<p>my sister goes to Duke. she goes to grad school there though. my recs are amazing. and so is my transcript. my only drawback are my SAT's. i scored lower than the middle 50%. im an international student. does anyone know how much role sibling preference plays in the admissions process.</p>
<p>They answer that quite plainly on the admissions website. :)</p>
<p>**What is a legacy student? Does Duke consider legacy in the application process?*
A legacy student is an applicant who has grandparents, parents, or siblings who have attended or are attending Duke. Duke does take legacy status into consideration when evaluating applications, but it will not make or break any individual application.*</p>
<p>Legacy plays a big role. I think close to half get in.</p>
<p>But there could be other factors hidden in there. For instance, one family that turns out a Duke-worthy kid can usually punch out another or two.</p>
<p>thanks people. lets hope it plays a role. :)</p>
<p>Do you mean lower than the 50% level of all people taking the SAT (ie. 500 or so on each section) or lower than 50% of Duke acceptees? Because if it's the former, I don't think having a sibling here can help you that much...</p>
<p>legacy's gonna help, but its no guarantee in any way that you'll get in. one of my friend's sisters is in duke right now (and my friend donates money to duke), he applied, but got waitlisted. on the other hand, he got accepted to upenn wharton, so i don't think duke really looked too deeply at legacy especially since two other kids who had no legacy at duke got in.</p>
<p>i was a legacy. decent SATs. Awesome transcript. awesome reccs. everything was awesome. i didnt get in.</p>