<p>Let me put it to you simply: although you have a 1600 and "outstanding leadership", the admissions committee simply didn't like you. You reek of arrogance bro.</p>
<p>Half the people at Duke have close to a 1600 SAT and more than half have "outstanding leadership". Even if you do get into Duke through the waitlist (seriously hope not) , I am very sure that you will just be an average person here on campus. Besides, what is that phrase again? Oh yeah, 'birds of a feather flock together'. I am sure that the "a lot of guys" that your friends is talking about are just his bunch of friends. Gosh, get out of that "I am the best and you are trash" attitude or fail in MIT</p>
<p>lol, an acceptance to one top school is by no means an automatic acceptance at other schools.</p>
<p>OP: I find it unbelievable that you are still posting on this forum and in this thread. Objectively speaking, you have already gotten into MIT (an very good school) and you obviously don't need an acceptance from Duke (either to stroke your ego or due to a genuine desire to attend). Furthermore, from your previous posts you apparently don't want one either. So why do you insist on picking that bone? You got waitlisted for some reason at a place you could care less about and showed zero interest in (can't imagine why....). Accept that and move on. Your endless questioning of "why I didn't get in with a 1600 and great leadership" will get you neither sympathy nor answers on this board (and will probably prove to be as fruitful as the search for polywater) so you might as well just give it a rest and go find out more about student life at MIT or something...</p>
<p>Very large nickel-plated tool is the image that comes to mind.</p>
<p>Yah Duke doesn't really take interest into account I think.</p>
<p>I didn't visit.
No Why Duke essay.
Got one of the 350 Likely letters.</p>
<p>Wow...this post bugs me a lot.
As a person who has lived in North Carolina his/her whole life, I know tons of people who would die of happiness if they got accepted into Duke or Carolina. For N.C. people, universities mean A LOT, including the Basketball part. But that's not the main point of colleges. </p>
<p>I don't think you've ever been to Duke. The dorms are amazing, a bit cramped, but amazing. The buildings are absolutely gorgeous, and Duke Chapel is unbelieveable. </p>
<p>So if you actually wanted to get into Duke, maybe you should've visited it to see what an amazing college it actually is, rather than talk about their basketball program which, is definetely not as amazing as their tennis program. (But then again that's my own biased opinion.)</p>
<p>Jesus Christ, people, give the guy a break. He/she's obviously used to getting 150% on every test, and the MIT acceptance only helped in hyper-inflating his ego. This is no excuse for blatant arrogance, but I get where the guy's coming from.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if he honestly keeps up the ego, he's going to crash and burn at MIT, which has a great reputation for bursting balloons.</p>
<p>Oh, and btw, 173IQ, stop posting.</p>
<p>Not a single person at my high school was accepted with the obvious exception of our valedictorian whose hyper-inflated GPA and ridiculous fake charm got her full-ride scholarships to every one of the (almost literally) 26 colleges she applied to. </p>
<p>I was also waitlisted with what would otherwise seem a pretty stellar application. I'm pretty sure they're waiting to see who will keep a spot on the waiting list after Ivy decisions come out. Seems kind of stupid to me, but anything to keep their post-admit enrollment rate up I guess.</p>
<p>"hyper-inflated GPA ": </p>
<p>This seems like an interesting story. Define hyper-inflated: how did it get that way?</p>
<p>autumn, Ivies don't give scholarships so talk about the top 10 schools, but othrwise I think you are right on with the Ivy fallout.</p>
<p>^wow, I think people finally understand how Duke competes for those not otherwise in love with the place.</p>
<p>Sure, it may be statistically improbable, but there is still a non-zero chance that you'll be rejected/waitlisted from any top 10 college. Add in the fact that you sound somewhat arrogant and pompous (at least gathering from your posts), that non-zero chance becomes quiet significant, and add 2 and 2 together, you have your waitlist letter. </p>
<p>We do not live in a deterministic world, and it looks like you caught the shaft.</p>
<p>this thread makes me lol. suck it up you aren't as amazing as you think you are. you may be good, but there are ALWAYS people who are better.</p>
<p>^ ^ I second that ^ ^</p>
<p>You may think we're being jerks, 173IQ, but we're not; we're being truthful.</p>
<p>174iqpartier--I have a 1600 SAT too and I got in... so maybe the correlation would be that I didn't write an essay about a subject that they specifically tell you not to write about.</p>
<p>Elmorell: I was never told this.
If that's the only reason, I should call the Duke admissions office and tell them that I didn't know that I wasn't allowed to write an essay about Duke basketball.
I was never told this. If that was the reason, it is clear that some Duke applicants, such as you, had a superior advantage over me.
:rolleyes:</p>
<p>who cares?!? he must be the man because he PARTIES and is SMART! Cleeeeaaarly why Duke rejected him. Go sneak your parents' extra beers and listen to "I Love College" while telling yourself how cool/awesome you are!</p>
<p>I think I’m going to stay on the waiting list just to see if I can get in…
Who knows? I may even go to Duke, :p, if I end up disliking MIT a lot upon my visit…</p>
<p>Duke seemed to have to accept a lot of people off the waiting list last year.
Maybe it’ll happen this year too…</p>
<p>^That’s so arrogant of you. What about those who actually WANT to go to Duke?</p>