<p>I am glad that edwitten believes he (or she) is more qualified than I am on Duke vs other Ivies based on his (or her) own matriculation decision and based on Parchemnt stats!! I feel better now the edwitten has weighed in based on such a sweeping set of data. Duke is a fine school, but faces several challenges in increasing its yield against very top schools: (1) Durham/North Carolina is a big negative vs location of other top universities- it adds nothing to the school; (2) Duke does not have a repuation as having an “intellectual” atmosphere an the undergarduate level-- it still carries a bit of the southern frat boy reputation; (3) you can only take so much of your class from the ED pool (which includes lots of athletes and upper class admits), but at some point Duke has to compete better in the RD pool if it wants to raise its yield but maintain a diverse and high quality student body. In my experience, Duke does not attract the top students from the top private and public high schools in sufficient numbers to increase its RD yield. Frankly spoken, it has the same problem as Dartmouth to a degree.</p>