<p>March 26, 2009</p>
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<p>Dear xxxx:</p>
<p>Congratulations! Duke University takes great pleasure in offering you a place in the Class of 2013.</p>
<p>Your many successes inside and outside of the classroom have earned you a place among the world's best students. The competition this year was extraordinarily keen we received almost 24,000 applications for just 1,700 places in the first-year class. The students we have admitted come from across the country and around the world, and will bring together an extraordinary variety of interests, backgrounds, experiences, and talents. You and your classmates can expect to be challenged intellectually, to form enduring bonds of friendship and community, and to share in the excitement of discovery that pervades our campus.</p>
<p>I wish to draw your attention to Blue Devil Days, our series of two-day on-campus programs for accepted students, which take place in April. I strongly encourage you to attend, as you will be able to experience personally the enthusiasm Duke generates among the members of its community and the exceptional opportunities available to undergraduates.</p>
<p>To become a member of the Class of 2013, we only need you to complete some paperwork. In the folder you will receive by mail is a reply card please return it to us as soon as possible to indicate your intent to enroll at Duke. Your reply must be postmarked by May 1, 2009 in order to hold your space in the entering class. Even if you must decline this offer, please be sure to return the reply card so that our records will be accurate.</p>
<p>Your packet also includes a copy of Dukes Community Standard as well as an instructions and enrollment checklist with vital information regarding tuition and financial aid, housing, dining, and other campus services. Please read this material carefully. Once you decide to enroll, you will be hearing from a number of different departments of the University over the coming months, and this material will provide important background information. Finally, please dont forget what it took to get you to this point; we fully expect you to maintain high standards of academic performance and personal behavior in and out of school, including abiding by our Community Standard. If there is any change in the information in your application including academic, personal, disciplinary, or legal matters it is essential that you contact me immediately. We reserve the right to withdraw our offer of admission should your standing in any of these areas change or do not meet the terms of the Community Standard between now and the beginning of our fall term.</p>
<p>You have my warmest congratulations on your admission to Duke. We look forward to having you among us this fall.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Christoph Guttentag
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
class of 2013</p>