<p>This article gives a good overview on "what happens to your application" after it's submitted to Duke...</p>
<p>Duke</a> Magazine-Admissions 101-January/February 2006</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>“By the end of all the rounds, admissions officers admit just under 4,000 applicants for about 1,600 spaces in the freshman class.”</p>
<p>I’m a little confused about that statement. Does that mean that about 2400 people that are admitted choose a different college over Duke?</p>
<p>Wow. That was really interesting. But the part about the recommender rating your application really stresses me!</p>
<p>Yes - Duke’s “yield”, I believe, is typically around 40% (compared to Ivies that are typically60-70%).</p>
<p>Wow, it’s hard for me to imagine that many people that would turn down Duke. So what exactly would happen if all 4000 that were accepted decided they wanted to enroll?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Nah, I don’t think all 4000 would ever enroll…a considerable number of people apply to LOTS of colleges, so many people would have other choices over Duke I suppose</p>
<p>Yeah I understand that, but hypothetically speaking. If 3200 people decided to enroll, and that was twice the number they had planned for, what would they do? Would they just suck it up or withdraw acceptances or what?</p>
<p>for 2007-2008</p>
<p>Applicants: 18,159
Admitted: 4,122
Acceptance rate: 22.7%
Yield rate: 40.8%</p>
<p>I think they would just suck it up.
It would never really happen, but they couldn’t withdraw acceptances.</p>
<p>2008-2009 (Class of 2013)</p>
<p>Applicants: 23,843
Admits: 4,065
Acceptance Rate: 17%
Yield: 42%</p>
<p>So yeah, yield has been pretty stagnant. If they over-accepted though, they’d have to suck it up as spiralcloud said.</p>
<p>I wonder what the acceptance rate will be this year based on the 33% increase in ED applications?</p>
<p>Wow, that’s intense</p>
<p>omg *** hahaha that just made me so nervous</p>
<p>“Duke also invites you to submit an additional, personal recommendation written by someone other than a teacher, such as a parent, coach, or friend.”
Does it mean it’s necessary to submit an additional recommendation?</p>
<p>no, I don’t believe it is necessary.</p>
<p>Is the general consensus that there is no significant advantage to a parent brag sheet?</p>
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<p>Thats impossible. Thats like asking a health insurance company what they would do if everyone needed an expensive drug at the same time.</p>
<p>well the example you gave is possible-a huge pandemic, there’s a vaccine it’s pricey everyone wants it. What would happen?
but im sure Duke engineers it with a certain range of the class size they want, they know that a student might not be able to afford tuition, they can guess that Duke isnt exactly a top choice but a solid fall back school etc so highly unlikely that they will accept 4000 kids who all want to go</p>
<p>They have been doing this for a long time, so have quite a backlog of data to base their acceptance numbers on.
I for one am glad there is an initial reader. The Duke adcom for our area is a total jock, and one girl has been accepted from our all girls school in the past 6 years. Stanford has taken 20, and lots from HYP. It is the top ranked school in the area, but he has never visited. I can’t help but think he wants basketball stars, not smart girls.</p>
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<p>You don’t have much of an imagination…</p>
<p>Schools err on the side of not letting enough in, that’s the purpose of the waitlist. In one case where another school messed up and let too many in (can’t remember which), they just stuffed people into triples and reminded students that they could defer enrollment for a year (but didn’t force anyone to).</p>