So who do I get compared against?

glassesarechic
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:47:24 +0000

There are usually regional admissions officers who will read your application first. Some of these applications are given auto-admits or auto-rejects (Duke says 5% of applicants are admitted first round, and 30% rejected). So you are, in a sense, being compared to those in your region. However, every student is evaluated in the context of their environment. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you are competing against other homeschooled students in your region but that adcoms will take into consideration how well you performed in light of the opportunities presented to you.