Easier to get into Trinity or Pratt?

srrinath
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:27:57 +0000

Statistically, it’s easier to get into Trinity, but it’s a meaningless statistic. Engineering and liberal arts school traditionally have different pools for admissions and inevitably, one of them has to have a statistically higher percentage of admitted applicants. Says nothing about your chances of admissions though.

Speaking very broadly, I’m inclined to believe that both schools admit the same quality applicants because if you’re admitted at one school, the option to study in the other remains open to you. I can’t speak specifically for Duke but based on what I know about other schools, if there’s a distinct difference in the admissions standards or quality of students at one of the schools on a campus, it’s either (a) made very difficult to transfer between schools within the university or (b) the university as a whole tends to admit the same sorts of students, making it less of a concern if a student eventually decides to move across schools. I believe the latter is true of Duke.