I am very nervous to post this as I don’t want to create hysteria as I know everyone is holding their breath until Monday. My son was deferred from ED with Duke still being his top choice. He randomly logged into his portal this morning and next to the letter showing decisions will be released on Monday was a button to click under forms called “respond to letter of admission”. Once clicked it was a form with conditions to admission with a spot to accept. Anyone else? What does this mean? We don’t want to think anything until Monday at 7…but this is hard. Again I apologize if this is sparking nerves or any chaos.
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Is it still there? That’s pretty exciting!
Yes. It’s still there since he looked. I don’t know when it was added or if it’s true.
I think it’s an accident by Duke and I think he’s probably admitted. So stop clicking it so he doesn’t get in trouble! Congratulations if it’s true it’s the best school!
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Thanks - there was a spot at the bottom of the form to click that you accept and checked with your parents. Of course he already clicked it without asking. 
I’m sure it’s fine. Of course he clicked it! If my daughter had it now she’d be clicking like crazy! I’m so happy for you if it is true. Sometimes things do work out. It’s a tough year.
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Hopefully your daughter will get to click it too!!! Thanks so much. I told him not to say a word to anyone until Monday at 7 and we see something a bit more official. You’re so correct. This year has been beyond crazy and I don’t trust anything.
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If this was the NYU Admissions thread there’d be 1,000 people by now clicking away, asking anxiously for screenshots, and looking at the HTML code 
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Did you get the email like everyone else with the decision notification instructions?
Yes we got it.
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So much for that portal astrology. Good luck to you and I hope what you’re seeing is real.
Congratulations and wishing this click button is true!!!
Can you please share your Son’s stats? Thanks
Does anyone else have it? I don’t. {worried}
I don’t see anything that says “Forms” either. In any case I would be too scared to click it. Sad.
Can’t figure out why this thread is so short compared to the other T10s
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I think it may speak (well) for the Duke student mindset? No freak-out, no drama. Certainly consistent with the Duke alumni I know.
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He applied ED and was deferred. High level stats:
GPA 5.6 weighted 4.0 unweighted
Rank 1/570
Submitted SAT score 1490
Varsity baseball player 4 years co-captain this year
Founder of DECA chapter at school
Lots of other EC and positions and community service. He went for 2 weeks to Colombia to volunteer teaching kids English and baseball as well as help build a field from an abandoned bull ring for the kids to play.
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Awesome!!! Good Luck.
Well he certainly sounds amazing. I mean these students. Good Lord they have done some things! It makes it hard when denied at T20 schools when they literally have done every single thing they could do as students, leaders and philanthropists. It’s a tough month in a weird year for sure.
does anyone know if duke sent out likely letters this year?
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