last year to this year.
Every school seems to have more apps than last year.
It looks like people are applying to more schools every year.</p>
<p>B-E-A-utiful. It seems like every top school is registering gains in applicants; I'll be happy just to get in somewhere.</p>
<p>"Last year, more than one in six applicants with class ranks were valedictorians, but fewer than half were admitted to Duke. Almost 3,000 applicants had SAT scores between 1,500 and 1,600, and the university admitted about two-thirds of them."</p>
<p>Interesting...</p>
<p>I think the 3300 acceptances in April is on top of the 465 already admitted ED. So the expected overall yield rate is actually around 44% (in keeping with recent years).</p>
<p>Yeah looks like the acceptance rate will be 20-21%. It's getting tough! I can't imagine what acceptance rates will look like when I'm graduating, it's kind of scary.</p>
<p>"Almost 3,000 applicants had SAT scores between 1,500 and 1,600, and the university admitted about two-thirds of them."</p>
<p>Now that's an interesting statement. I've heard numerous times that Duke places a huge emphasis on SAT I scores. This statement basically confirms that rumor (if it's true).</p>
<p>The stat is true. But you can't assume that the 1500-1600 scorers got in on their SAT I alone. People that score that high are USUALLY at the top of their class and relatively involved and active in ECs. And I mean, ~1000 kids with >1500 got rejected too. I guess you are right in the sense that if 2000 admittees scored >1500, that constitutes ~51% of the total acceptees while the 3000 applicants with >1500 is only ~18% of the total pool. I have a feeling that less than 2/3 of people with >1500 will be accepted this year though.</p>
<p>Oh great. I have a 1480! I really hope my chances are not decreased since my SAT score is 20 pts below 1500...</p>
<p>The 3,300 accepted students figure is for regular decision only. A 7.1% increase in applications would not lead to a drop in acceptance rate from ~24% to ~18% (3300/18000). The RD yield rate is normally somewhere in the mid 30's.</p>
<p>one word: screwed!!!</p>
<p>Okay first of all, that 2/3 statistic was wrong. At least for my class (2008) Duke accepted less than 1/2 within the 1500-1600 range...I know this because I talked at my high school on behalf of admission and they gave me a profile of admission for my class (I'm looking at it right now). So roughly 50% is the actual figure. For applicants to Pratt, this percentage accepted within that range goes up a little because Pratt is more numbers-based. </p>
<p>Second, Cavalier, the overall acceptance rate for the class of 2008 was 21.7% with around 16,600 applications, so it is definitely possible it'll drop a couple percentage points. </p>
<p>Overall, however, people should just be confident in their abilities and have faith in yourself. I'm sure everything will work out in the end.</p>
<p>Oh yes yes, incollege is correct. I was getting it confused with THIS stat:</p>
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Also, close to 1,000 applicants this year were ranked in the top 10 in their class and had scored 1500 or higher on the SAT; Duke admitted about two-thirds of those students.
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<p>And the acceptance rate for our class was actually closer to 23% (21.7% was before we took people off the waitlists). But yes, the acceptance rate will be going down again this year. (Hmm, I wonder how many of those 7.1% thought they were getting ipods...)</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a 1490. I hope they consider that "basically" a 1500...</p>
<p>as the # of applyees is prob atleast a little higher than they anticipated, do u think theyll prob. take less ed. defferrals then they anticipated....in other words, do u think the majority of defferred eders; although they should work hard, send stuff in, and still keep their hopes up; are basically left with a very minimal chance.</p>
<p>DAAAAMMNN IM GLAD THAT I APPLIED ED AND GOT IN.. lol</p>
<p>RD will be a manslaughter!</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I second lithiumbromide: I'm screwed. :(</p>
<p>< 1000 applicants in top 10 with over 1500? So, how hard does that make it for someone with near 800s on all SATs, 2nd in class, rec. from Duke prof (live in Houston, dad lives in Durham, long story, did research work there), accomplished with flute, district debate winner (dramatic interp.), loads of summer programs, on board of a Houston youth leadership board, varsity soccer, etc. to get AB Duke or Robertson? Or does the latter put minimal emphasis on stats and more on community achievement?</p>
<p>Well that was last year's stat, but you stand a good chance. Last year I had a 1520, 2 800s on SAT IIs, and top 10 rank but didn't get any scholarships. Robertson is based more on "community acheivement" but the AB Duke is very hard to get and is based on stats as well as serious academic distinguishments. If it's like last year, Duke will probably accept like ~700 kids with 1500+, top 10, so that's a LOT of top students to compete with for these scholarships where only around 40 people are selected or something (for each scholarship)</p>
<p>by top 10, you mean top 10 ranks, right? not 10%? i suppose those could very easily be synonymous though (although top 10 would be 0.8% at my high school).</p>
<p>For the AB Duke, forty are selected, but only as FINALISTS. The field is further narrowed down from there. In the end, I think only ten or twelve (possibly fifteen?) actual scholarships are given.</p>