<p>What will the % acceptance rates be this year for both of these schools???</p>
<p>Google the # of applicants for Brown and Duke. Google the # of admits each school offers year. Then divide. Not a hard set of numbers to discover</p>
<p>could you please post your findings</p>
<p>Brown: 5.2%
[Brown</a> University Class of 2017 | Brown University News and Events](<a href=“http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/01/applicants]Brown”>Brown University Class of 2017 | News from Brown)</p>
<p>Duke is roughly 10.5%
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1444828-31-741-total-applications-duke-class-2017-a.html?highlight=total+applications[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1444828-31-741-total-applications-duke-class-2017-a.html?highlight=total+applications</a></p>
<p>damn… so so so selective. what do u guys think the %s for students living in the same state as these schools are? Like a NC student for Duke and a RI one for Brown</p>
<p>Probably just about the same. There’s no in-state bias for Brown, and I would assume the same for Duke.</p>
<p>The higher in-state apps/accepts are mainly due to 2 factors: </p>
<p>1) faculty kids and </p>
<p>2) proximity of great schools guarantees nearly every top kid nearby will apply. This pool has heard the praises of these schools since early youth.</p>
<p>Bruno, there is a bump given to RI residents at Brown. I think their acceptance rate is double the national average.</p>
<p>T26e4 - Brown’s admit rate is higher than 5.2%
- they accept approximately 2750 of their 28000 apps - so rate is more like 9.8% - on a par with Duke’s rate
- once you factor out ED admits, the RD rate will be closer to 8% which is also on a par with Duke’s RD acceptance rate</p>
<p>Thnx for the correction CBA. I went through that too quickly. If 2750 accepts out of 28807 apps, then 9.54% accept rate. Closer to Duke. Whew!</p>
<p>No way Brown is 5.2% those are Harvard numbers! Both are approximately 10% give or take a few tenths of a percent. </p>
<p>Edit: I see that the error has already been rectified. Sorry about that!</p>
<p>are both schools looked at in a similar light? I know brown’s a lot more liberal, but I was wondering if there was a distinction in terms of employment/ grad school. which has a stronger alumni base?</p>
<p>The answer is Brown Brown Brown Brown</p>
<p>And Brown is better than Harvard, Gailforce…</p>
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<p>You must be accessing a different Internet than the rest of the world.</p>
<p>go to DUKE! Better basketball duh!</p>
<p>Loremipsum, didn’t you know that being in the 99.7th percentile instead of the 99.85th percentile on a meaningless, flawed ranking system is the same thing as being “MUCH” lower? What do I know though, apparently the only useful thing I got out of my education was getting to watch a football game with harvard.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t pretend that Brown has the name recognition or general man-on-the-street prestige of Harvard – and I don’t care. Brown is the finest school in its niche anywhere: a place where self-directed learners can experiment to their heart’s content with as little interference as possible. Yet for those students who desire or need structure, it’s a terrible fit. </p>
<p>Ranking Brown by averages against either Harvard or Duke is like ranking an apple vs. an orange as being the best fruit for everyone – it just doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>I respect Brown greatly, and I don’t appreciate the other poster’s confrontational tone (she is not affiliated to Duke in any way). However, it is wrong to insinuate that Brown is ranked higher than Duke in any ranking. </p>
<p>ARWU, QS, Times and US News all have Duke ranked several spots higher than Brown. There is no disputing the fact that Duke is a higher ranked school. Please look it up.</p>
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<p>Brown has a lower admit rate than Duke and a sharply higher yield. That says more than any random list created by some news magazine. Even there, however, Brown leads Duke in the quality of its undergraduate education, which is Brown’s focus.</p>