<p>Do you guys think ED and RD acceptance rate will continue to decrease? What are your percentage predictions?</p>
<p>I’m equally curious about this. Also (and I know this is something brought up constantly so I apologize), what is the relationship between legacy/recruits and unhooked applicants in the ED round? Is it a 40/60 split? 50/50?</p>
<p>If you look at thr Vanderbilt thread there is a Duke legacy applicant saying that he didn’t get in and there was a discussion based off how legacy doesn’t have the same pull anymore. There will be some athletes, some strong legacies, and then a lot of unhooked applicants. </p>
<p>I’m guessing the acceptance rates are similar, maybe slightly lower, but I don’t see why there would be a huge drop.</p>
<p>well I really hope it hovers around the same percent as last year.</p>
<p>I say the admissions rates will decrease, because they have been so far, but I’d say by just about 1-2 % next year.</p>
<p>The topic of this thread is a lot more interesting than I had initially thought. I had always figured that increasing number of HS grads was the prevalent force behind the lower acceptance rates, but it seems that the elimination of parochial systems (standardized tests, easier communication and transportation) and the desire for a more distinguished education are actually the driving factors- and for good reason.</p>
<p>From one WSJ article “At the most selective colleges*, the amount spent on each student has grown at an average annual rate of 13% from 1967 to 2007, reaching about $92,000. Over the same period, tuition at the selective schools grew at an average annual rate of 6%. The difference is made up by increasing charitable contributions from alumni and others.” They also make significantly more money than those from less selective colleges.</p>
<p>*Meaning 10th percentile or higher among all colleges in selectivity</p>
<p>I’m pretty ambivalent about this. On one hand, I feel more fortunate than ever to be going to one of these selective school. But on the other hand, doesn’t this smell like snowballing elitism? Maybe this is even a contributing factor to the growing economic disparity in this country, or perhaps globalization is behind both these trends…</p>
<p>This isn’t for me , but does anyone know if Duke ever takes a chance on applicants even if they’re a star athlete ??</p>
<p>Can you clarify? Athletes have to meet some academic standards that are pretty hard comparatively, but easier than the rest of the students for acceptance. If a star basketball player had a 2.0 and a 1100/2400, I’m almost confident that they wouldn’t take him.</p>
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<p>If Coach K wants a student to attend Duke, the student gets accepted by Duke.</p>
<p>But K wouldn’t want a kid who can barely pass his classes/might not be academically cleared. Duke has standards for athletes, I see you go to Dartmouth so you might not know, but they do. Granted they’re lower than the regular standards, but athletes are smart kids and have to meet standards. Read up on it.</p>
<p>I mean like if they are a average student instead of a student with over a 4.0</p>
<p>@Avidstudent; Do you mean they automatically get acc
epted or they have to be accepted first ?</p>
<p>Ya if they have like a 3.0 and 1500 they’d get in most likely, but there are standards that have to be met that many athletes don’t meet.</p>
<p>@patriotsfan1 ; do you know what kind of standards ?</p>
<p>I don’t know the exact numbers but it has been mentioned on duke fan sites how a lot of recruits are out of the question due to academics. They definitely are high standards compared to other schools, but I can’t give you exacts.</p>
<p>I’m an older Duke alum, but back in Coach K’s early recruiting classes, Johnny Dawkins had essentially a 4.0 - he’s the head coach at Stanford now. Tommy Amaker (now head coach at Harvard) was rumored to have over 1400 on his SAT. Danny Ferry and Quin Snyder were both in my class and both were in the top 10% of their high school class - Quin was also his class president.</p>
<p>The standards might be fudged on occasion (Cory Maggette comes to mind) but most of his recruits are also top students.</p>
<p>Oh okay . Maybe things have changed but I don’t know. Thanks</p>
<p>@patriotsfan1 ; so are you saying Duke does take chances for applicants or they don’t?</p>
<p>What are you asking?</p>
<p>I’m asking will duke even take a chance at an athlete who isn’t a top student but maybe an average student with a 3.5 -3.9 so so GPA</p>