What if you're an average student?

SBR
Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:54:24 +0000

I’d say that even at Duke, the truly gifted students constitute a minority. The rest of the students are [merely] hard-working and ambitious. The latter attribute in particular I think is much more important to succeeding at Duke. The drive and motivation to achieve one’s dreams and goals go a long way to make up for any [perceived] deficiencies in intelligence or talent.