Any tips for the Duke Supplement?

vasudevank
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:22:31 +0000

You probably shouldn’t talk about duke engage if you want to stand out. The ADCOM that visited my region talked about how 60-70% of all Why Duke essays used Duke Engage. Maybe you could discuss how Duke Engage will help continue one of your current service projects. Essentially you should answer why do are you applying ED. (It should be fairly obvious, but you are putting Duke down as your #1 choice, so there has to be a reason). For Trinity though its not required and they do not penalize you. I know a few people that got into Duke without even looking at the Why Duke essay (they were RD applicants though).