<p>are both OOS and IS applicants weighted equally? or do IS candidates have somewhat of a greater shot?</p>
<p>Duke is a private university..There is no different weight given to OOS versus IS applicants, or vice-versa</p>
<p>Though.... I heard Duke prefers NC residents</p>
<p>i heard that too, coolkash.. i was just wondering</p>
<p>Duke has an in-state quota of 14-15%. Conventional wisdom is that it's easier for IS apps to get in. The admit rate is higher because they lose a number of students to UNC (due to $$$).</p>
<p>okay, gotcha. thanks!</p>
<p>For the class of 2009:</p>
<p>North Carolina: 13%
Northeast: 15%
Mid-Atlantic: 19%
Southeast: 25%
Midwest: 12%
West and Pacific: 10%
International: 10%</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure there's an edge for in-staters. There are also many scholarships for Carolina residents, including the B.N. Duke and Trinity scholarships. </p>
<p>The only stats for NC/SC applicants I have are from '08 (these #'s may have changed a lot):</p>
<p>Applications: 156 ED, 1385 RD, 1541 total
Accepted: 59 ED, 548 RD, 607 total (39%)
Enrolled: 58 ED, 226 RD, 284 total (47%)</p>
<p>A&S
Applications: 136 ED, 1162 RD, 1298 total
Accepted: 50 ED, 467 RD, 517 total (40%)
Enrolled: 49 ED, 193 RD, 242 total (47%)</p>
<p>Pratt
Applications: 20 ED, 223 RD, 243 total
Accepted: 9 ED, 81 RD, 90 total (37%)
Enrolled: 9 ED, 33 RD, 42 total (47%)</p>
<p>Alot of private schools regardless take a good number from their home state. I mean Cornell has what about 1/3 of its students calling New York home. Even Pton has about 15% of its students coming from Jersey, so it doesn't matter too much. But, if you look at it in the way that alot of the top students in the state may want to stay in state and know the school and such it increases their numbers, the ones that apply, and thus the ones that get in.</p>
<p>I agree with the last post...One of the reasons is even more popular for New York Students is that some of its colleges are state funded, and therefore New York State students pay less...Many top students from North Carolina would probably apply to Duke...</p>
<p>That's exactly my theory. I almost forgot to take into the account that Cornell does have incentives for its New York residents, being a land grant college, yet I must also state that some of the colleges in Cornell are in fact private and must meet no New Yorker quotas, e.g. Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>And of course, the closer you are to a school, the more you know about it, and the more likely you are to apply (generally).</p>
<p>The admissions committee actually has a mandate to ensure NC is the most represented state in the freshman class. So, yes, I would assume in-state applicants do have some advantage.</p>
<p>Yeah, many top NC students apply, but on the other hand NC also probably gets more longshot apps than other states so it more or less balances out.</p>
<p>There is a quota set for NC/SCers, according to my alumni interviewer. It has to do with the fact that one of the terms of "Mr. Duke's endowment" was to educate those in the Carolinas.</p>
<p>There absolutely is an edge for in-state students. There was a quote in that "Admissions Confidential" book by a former Duke admissions officer that said the office joke was that if "you are from north carolina and you breathe, you're in." Obviously, it is not THAT easy for an instater to get in, but it is my understanding that it is slightly easier. As other posts have noted, there is a mandate to accept a certain percentage of NC applicants (I believe its 13% of the incoming class).</p>
<p>North Carolina is not especially noted for strong high school students, to say the least.</p>
<p>Don't be ignorant, please. The top North Carolina students are on equal footing with the rest of the US.</p>
<p>The reason that there are alot of North Carolinans at Duke is because simply the Uni is in North Carolina and they don't have to go far for a great education with Duke right down the road. Kinda like an upscale Chapel Hill for them without the cheap tution or easy access though, ha...</p>
<p>The students in North Carolina are just as smart as students in New York City, Ann Arbor, Las Vegas, and even San Francisco (the list goes on and on). That was pretty ignorant of you to say that.</p>