How much does being in state help for admission to Duke?

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<p>In addition to the title question, does anyone have a profile (or something of that nature) of the in state students of Duke's class of 2014?</p>

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<p>im wondering the same thing…</p>

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<p>^^ I think something like 12% of Duke’s Class of 2014 was from NC.</p>

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<p>I think it helps as Duke traditionally has ~15% of its incoming class hailing from the Carolinas (not just NC). I haven’t seen information for the hte class of 2014, but for 2013 there’s this: <a href=“http://www.bnduke.org/Media/Downloads/NCSCProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bnduke.org/Media/Downloads/NCSCProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It was in the grant agreement from the original Duke that 15% of the class has to be from North Carolina, and given that usually exactly 15% of the class is I’d say it helps a fair bit.</p>

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<p>[Duke</a> University Admissions: Class of 2013 Profile](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html]Duke”>http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html)</p>

<p>At the bottom it has all the geographical info for the Class of 2014.</p>

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<p>For Duke, 14% students hail from North Carolina alone. Source: It’s on their admissions page. </p>

<p>However, the higher admit percentage does not indicate that it’s anywhere easier to get into the uni, as we have very strong applicants from NC. I mean with Duke, unc, davidson, wake forest, state…etc, it only indicates that NC has pretty top notch education.</p>

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<p>Awsome, thank you very much.</p>

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Agreed. Acceptance rate alone doesn’t tell the full story</p>

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<p>I just don’t understand why NC applicants are given a “preference” or why 15% of the class is from in-state…I mean it’s a private school</p>

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Duke University as we know it today was established in 1924 when James B. Duke, a prominent and wealthy North Carolinian donated $40 million to establish the Duke Endowment (worth over $430 million in today’s money). James grew up around Durham and among his many business ventures was a power company he ran with his brother called Duke Power, the precursor to Duke Energy. The company supplied energy to hundreds of families and businesses along the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina. Duke University is named after James P. Duke’s father, Washington Duke. </p>

<p>I suppose that one of the reasons Duke gives special consideration to Carolina applicants is because of the fact that the Duke family played an important role to the Carolina region. There may be other reasons, but I think that’s the main one.</p>

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<p>Also I would guess that Duke has more applicants from NC than most other, if not all other, states.</p>

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<p>Just because you have good universities doesn’t mean that NC has a top notch education. Especially since most of the schools that you listed are private schools.</p>

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<p>NC’s public education is always ranked in the bottom 10 of states.</p>

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<p>^ to 10iswarrior: I didn’t mean it like that. I only meant that with top private schools like the one I mentioned, it should be clear how much competition goes on among NC kids for admission. I don’t know much about NC school’s academic ranking…but we do have smart kids. And I know this from experience.</p>

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<p>plus, keep in mind that private schools have a smaller freshmen class than public schools. So they expect the best of the best to fill in their admissions pool.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure the only reason that such a high percentage of North Carolina students is admitted, is because James B. Duke required this when he made his donation.</p>

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<p>I kindda vaguely recall reading that explanation somewhere for Duke’s history.</p>