legacy rejections

bluedog
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:44:26 +0000

If you think Duke isn’t generous with children of alumni, you should look at MIT and Brown. They care nothing about legacy status unless you’ve donated like $100,000+. Duke is actually quite nice with children of alumni. Does it guarantee admission? Of course not. It is one piece of a very complex puzzle. However, FIFTY percent of children of alumni are admitted on average. This year there was a record number of legacy applicants, so that may come down a bit. But to say that Duke doesn’t treat its legacy applicants well is ridiculous. Most people at Duke complain that it plays too large a role.