Duke's Dean Of Admissions: Who Gets Into Top Colleges And What Makes The Difference

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<p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2014/12/19/dukes-dean-of-admissions-who-gets-into-top-colleges-and-what-makes-the-difference/"&gt;http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2014/12/19/dukes-dean-of-admissions-who-gets-into-top-colleges-and-what-makes-the-difference/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks, my friend. </p>

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<p>Hey Thanks for this!</p>

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<p>Great interview! here are key points that I took away from it: “how do we picture this student at our school?”, “impact and engagement” “how will this student add to our community?” LORs important to glean this… list of ECs, interview all lead to the image in our mind of who this student is. Admit top 2-3% of public school students, top 15-20% of private school students. Regional adcom weeds out bottom 50%; top 50% is passed on and gets at least two reads. “don’t do anything in social media that you don’t want your parents to see” “diversity matters, not just geography but of interests and perspectives” “demography matters; they think about where their grads end up and want widespread”
10% are athletes. 1/2 of students receive need based aid; average for these is 42K. Cost of full pay is 62,500.</p>

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<p>Fascinating. One more takeaway—Write your essays as though you are speaking them to us.</p>

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@1203southview: thanks for summarizing. I will certainly bookmark this and show it to my kids when it comes time for them to apply.