<p>I’m just wondering if it’s 1700+ like '11 is or is it less?</p>
<p>Doesn’t answer your question, but it’s from the parents newsletter;</p>
<p>A Message from the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>In spite of this being the most uncertain year in admissions in several decades, the Class of 2012 has shaped up to be one of the best, if not the best, in Duke’s history. The uncertainty this year arose primarily from two factors. First, three colleges with whom we share a great number of applicants—Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Virginia—dropped their early admissions plans this year, and admitted students only in the Regular Decision process. This meant that for all of us, “yield”—the percentage of students accepting our offer of admission—was less certain than in years past. At the same time, many private colleges and universities—including Duke—implemented changes in their financial aid policies, significantly reducing the cost of college for many lower and middle-income families. Since so many colleges made these changes, and since each college did things a little differently, none of us were sure how these changes would ultimately effect enrollment choices.</p>
<p>In the end, things turned out quite well for us. While we only have preliminary data at this point, it does appear that we will be enrolling more lower- and middle-income families this year than last year. And while we admitted about fifty more students from the waiting list this year than last, our overall percentage of students admitted dropped to just under 21%, another record low for us.</p>
<p>And the class is terrific. I’ll share the exceptional accomplishments of some of our incoming students with you at Convocation as usual, but until then there are some other interesting things to know about this class. They are truly a global group of students, from as far away as Kazakhstan, Zambia, Australia, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka. Domestically, we saw increases in students choosing to enroll from both near and far, with more students from both North Carolina and California this year. North Carolina remains the most represented state, with 15 percent of the class; California is, for the first time, the second most represented state, with 9 percent of the class, just edging out New York, with the top 5 states rounded out by Florida and Texas. The next five include New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Maryland. All in all we have students from 48 states. Students of color comprise just over 44 percent of the class: 466 first year students are Asian, 171 are African-American, 117 are Latino, and 10 are Native American. And 150 students are coming to Duke from outside the United States. </p>
<p>I know your children will look forward to meeting their new classmates soon. Best wishes for a relaxing remainder to your summer. And if you think you might be interested in helping us out next spring by contacting the parents of students just admitted to Duke, please let me know. You have a credibility unmatched by any other group.</p>
<p>So if 44% of the class is students of color, that would put the class at around 1725 students.</p>
<p>I KNEW one of you smart kids could do the math!</p>
<p>I know. My ability to work with percentages is what got me into duke =P.</p>
<p>Could you teach me such abilities?</p>
<p>Also, how many % of race is not reported? Did Duke include them in this 44% because most unreported are either Asian or Caucasian.</p>
<p>i didn’t report mine haha</p>
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<p>Damn… Class of 2011 is getting shafted.
Our class is the black sheep of Duke- haha!
We were pretty much told, “Well… the lacrosse scandal seems to be still having some effect on what kind of students we are getting but um… yea… I guess you guys are alright… you’re probably still better than Vanderbilt.”</p>
<p>lol don’t worry Mondo…class of 2013 is going to own all of us</p>