<p>IS it in our advantage as legacies to apply ED?</p>
<p>Legacies at Duke will not make or break your application at all. It doesn’t matter how you apply.</p>
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<p>Mostly true. Breaks ties.</p>
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<p>Not true.</p>
<p>The advantage of a legacy applying ED is greater than the advantage of a legacy applying RD. This is because admissions see a family commitment to the university when a legacy applies ED (i.e. family commitment = more likely you’ll be donating money down the line). FWIW, legacy acceptance rate overall is ~50%.</p>
<p>That is not true. Legacy acceptance rate is ~32-34%. </p>
<p>There was an article recently about this, legacy acceptance is slightly higher than ED overall acceptance.</p>
<p>I heard it’s not high at all when compared to other schools.</p>
<p>Duke alumni were told that for the Class of 2008 the acceptance rate was nearly 50% for legacies. Now, it’s possible it has gone down since then. </p>
<p>From Duke magazine in 2006:
Overall acceptance rate for class of 2009: ~22%
Legacy acceptance: ~44%</p>
<p><a href=“Duke Mag”>Duke Mag;
<p>Having said that, this is certainly comparable to most other elite schools (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.). There are a few holdouts (MIT, Cal Tech, and Brown come to mind), but this certainly has its downfalls. Brown only very recently became need-blind and its endowment is relatively small (it’s still not need-blind for transfers, even if they’re US citizens). I’d much rather Duke provide a small bump for legacies and have more money to provide for financial aid to its students, personally.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in legacies at Duke, read the 2008 research paper by Martin and Spenner found here: <a href=“Front Page | Department of Sociology”>Front Page | Department of Sociology;
<p>Thanks for posting that bluedog. I think that the acceptance rate might have changed based on an article I read this year. It said that legacies are accepted at a marginally higher rate than EDs and it quoted a number that I think was around 32-34%. It also talked about how ivy’s accepted much higher legacies, but again this wasn’t a full study, just an article, so I don’t know how accurate the information is.</p>
<p>My Mother is a Duke Faculty and she is also an alum…I guess I should apply ED? :P</p>
<p>It doesn’t hurt. Plus I believe you get a discount on your tuition because your mom is a faculty.</p>
<p>So legacies are admitted at an overall rate similar to those that apply ED. But what about legacies that also apply ED?</p>
<p>legacy helps a lot, 44 v 22 is a huge deal</p>
<p>Duke’s annual report just came out and was mailed to alumni. It stated a 36% acceptance rate for legacies vs. 15% overall for the class of 2013 (although I think that has been modified to 17%). So, my 44% was a bit high. Legacy ED rate is certainly higher than legacy RD rate as well.</p>