| no. duke is harder to get into. this is obvious. just because the UNC OOS acceptance rate is a few percentage points lower than the general Duke acceptance rate doesn't mean that it is harder to get into UNC as an OOS. i understand why people would make this conclusion, but it is based simply on the fact that the OOS acceptance rate is lower, and not an analysis of any of the other criteria in the admissions process. you are competing with a higher quality applicant at Duke, where as at UNC the test scores are lower (even among OOS) along with rank among applicants, and admission is determined more by soft factors, such as URM status, legacy status, and other hooks. |