<p>Yeah, I see what you’re saying. It’s just more of bittersweet news than good news, more competition is more competition.</p>
<p>Well, I gave it my best shot. GPA is as high as it can go, got 1/3 sat scores in the mid 50% range and 2/3 about 20 points below, and I laid my heart out on those essays(especially the why duke) and let them know why I am Duke. Not a lot of ECs, but I’ve stayed committed to the ones I have for years. </p>
<p>Hopefully I’ll be getting some good news about a month and four days from now!!</p>
<p>Good luck PrattGuy…hope you get the open door at Duke…if not you are a strong student so you should also realize you will be sought after elsewhere…stay open and be ready for either answer</p>
<p>I feel you PrattGuy. Duke was on my maybe list for a while, then I visited it about a year ago and have obsessed over it since.</p>
<p>I love this school. Come here! :)</p>
<p>Hey guys, came across this while procrastinating for my econ final, and I just want to say one piece of generic advice to all you worrying about college out there: IT WILL WORK OUT IN THE END!!! I stressed like crazy about college admissions and to be honest I didn’t even plan on applying to Duke, then on a whim I did, and now I’m here. Whether you end up at Duke or Harvard or UNC, it will be a great experience. College is what you make of it, and where you go doesn’t mean everything, though 6 months ago I wholeheartedly believed it did. Anyway, enjoy senior year! It might be the last time you and your friends will be together in this way. GOOD LUCK!!!</p>
<p>And btw though I totally agree with missyujin, I LOVE THIS SCHOOL AND IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY COME HERE!!!</p>
<p>Academics like Harvard, parties like UConn</p>
<p>In all seriousness, I could see Duke reaching HYPS prestige in 10-20 years. It has made some meteoric rises in prestige and desirability over the last few decades and with its growing rep as best school in the south things will only continue to trend in that direction.</p>
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<p>[Counseling</a> and Psychological Services](<a href=“http://caps.studentaffairs.duke.edu/]Counseling”>http://caps.studentaffairs.duke.edu/)</p>
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<p>keep dreamin…</p>
<p>just heard that the other top universities, like Yale, Upenn and Dartmouth didn’t have much increase in ED…so does that mean to get accepted in Duke ED may be even more difficult than Duke RD?!</p>
<p>ED is … probably never harder than RD. Depends on the number of RD apps.</p>
<p>Go ahead, call me crazy. Duke is on par with the Ivy League in academic circles and the push for “Harvards of the [insert region other than northeast],” which was basically the driving force behind Stanford’s rise in prestige over the last few decades, will push Duke’s prestige even further.</p>
<p>I know there is an anti-Duke sentiment here. Believe me, I am not completely enamored with the school (I am not a student here). But the trends and observations are undeniable.</p>
<p>^ It’s ironic that you bring up Stanford because even in the SOUTH, Stanford is more prestigious than the so-called “Harvard of the South”:</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> Number One University in Eyes of Public](<a href=“Harvard Number One University in Eyes of Public”>Harvard Number One University in Eyes of Public)</p>
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<p>If Duke ever attains an HYPS-level endowment (which I doubt), maybe then we’ll talk.</p>
<p>^ This is why I’m no longer particularly perturbed by anything you say. Unintelligent, illiterate people are annoying, but one can’t take their “arguments” seriously. If you add misinformation and intentionally acerbic vocabulary into the mix, well, you become a straight-up nuisance. </p>
<p>When one says that Duke is the “Harvard of the South,” that does NOT mean that “the majority of people in the South thinks it’s the best school in the world.” Conversely, it means that “the majority of people in the world think it’s the best school in the South.”</p>
<p>Stanford is not in the South. Neither is Yale. Neither is Harvard.</p>
<p>Monstor’s point is that it is almost universally known that Duke is the best school in the Southern United States. Easily. Therefore, it will essentially become more and more of a monopolic powerhouse in its region. H, Y, and P compete with themselves and the top LACs (W, A, S). Stanford competes with the UC system, Caltech, and Pomona. With whom does Duke compete in its general area? Rice? Vanderbilt? I’ll take that fight any day of the week.</p>
<p>North/East: Harvard
West: Stanford
South: Duke</p>
<p>In my head, anyway.
Mostly because I go to Duke.
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<p>^ Thanks, classmate, for concisely summing up my longwindedness ;p</p>
<p>And it’s not just “in your head.” It’s the truth.</p>
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<p>If I am “unintelligent” and “illiterate” and you were rejected at the school I currently attend, then what does that make you???</p>
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<p>Given that Duke has little regional competition, it’s sad that the school still has such a lousy yield.</p>
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<p>Missouri: 54% yield
Illinois: 51%
CalTech: 47%
Wake Forest: 34%
UChicago: 30%
Vanderbilt: 28%
Emory: 28%
JHU: 28%</p>
<p>Yield isn’t everything…Missouri better than CalTech, UChicago, and JHU? I don’t think so…</p>