Stereotypical Asian Applicant - Still working on where to apply

sgopal2
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 21:47:39 +0000

Yes there is some truth to that. I have some hard numbers from Duke admissions:

Year / Overall admit % / Legacy admit % / % of class legacy
2005 / 22% / 43% / 11.6%
2017 / 9.5% / 25% / 13.3%

The percentage of legacy admits has dropped by about 50% within a 12 year period at Duke. The percentage of the class that is filled with legacy kids still hovers around 10-12% though. While Duke admits less legacy applicants, the class makeup still hasn’t changed much. Roughly half of the class is from students who are full pay. In the past legacy students made up a large % of that. In recent years they’ve shifted towards wealthy non-legacy students.