Duke Still Step Below Top Schools (H-Y-P-S-M)

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>Duke still step below top schools</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/04/News/Duke-Still.Step.Below.Top.Schools-2255803.shtml[/url]”>http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/04/News/Duke-Still.Step.Below.Top.Schools-2255803.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>"Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions, said data indicates that for the classes of 2008 and 2009, about 85 percent of students accepted to Duke and one of the five institutions that fall in the first group of competing schools–a group for which Guttentag uses the acronym “H-Y-P-S-M”–did not choose Duke. </p>

<p>“The numbers vary from year to year but stay in fairly defined ranges,” Guttentag wrote in an e-mail.</p>

<p>Yet by many measures, Duke ranks on par with the rest of the Ivy League-in particular, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Penn.</p>

<p>During the last two years, Guttentag said data indicates that between 40 and 60 percent of students accepted to Duke and one of the second group of competing schools chose Duke. </p>

<p>Duke enrolls between 75 and 90 percent of cross-admitted students from the third group of top competitors, which includes Cornell, Northwestern and Georgetown."</p>

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<p>^ This is not a new article. It doesn’t have data for class of 2010 or 2011.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that is pretty old. However, the RP shows that Duke would take a beating against C,B,D and Penn.</p>

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<p>Well the 2011 people are still deciding. It is going to be interesting to see the trends over this period and the effects of the lacrosse incident. Obviously, there are other variables, but I’d imagine that that was a big one.</p>

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<p>Hey Smart Guy:
Glad to see you are still around. Where did you apply? Where did you get accepted? Was Duke on your list? Please tell.</p>

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<p>I don’t think the lacrosse case will be a big factor in enrollment decisions. I’m sure for the class of 2010, it caught some people by surprise and might have affected their decisions, but by now, almost everyone who applied should have carefully considered their decisions.</p>

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<p>Who cares? It’s still a damn good school.</p>

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<p>Best there is. Wouldn’t trade the past three years for anything.</p>

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<p>Best there is. Wouldn’t trade the past three years for anything.</p>

<p>And SBR, I hate getting caught up in all of the talk about percentages/rankings that seem prevalent at these sites, but I’m mildly curious to see what that blip in 2010 looks like over a couple year span.</p>

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<p>Sokkermom,
I was very fortunate to have gotten into all my schools, including, Duke, Berkeley, and my two top choices: Harvard and Columbia. I am from the Bay Area and I want to head to the East Coast for college. I really can’t go wrong with any of my options. Thanks for your concern.</p>

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<p>^ Congratulations Smart Guy! </p>

<p>(You’ll love Boston. ;))</p>