Legacy and ED--Chances (Please?)

cptofthehouse
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:13 +0000

You’re still a sophomore so you have time to rev up your stats. Duke is very straight forward in how they assess the applicants. Basically, they give a score for difficulty of curriculum/school, class rank/grades, essays, recs, ECs, and SAT scores. High SAT scores can be the swing vote for them.

My husband’s cousin’s daughter was NOT accepted at Duke 4 years ago when she applied with stats stronger than yours and she was an alum. She was at a rigorous prep school with very good grades, but her SAT scores did not make the cut, she was told. She ended up going to GW and taking off time, then successfully transferred to Duke with excellent college grades from GW.