Updated RD Percentages?

SBR
Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:36:41 +0000

I’m not an authority on this, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Duke being accused of having Tufts Syndrome (egregious yield protection). Not saying it won’t be a factor but I don’t think anyone has ever articulated that they place much emphasis on this in the RD round. Duke certainly likes commitment but that’s mostly reflected in ED applicants and it likes commitment when it comes to waitlist movement but otherwise, RD is somewhat of a crapshoot.

Edit: still it never hurts to put it out there that Duke is a top choice that you’d choose over other schools.

Edit2: I’d like to add that obviously as Duke is my alma mater I’m somewhat biased in that I’d like to believe that it has enough confidence in itself to not be too worried or overly fixated on yield. But as Tennisforall pointed out above, it is not out of the question for likelihood of matriculation to be an integral part of the admissions decision. It’s just never really mentioned at all in interviews and articles about the admissions process in the past.