What was Duke’s overall acceptance rate for the class of 2023 (including RD and ED)?
If I am reading the Duke Chronicle article correctly, it does not answer OP’s question.
^ If you follow the embedded links, you get 882 ED accepted, 4,852 ED applicants, 2,101 RD accepted, 37,761 RD applicants and 41,600 total applicants. (4,852 + 37,761 = 42,613, but the difference is presumably the ED deferrals.) So (882 + 2,101)/41,600 = 0.0717 = 7.2% overall accept rate.
Let’s do some math…According to the linked article, 41,600 students applied overall. 882 were accepted early. Duke accepted 2101 students regular: https://today.duke.edu/2019/03/welcoming-dukes-class-2023-and-its-record-engagement-and-results
So, 2101+882 = 2983 students accepted overall divided by 41,600 total applications = 7.2% overall admission rate!
However, there is something inconsistent with the figures provided by the Chronicle. They state there were 41,600 overall applicants, but the ED article says 4852 applicants and the RD article says “37,761 applying under the Regular Decision program,” so that would indicate 42,613 total applicants. Not sure why the difference…They probably forgot to subtract out the deferred applicants in some capacity, not sure. If there were 42,613 total applicants and 2983 acceptances, that would lead to an acceptance rate of 7.0%.
Of course, some students were/will be accepted on the waitlist so those figures could change a bit.
@bluedog Thanks for this! I made a mistake in the final calculation, but was able to fix it within the edit window. The 2,101 RD accepted figure is from the embedded link.
I also believe that the 41,600 is the actual total of applications received and that the 37,761 RD applications included the ED deferrals.
Edit: So you changed your numbers too. At least we both agree now. 
@damon30. Ha, I didn’t see your post at all as it looks like we did it at the same time, but at least we reached the same figure!
@skieurope I have a ridiculous question: when a post has been “moved”, how do I find out where it has been moved to?
Click the redirect link or look at threads started by that user or search by title keyword
7.17%
2983 acceptances. 41600 applications.