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First off, you are either naive or a fool if you think all universities from Harvard down do not have developmental admits.</p>
<p>Second, your article is woefully outdated. Keohane hasn’t been at Duke since 2004. The number of developmental admits has dropped precipitously since then.</p>
<p>Indeed, the number of so-called development admits has fallen from 99 in 2000 to 58 in 2003–the only years statistics were released. Only 30 to 40 of them were admitted on merit. Nevertheless, on Sept. 5, 2006, Guttentag confirmed to Inside Higher Education magazine that development preferences remain institutional policy, saying, “When there is a significant financial interest in the University, we take that into account” for “a small number of students.”</p>
<p>One wonders why you [applied</a> to Duke](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063364742-post41.html]applied”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063364742-post41.html) given your animosity towards it. </p>
<p>Either you’re a reject or a prestige whore. Which is it?</p>