<p>It seems this year that a lot of us applying to various Ivies have been waitlisted at Duke. I think that what we must take to heart for the next 3 days, is that these schools decisions are independent from each other. A waitlist from Duke does not mean that you will not get into any other school. We must simply wait, and try not read too much into today.</p>
<p>My thoughts on the matter. I wish everyone here the best of luck.</p>
<p>That’s sweet.</p>
<p>Probably true for others, but I’m not kidding myself. I’m pretty numb right now.</p>
<p>Honestly at this point, there are only 3 schools on April 1st that could pull me away from Duke, 4 at most.</p>
<p>It’s seriously a crapchute when you start getting to schools of this caliber. Look at me, for instance: got into Duke (found out early bc of LSRW) and got rejected from Georgetown, and yet when you look at statistics, Duke is ranked 13 places higher and has a 4% lower acceptance rate. The fact of the matter is, there is absolutely no way to tell.</p>
<p>how nervous do you think you’ll be at 4:55 pm on thursday?</p>
<p>Can’t be nervous when you already know what will happen</p>
<p>Awww come on smellifer. It won’t be that bad. At least you’re probably not like me on Spring break this week idly waiting around, with each day feeling like it’s 240000000000 hours. And I think of the ivies as just icing on the cake…the cake will still be good without the icing. lol but some icing with sprinkles wouldn’t hurt. lame analogy. bear with me. that’s what spring fever will do to you.</p>
<p>hahah my spring break starts on thursday.</p>
<p>but yeah, i’m glad i have cc for support :)</p>
<p>Nervous? bricks will be shat</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at Duke as well, and I think it’s a testament to how random the college admissions process is sometimes. I got into UChicago and Northwestern among other schools and both are considered to be Duke’s peers - if anything, UChicago may even be a bit higher. If you truly want to go to one of the Ivies, I’m sure that will show through in your application, so don’t worry too much in the next three days or so. A waitlist or rejection at Duke does not mean that you won’t get into any Ivies. And while I know that my words give you little to no comfort, I’m writing to convince myself as much as to convince you ;)</p>
<p>I applied to four Ivies - Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn, in order of preference. Good luck to all of you; I truly hope that everything works out for everyone.</p>
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<p>This is not at all a testament to randomness. While this logic fails in the general case, your example is particularly bad. The raw acceptance rate for Duke is lower than both Northwestern and University of Chicago. That being said, I will not claim acceptance rate ~ selectivity, as there are many forces at work here.</p>
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<p>This statement especially does not hold in water for colleges without “Why [College X]?” essay prompts…</p>
<p>yeah I’ve given up
I’m expected 5 rejections come thursday. good luck to the rest of you though</p>
<p>Stupefy, that’s ridiculous! You stats are amazing and I bet you will get into several more schools!</p>