@bluewater2015 Not true! Here is why:
15*13 = 195 (or thereabouts depending on fluctuating yield) AB Duke scholars have graduated in those 13 years.
1700*13 = 22,100 (") Harvard students have graduated in the same time period.
Assuming 1/2 of Duke’s winners are ABs (not a bad assumption to make) and 3/4 of all ABs apply for a Rhodes (in reality, it’s probably less than 3/4th of the AB class):
Success rate = 6/98 = 6.1%
Assuming the top 15% of Harvard students apply:
Success rate = 52/3315 = 1.56%
Let’s be generous to Harvard. Let’s say that only the creme de la creme (the top 10%) apply:
Success rate = 52/2210 = 2.35%
So an AB is 3 times more likely to win a Rhodes than a Harvard student who graduates summa/magna cum laude!