Why is Duke such an exceptional feeder into the top B-schools?

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<p>According to data collected by this website, Duke places extraordinarily well at elite B-schools. The only non-HYPSM school that rivals it is Penn (whose success can be attributed to Wharton). Is this because the student body tends to be pre-professional? Or is there another factor in play?</p>

<p>Here are the relevant links:</p>

<p><a href="http://poetsandquants.com/2011/10/06...icago-booth/2/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://poetsandquants.com/2011/10/06...icago-booth/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/07...ness-school/2/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/07...ness-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/14...tuck-school/2/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/14...tuck-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/15...ness-school/2/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/15...ness-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/30...rd-b-school/2/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/30...rd-b-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I don’t think your links work…</p>

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<p>hmm, wonder what’s wrong with them. I guess you could just google poets and quants feeder colleges and the name of the B-school.</p>

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<p>[Top</a> Feeder Colleges to Chicago Booth | Poets and Quants](<a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2011/10/06/top-feeder-colleges-to-chicago-booth/2/]Top”>http://poetsandquants.com/2011/10/06/top-feeder-colleges-to-chicago-booth/2/)</p>

<p><a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/07/top-feeder-schools-to-columbia-business-school/2/[/url]”>http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/07/top-feeder-schools-to-columbia-business-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/14/top-feeder-colleges-to-dartmouths-tuck-school/2/[/url]”>http://poetsandquants.com/2011/09/14/top-feeder-colleges-to-dartmouths-tuck-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/15/top-feeder-colleges-to-harvard-business-school/2/[/url]”>http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/15/top-feeder-colleges-to-harvard-business-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/30/top-feeder-colleges-to-stanford-b-school/2/[/url]”>http://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/30/top-feeder-colleges-to-stanford-b-school/2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;