<p>My lovely guidance conselor informed me today that she recently recieved a letter from Duke, which was sent out to all giidance counselors of applicants, that basically said there were approximately, for RD, 20,000 applicants for 1200 spots...</p>
<p>Wonderful.</p>
<p>The last confidence boost I needed before the decisions come out in a week.</p>
<p>guidance* sorry</p>
<p>what is that a 6% acceptance rate!!!</p>
<p>^ No, the rate is definitely higher, because they accept more than the spots. Probably they will accept even more than 2400 out of 20k (it depends on the yield - I’m not very familiar with it, so I cannot explain better).</p>
<p>^ Yep, which is why I predicted a ~12% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>we should all just chillax [myself included]…decisions come out in about a week!</p>
<p>When will people understand that spaces/applicants is not admission rate! it drives me up the ****ing wall.</p>
<p>does anyone know how many people (and/or percentages) got in ED?</p>
<p>Last year Maryland got 28k new freshman undergraduate applicants for maybe 4000 spots. Does that mean the acceptance rate is 14% If yes, you probably shouldn’t be going to college.</p>
<p>@ xSteven and signitblank…</p>
<p>Obviously I realize that acceptance rates are not based off of spaces/applicants.
As we have stated multiple times, if you use spaces/applicants, Duke’s rate would be 6%. That would only be the case if the Duke adcoms thought that their yield would be 100%, and therefore only accepted 1200 students. HOWEVER, Duke’s yield has historically been closer to 40 or 50%, so one might reasonably expect them to admit 2400-2700 students to hit their target class size. THEREFORE, a reasonable, logical prediction for Duke’s acceptance rate this year is 12-13%.</p>
<p>End of discussion.</p>
<p>umm, i don’t think signitblank was talking to you, he/she was talkin to mesquite_girl24</p>
<p>Last year, Duke’s acceptance rate was 16% (for regular decision). So, it’ll definitely be somewhere in the (at least, hopefully) 12-13% range… Ah! Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>I have always wondered, what if the yield was more than they expected? What would they do if they had no more room?</p>
<p>sorry, i realized my mistake after posting that. i know the acceptance rate is higher of course. not everyone who is accepted will go. i’m sorry to whomever i offended/insulted/irritated/drove up the wall.
forgive me pretty please??</p>
<p>I just visited campus and the admissions officer told us that about 15% were accepted this year.</p>
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<p>hookem168, theyre going to admit many more people than that. Last year, they accepted 4202. A projection of 2300-2700 is a gross underestimate. I mean, they accepted 3727 on RD alone…the economy might have some sort of unexpected influence on admissions, but they cant eliminate 1000+ acceptances and expect to have a full class.</p>
<p>Just going off of last years numbers, they accepted about 3700 on RD and 1250 enrolled. Remember, the 1200 spots do not include the 500 or so that were already accepted ED. The numbers seem to be working out the same way this year.</p>
<p>If this is true, we’re looking at an 18% admit rate on RD. Not fantastic odds, but compared to the Ivies, I’ll take it.</p>
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<p>I like the 15% admit rate. Much better than 12% (well not really but still pretty nice).</p>
<p>I don’t like that geographical distribution…</p>
<p>Things look pretty tough if you’re coming from outside North Carolina.</p>
<p>and even tougher if you are from outside the States…</p>
<p>don’t worry about the % acceptance, this year will be a shock to the top private schools, where the yield will be much lower that last year because of the economy. This will affect all of the top private schools except HYPSM.</p>
<p>I wonder how many parents now are trying to get out of binding ED committments because of the economy. I know of one ED for Duke where the parents are trying to get out of it because of the economy.</p>
<p>2009 will be the year of the waitlist.</p>