“we have decided to once again allow score choice for students applying in 2017”
email from admissions… is this correct?
This is news to me. Would you mind posting the email?
I had my secretary call Duke Admissions. This is FALSE! According to Duke’s admissions staff, they have not made any changes in their policy. The policy is clearly stated. It is unfortunate that anyone would try to spread false rumors that could harm others, jsweeks17. What is the purpose? What is your goal here? There were no emails sent from Duke that stated this.
“All candidates for admission must complete one of the following standardized testing options: the test of the ACT, including the writing exam, or the College Board SAT, plus two SAT Subject Tests. Duke requires that students send their full testing record for either the ACT or SAT and SAT Subject exams taken in high school.”
It is news to Duke too.
Kathy Phillips
to me
3 days agoDetails
As luck would have it, we have decided to once again allow score choice for students applying in 2017. Generally we consider only scores taken during high school, and we expect that scores from 9th grade will be notably lower than those from later dates. So you should be fine in any case!
Email her if you don’t believe me
Website officially changed
Wow. This is a big change. Now does anyone want to speculate why the admissions office has changed its policy on this?
@jsweets17 do you mean that applicants don’t have to send their entire testing record? If so, you may be correct as I just checked admissions testing webpage and it no longer says that. I wonder if this is a change or just a mistake? hmm
@sgopal2 I will speculate. I noticed that there is a note on there now about if students cannot afford to send ACT results to request their guidance counselor to instead. Even if you take the ACT with a waiver, the ACT will not allow you to send testing results for free later. It is expensive for kids who used a waiver whose families could not afford it in the first place to send 2 or 3 or more scores. This differs from the SAT which as I understand it if you take the SAT with a waiver you can thereafter send test scores from that waivered exam to as many colleges as you like. My kids did not take the SAT but I think that is the case. If anyone out there knows better regarding the SAT then correct me. It could be that with the added expense particularly with the ACT that Duke admissions decided that requiring the entire testing record was too burdensome for low income applicants?
Duke needs badly to update its Testing Requirement pages. The switch from old SAT to new SAT has thrown them for a loop. For example, there is contradictory information about whether SAT Subject Tests are required.
Suggestion: Duke should clearly post requirements for High School Class of 2017, and then for Class of 2018+.
@wstrav I agree. Clarification is required. This is why I said it could simply be a mistake that they deleted something they didn’t mean to or whatever.
I think @neonpinklime is right. I didn’t realize the hardships that students who require a fee waiver to send the scores out. It really can add up. So in order to increase the doors a little wider, Duke is now opting for Scorechoice. This make sense because admissions uses the highest test score anyway when plugging into the magic formula.
Sending multiple test scores can really, really add up. I only applied to 8 schools, some with score choice, but it cost me over $900 to send scores.
I support this new policy wholeheartedly.
The application instructions have changed to “Students who have taken multiple tests may choose which scores to send to Duke. For students who elect to send multiple test scores Duke will use whichever score is highest.” http://admissions.duke.edu/application/instructions This appears to be score choice not a mistake. Also it seems that students who submit the SAT are not required to submit two subject tests but instead are “strongly recommended” to do so. Weren’t they required to do so before? My son sent the ACT so I’m not sure.