Duke or Yale?

Sam_Lee
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:00:23 +0000

This is from Northwestern’s website:



The usual selective admission criteria, as well as the amount of financial aid needed by an applicant, will be factors in the admission committee’s decision. As a result, Northwestern will not offer admission to some candidates who are otherwise well-qualified. For these reasons, the admission rate for international applicants requesting aid is substantially lower than for those not requesting aid.



I can’t say how similar the situation at Duke is but the policy at Duke is the same. You are essentially applying for merit-based aid and you will be in a different pool from those that don’t need FA. You need more than what it takes normally to get in.