<p>Do you think Duke will get rid of ED by jumping on the Harvard bandwagon?</p>
<p>Definetely not, Harvard doesn't have to worry about getting people to go there...Duke, as well as even schools such as Pton try and compete with Harvard for students, and Harvard usually wins</p>
<p>I doubt any of the second tier elites (read: Dartmouth, Columbia, Duke, Brown, Penn) will drop ED or even switch to EA</p>
<p>I can see Yale Stanford and MIT switching though</p>
<p>As to what TProcess says about Harvard--true enough, but I think it's possible that Duke could drop ED or switch to EA.</p>
<p>1 Duke already accepts a significantly lower percentage of its class ED than competitors like Penn, Princeton.</p>
<p>2 Brodhead was Dean of Yale College when Yale decided to switch to EA.</p>
<p>3 UNC eliminated ED. </p>
<p>4 (Upstart) Duke is generally looking to make a mark as a leader not a follower. </p>
<p>Of any of the "second-tier" elites, I think Duke (and Brown) are most likely to respond to Harvard's decision.</p>
<p>I doubt Brown will switch. They used to have EA, but they dropped it because it hurt their yield. I don't think it's likely Duke will switch to EA either. Princeton couldn't afford (yield-wise) to do so, and it's doubtful Duke could do better. (Personally, I think Chicago is nuts to have EA).</p>