Chance Me!! (Duke Legacy)

MrSamford2014
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:32:16 +0000

I know married friends who both graduated from Duke; the husband, in fact, also obtained an MS there. They were huge Duke boosters who contributed regularly to the university and hoped–or, rather, expected–that their very bright and accomplished oldest son would win admission.

He did not. . . much to their surprise and chagrin. The [double] legacy effect was, in his case, nil. From what I’ve heard, this is not uncommon at Duke, though–to be fair–I do know a female grad who had two daughters accepted in the last decade. I agree with other posters that applying ED will help to maximize whatever value your legacy card has.

FWIW, I attended Duke on what was then the school’s premier merit scholarship. Based in no small part on my own assessment of the Duke experience, my daughter chose not to bother applying there. She ended up at Rice, where she has had a great experience.

Good luck!