<p>The program itself is elitism. With such large student body, the positions given to those in a particular program hugely out of proportion to the rest of the student body is a redflag. </p>
<p>But I guess if that is acceptable to those attending Duke, who seem very protective and defensive of it, without refuting what the OP said, it shows me that the school has created something that is 'special" but masked as equalitarian.</p>