Do I have to decide Duke ED in advance?

Yep, you’re wrong. (Which isn’t a big deal, but just telling you the truth. :smile: ) This statistic includes those of Asian descent. Again, though, I agree with your conclusions.

During one Dean Guttentag’s visits, we actually walked through a sample application and how they evaluate it. This applicant (with all personally identifiable information scrubbed) was a valedictorian with high SAT scores that ultimately was waitlisted. The conclusion was basically they were a perfectly good candidate and highly qualified, but there simply were other candidates that stood out more. The passions didn’t fully come through in the application. This exercise demonstrated the “randomness” of it all, which Guttentag even somewhat acknowledged. It’s an art, not a science.