the decision letter says 50k applicants for 1720 spots (3.44% rate)
Account for yield
My letter doesnt say that. Gives no stats
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Son got in! Congrats to everyone who did get in!!
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were u accepted?
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Ok interesting
For those accepted, can you guys see the stats such as size of the applicant pool and the space available in your decision letter?
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Few days back!
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Congrats!!!
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However, they do not expect a 100% yield. So they normally would send out more acceptances than there are spots, increasing the acceptance rate. If they expect a 50% yield, they will send out 2x1720=3440 acceptances, doubling the acceptance rate.
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But didnāt half the class already commit in December???
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D23 accepted. And they threw in a huge grant as well. Super excited.
Accepted: Duke, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA, GA Tech, UNC Chapel Hill, UGA
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Stanford
Rejected: USC, Georgetown, Brown, Yale(Deferred REA and rejected RD)
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Accepted! 1550+ SAT, 15+ APs, 3.9+ GPA, some humanities/research/olympiad ECs. I think it just came down to fit - I felt that I fit Duke really well when researching, and tried my best to incorporate a lot of specific points/programs in my essays. I really love this school but canāt justify it over Yale, so Iāll most likely be turning it down, but Iām eternally grateful. Go Blue Devils!
Accepted: UTD, TAMU, Purdue CS, Northeastern, UF, UT Austin CS, UMich CS, UCSD CS, UCLA CS, Yale, Duke
Waitlisted: UIUC, Georgia Tech, Cornell, Northwestern, CMU, Vanderbilt
Rejected: MIT, Caltech (REA defer), Princeton, UCB, Stanford
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No stats mentioned in the letter. They usually have a blog out, but have not seen it
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My son was accepted!! 
Tough decisions to make but definitely is a dream school for him
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D was ACCEPTED!!
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duke class of 2027!!! go blue devils, i canāt wait for the next four :))
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D accepted after being deferred ED. Same amazing stats as all the rest of you, but Iām an alumni and I do think that played a factor in pushing her over the top. This has been an incredibly humbling process, and while I know this has been said a zillion times on these threadsā¦ you can not let yourself be defined by where you do or donāt get in. The process is arbitrary and maddening and hardly ever āfairā, if that even exists. I was fully prepared for a rejection, and while I am incredibly grateful sheās been accepted, Iām very aware that thousands of others deserved this just as much. Weāve been on the wrong side of acceptances at many, many other schools. Best of luck to everyone.
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Well said- Son got in after being deferred ED. No legacy and so proud of him after getting some huge rejections in the last few days.
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Everyone that got accepted - Congratulations!!
Can you please share your stats?
@TriplePiano - Could you share what Duke specific things that you wrote in your application and how did you go about researching that?
I am a sophomore and will be applying to Duke next year