<p>What kind of person wins AB Duke? </p>
<p>Are these the national chess champion, NIH grant, began a small business, did research on disease cure, started a nationwide campaign for a political cause types or are these your valedictorian, 1600, captain of the varsity soccer team, debate district winner, on board of local anti-poverty council, started a JSA club, state honor choir types? Or somewhere in between?</p>
<p>AB Duke is for very academically talented people. They’re usually not in your first group, but the second group sounds pretty close. Only about 15 people get the award, so you have to be incredibly smart. But I know a couple AB Dukes and they’re pretty normal people. Once you become a finalist (about 40 of them) which is really hard, then the interview is pretty important I think. These are the type of people that really could go to almost any school they wanted, and most have turned down one or more of HYPSM to go to Duke.</p>
<p>I think its more of the national chess champion, NIH grant, began a small business, did research on disease cure, started a nationwide campaign for a political cause, valedictorian, 1600, captain of the varsity soccer team, debate district winner, on board of local anti-poverty council, started a JSA club, state honor choir types</p>
<p>I’d have to disagree with that one… I’m an AB and know all of them and very few fall into the stereotypical framework that you laid out.</p>
<p>so what are ure stats? and why do u think u got picked to be an AB duke? and other people?</p>
<p>I have a good friend that graduated from Duke with me who was an AB Duke. (His picture was in one of the catalogs which we thought was hilarious–we never knew it would be there until we we stumbled upon James in full color) James is extremely smart, but also a very, very well-rounded person who is skilled in a variety of areas and gets along very well with others.</p>
<p>Congrats to your friend! What was he like? How do you think they pick the AB Duke candidates?</p>
<p>They pick the AB Duke candidates just as they do the candidates for their other scholarships. I got a full ride academic University scholarship as well, but it was not an AB Duke. One of the awesome things is they automatically consider you for EVERY scholarship they offer when you apply. So there’s not a great deal of extra paperwork. I think AB Duke’s tend to have EXTREMELY high standardized test scores. As far as what he’s like, James is one of the most AWESOME people I know. He is ambitious, caring, compassionate, bilingual and, of course, extremely smart. Sorry the reply took so long–VERY BUSY. But, please ask more questions if you have them. I’ll help if I can.</p>
<p>I know an AB Duke and talking to her is like talking to a brick wall. She also takes every opportunity she can to brag that she is an AB Duke Scholar which of course makes everyone who meets her (or at least all of us who live on her floor) wonder why someone like her has the recognition. (Not entirely because she brags, but because she isn’t doing too well here and comes across as an uninvolved idiot). She actually has very high standardized test scores because someone asked her once and I overheard…</p>
<p>I’m not bitter or anything, I applied to Duke realizing that if I were to get accepted, I wouldn’t get any sort of scholarship award. </p>
<p>Anyway-- the AB Dukes are like the top 2-3% of the applicants, which means they’re going to be these wonderful and amazingly well-rounded students-- I guess even more than the rest of the applicants? I don’t know. My friend who was a finalist for the Morehead at UNC (arguably one of the most prestigious college scholarships in the nation) wasn’t even a finalist for AB Duke, so quite frankly, I have no idea how the hell these kids are picked.</p>