Duke University (2025-2026)

[mossy mirage]

My writing is kinda mid so im banking on my music and connection to duke faculty

[floral geyser]

my personal took me 2 hours

and supplementals took 30 mins each

[vocal cobalt]

My supps for Duke took hella long because I wanted to find niche things 😭

ChatGPT DID NOT help

[floral geyser]

erm i instantly knew what to write when i saw the prompts

[vocal cobalt]

Bless up twin

GIMME THAT FORESIGHT

[floral geyser]

😇

[vocal cobalt]

U got strong music spike I’m p sure

[mossy mirage]

A Duke professor told me what to write

[floral geyser]

im banking it all on talent

[vocal cobalt]

🙏🙏

[vocal cobalt]

They rlly want u twin

They want US

WE ALL making it out of the trenches

[mossy mirage]

WE will get in

[floral geyser]

Real

Get me out of hs already

😭

[mossy mirage]

And WE will eat together at the duke steakhouse

[floral geyser]

I have a 35% attendance rn

[vocal cobalt]

ummmm…

I have 100% but I leave class mid way

tehee

[mossy mirage]

Ive been skipping to write essays

[vocal cobalt]

use that strat

[vocal cobalt]

I’ll skip this week prbly

[mossy mirage]

I have my bio final tomorrow but i lowk dont even care

Like even if i get a B so what

[floral geyser]

On the days i come to school

I come to 2 nd class (late)

Sit through the 3rd one

And leave 3rd one early

Skipping the other 4 i was supposed to have

But most of the time i just wake up, decide its not worth my time and gts

[vocal cobalt]

slams credit card on table

GIMME

plsplspsls

[dense coyote]

Lmaooo yall lucky I’m a boarding student lowk the only legit way of me skipping classes is going to health center and saying I’m sick😭😭

And usually they won’t let me

[vocal cobalt]

I’m boarding too

[dense coyote]

Omg

[vocal cobalt]

But senior privileges

[floral geyser]

I was sick for half of the last year

[vocal cobalt]

Hehe

[floral geyser]

So i can just say im feeling sick and leave

[dense coyote]

😭😭my school is too dumb and never considerate of seniors

[floral geyser]

My doctors note is from start of 2024 until june of 2026

[mossy mirage]

I just recovered from a cold lmao

[vocal cobalt]

They could never— I’m on their media and win comps 👻

[vocal cobalt]

What…

[floral geyser]

The idea of sitting a full class is insane to me

[mossy mirage]

Anyone else stalking the duke insta account 😭 😭

[vocal cobalt]

Yep

[mossy mirage]

I love how all the duke music stories are just old people memes

[dense coyote]

Mee

[floral geyser]

It was a serious illness but not THAT serious

I think they just overreacted

[dense coyote]

Oh wait guys have yall found out the “official duke 2030 acc”?

They requested me

More specifically one of my acc

[vocal cobalt]

Is it contagious? It’d be a shame if I got it too…

[vocal cobalt]

No

[mossy mirage]

Did you request them first

How did they find you 😭

[dense coyote]

Maybe it’s cuz I follow so many Duke acc😭😭

[vocal cobalt]

I was gonna fake sick mon

but I can’t do it anymore

The wrong nurse is in rotation

[mossy mirage]

How are yall skipping 😭

[vocal cobalt]

😭

[mossy mirage]

Dont you have finals

[vocal cobalt]

Teach hella chill with me

I’m an absolute bum TA but she don’t care

Oh

I haven’t TA’d for like a month 💀

[vocal cobalt]

Butttt

I do have orgo chem

And we have to write the reaction mechanisms

Pray for me 🙏🙏

[mossy mirage]

Oh yeah in my TA period i grade quizzes like once a week

The rest of the time i have free

The teacher i TA for is the guy who wrote one of my LORs

[mossy mirage]

Orgo IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Chat

Who is this guy

😭 😭 😭

[floral geyser]

no...

[floral geyser]

i self study

[mossy mirage]

Dude

You’re cracked

Oh wait

That was someone else

But anyways im sure you’re still cracked

Are we pulling an all-nighter or are we sleeping early tonight

Whats the game plan

[floral geyser]

my grades are good anyway so i need to get like 50% on my finals

to maintain my gpa

for physics and calc 2 at least

[mossy mirage]

I need like a 60 on my stats final and im good

But lowk ive been throwing in bio this semester so i actually need to cook on the final to maintain my measly 3.8 gpa

Whatever duke already has my mid semester report

[floral geyser]

haha real

[floral geyser]

ive been neglecting ochem recently

so ill have to acc study i think

[dense coyote]

I’m gonna sleep

[flint pivot]

hey guys so i am considering duke rd.
and i had a question.

how imp is the essay important for duke? cause they don't evaluate it and in cds is only labelled as considered

[mossy mirage]

Well they still read and consider it

Like if you have a really bad essay ofc you wont get in

They just dont rate it on a number scale anymore

[flint pivot]

i see

do you know anyone who is open to and does essay reviews?

[dense coyote]

Lmaooo if I get in tmr I’m happy to help you review if you want!

[flint pivot]

sure

[faint ginkgo]

duck tn also

ducky university is so sucky 🦆

dookie

[woven hedge]

Excitement one

[floral geyser]

Excitement

[weary bay]

ethics on ai

[lucid sierra]

DDMF

DUKE

[woven hedge]

less than 12 hours

[faint ginkgo]

oh they switched up the prompts this year

ooo

interesting

[proper ruin]

good luck to my fellow duke ED applicants today. 🤞🤞

[lucid sierra]

good luck man

[mossy mirage]

Just woke up

9 hrs left

[woven hedge]

Is it just me or does anyone feels like that duke on social media doesn’t really post about admissions stuff that often. Like I see some peer institutions posting a lot of stuff relating to it but duke just do max 1-2 posts

[mossy mirage]

Yeah not really

[raven mason]

i had an idea if anyone wants to help me out on it -
we can at least make an attempt at guessing the number of total ED applicants by looking at the amount of people in A2C who have said they have applied to duke and comparing it to the ratio of A2C duke applicants - total ED duke applicants from last year

i don't know how possible it is to collect this data in the 8 hours before decisions but we can try

so according to pachi, 3/24 got in from last year

searching up "Duke ED" only got me to about 8 so idk

[lucid sierra]

o yea its OVER

its same as 12.5 percent

but 3/24

js looks

worse

ykwim

[raven mason]

dw we'll beat the odds

[vocal cobalt]

I prompted grok to do this: scrape comments about Duke ED for different cycles and compare ratios of A2C to actual applicants.

There isn’t as much activity this year.

Range is 6800-7200

[plain plover]

yall r down bad

just wait like 7 hours

😭

[raven mason]

i'm so nervous

[woven hedge]

I’ll say just take a nap and wake up 7 hours later

[dense coyote]

Ahhhhhh

Holy shit I cannot believe it’s coming

[mossy mirage]

Same

6.5! hours

[dense coyote]

💙💙💙💙Blue devils please love me

[raven mason]

6 hours to go!

[lucid sierra]

🙏

i hate how its at 7

[verbal patio]

statistically speaking you’ll be eating 80% of your meals at marketplace and maybe the other 20% at WU

[verbal patio]

duke doesn’t need to advertise unlike its peers

[woven hedge]

I mean yes but schools like Princeton are also posting dozens of stuff on insta abt their REA decisions

[mossy mirage]

5 hours bow wtf

Chat

[verbal patio]

i mean ED is more important to Duke than REA so duke would probably focus more on ED until it’s done

i’m excited to see whether the acceptance rate will go up for your guys’ class

i think it has for some other schools iirc

[woven hedge]

Kinda makes sense I see. Cuz REA ppl can still go to other schools in RD but ED ppl can’t

Great post

*point

[mossy mirage]

I heard it was a good year for stanford applicants

[verbal patio]

Indeed

[mossy mirage]

Fingers crossed duke expanded their ED spots again

[woven hedge]

How do yk

[mossy mirage]

Because looking at past years there has been a positive trend

[woven hedge]

It’s typically ~800

[mossy mirage]

Its gone from 800 to 850 to 900 etc

[woven hedge]

Ohhh

[verbal patio]

I doubt it

[woven hedge]

Whatever happens if you’re meant to be there and deserves to be there you’ll be there

[verbal patio]

I think the two main trends will be less international students admitted who need aid and more private school kids

[mossy mirage]

Lowk a lot of people deserve to be there but theres just not space for everyone

[verbal patio]

ie. maximize tuition returns

[mossy mirage]

I am paying full tuition so hopefully they let me in

[verbal patio]

Pretty much the case

[raven mason]

i applied with tuition-free so hoping that they're still looking for economic diversity 🙏

(carolinas initiative)

[verbal patio]

From my experience Duke likes to take people from both ends but not necessarily the middle tax brackets

[craggy cave]

I believe in yall

[mossy mirage]

2029: 849
2028: 806
2027: 800
2026: 855
2025: 840

Hmm seems there was just a dip

Not really an increase

[raven mason]

as a lower middle tax bracket, i feel okay about that

[jolly thunder]

Well last year they had to reopen their waitlist at the end. So they might lean more towards accepting a greater percentage of their class through ed this time. Just some speculation…

[mossy mirage]

Bc fewer internationals

[raven mason]

didn't they accept 30 people in august or something?

[mossy mirage]

They also have institutional priorities

And im applying music

Which is not a popular major at duke

[craggy cave]

Yk they’re buying up all the apartments near Duke

[verbal patio]

Duke students questioning their existence over MultiVariable exam while thousands of high schoolers are doing satanic rituals trying to get in

[mossy mirage]

[craggy cave]

So Duke students have to still pay room and board

[woven hedge]

I’m an international who need aid tho 😭

[verbal patio]

Yes I’ve heard they’re trying to buy the one behind wholefoods

[mossy mirage]

Sums up the american education system pretty much

[verbal patio]

I know a lot of seniors live there

[craggy cave]

212 cooked me freshman first sem

[mossy mirage]

An endless rat race

[craggy cave]

I’m gonna be real

Unless ur like ultra niche story

[verbal patio]

I heard Chem 101’s average before the curve was an F

[craggy cave]

Last year it was

[mossy mirage]

I wonder if there were more/less ED applicants this year

[craggy cave]

They let them retake it

[verbal patio]

idek what Math i’m gonna do this year

[craggy cave]

It’s going to be more

This is the last year before demographic shift

[mossy mirage]

Rip

[craggy cave]

I think statistically most competitive year in history ever

Before the birth rate fell

[verbal patio]

I thought it was last year

[mossy mirage]

Wasnt that last year?

We are 2008 babies

[craggy cave]

Great Depression hit 2008

[raven mason]

I think it will be less, but not for good reasons, for reasons that have to do with politics and with the SNAP cut (major application shortage from eastern NC)

[mossy mirage]

Middle of the recession

[craggy cave]

End

[verbal patio]

Holy shit

2008

[mossy mirage]

This year is the demographic shift

[verbal patio]

Damn

[raven mason]

2007 for me ❤️

[verbal patio]

Can’t believe I’m gonna be in college with people born in 2010

[mossy mirage]

I cant believe people were born after 2010

[raven mason]

late 2007 tho so it's the 2007-2008 demographic which is a decrease i believe

[craggy cave]

Bro it’s crazy to me how I’m 1.5 years into clllege

Freshman year wa so fa st

[verbal patio]

No literally

This semester felt so quick

[mossy mirage]

Im so happy to be born during the recession

[verbal patio]

It’s the fastest i’ve ever felt a year go by

[craggy cave]

Spring is longer cuz less vacation

[verbal patio]

I just love duke lol

[mossy mirage]

Thank you parents

[craggy cave]

It’ll be a long one

[raven mason]

i'm hoping that if i get in Duke i can get in the 4/1 accelerated masters at Nicholas School, mentioned that in an essay

so 5 years

[verbal patio]

Fair plus tougher classes I bet

[craggy cave]

Naw I’m taking Mickey classes

January - February is going to be just super day/interview

[verbal patio]

4+1 is actually pretty common, i’ve met some people who’ve done it

Ohhh right

Soph year is when u secure the internships right

[craggy cave]

Every soup Econ major is gonna go through it

Soph

[verbal patio]

I have a friend who already had a goldman offer locked

Bro is absolutely cracked

[mossy mirage]

Damn

[verbal patio]

He was my OL for orientation lol

[craggy cave]

A sophomore?

[verbal patio]

Yeah

[mossy mirage]

Does duke send an acceptance package

[raven mason]

i've also heard that duke students are much better than average t20s at landing internships, is that true?

[verbal patio]

Yes

[mossy mirage]

Hoping to get one

[verbal patio]

You get mailed your acceptance letter and a cool foldable thing but no merch

[craggy cave]

He’s lwk lying ngl Goldman Sachs opens up Jan 1st, unless it’s in an operations role

[verbal patio]

Duke merch is like notoriously expensive

[mossy mirage]

No t shirt?

[craggy cave]

Networking has been happening yeah

[mossy mirage]

I mean ill buy a hoodie if i get in

[craggy cave]

Well Duke is like 7th

[verbal patio]

You get a Class of 2029 shirt for BDD

[craggy cave]

I’d assume it does better than the other 13th

[mossy mirage]

Duke is like 6-7th rank

[raven mason]

i wore the duke t-shirt while recording my music supp

[mossy mirage]

Uchicago will prob drop due to money issues soon

[craggy cave]

Say that again

[mossy mirage]

[verbal patio]

Name recognition of Duke carries pretty heavily in finance/econ because we have such a strong pipeline

Peer schools like JHU/Columbia don’t send as many kids into consulting and IB

[craggy cave]

We’re building out our cs research labs

Duke dropped a million into quantum computing

[raven mason]

i'm also hoping name recognition of Duke is strong internationally in case my field needs to go elsewhere for a bit

[craggy cave]

Pre med is always top 2

[verbal patio]

I went on Etsy after RD decisions and got a butt load of merch

Strongly recommend Etsy stuff

[craggy cave]

We have stronger name recognition nationwide than most of hypsm ngl bc of basketball

[verbal patio]

BioMed engineering is no. 1 no?

[craggy cave]

Tied with Hopkins

[verbal patio]

Yes, a school like Northwestern has name recognition for its academics but Duke has pretty much national name recognition because of academics + athletics

[mossy mirage]

I didnt know duke before junior year

Must be because im not into sports

[verbal patio]

this is the case for a lot of schools

Hopefully you’re not doing college research before junior year

Most likely you just know of regional schools and some ivies

[mossy mirage]

Bc lowk to 14 and 15 year olds college rankings are not important

[craggy cave]

Shouldn’t be lol

[verbal patio]

Fit > Ranking, especially if the ranking is marginal

[craggy cave]

Gonna watch in UNC in Kraft

Not doing 6 weeks

Esp since it’s on spring break

[verbal patio]

Yup same, I almost froze to death for UF so I’m not gonna tent

I’m tenting for Louisville tho and I think that’s it

Cuz that’s like a 3 day one

[craggy cave]

Bro when it started raining Tuesday morning

[verbal patio]

I gotta be at craft like hours early to get a booth lol

[verbal patio]

Oh my god it was miserable

It felt like the Somme

[mossy mirage]

My interviewer and the duke profs i met think i would be a good fit for duke can only hope the admissions officers felt the same

[verbal patio]

There was just mud everywhere and it was so sluggish and cold

[craggy cave]

It was akin to a ww1 battle indeed

[verbal patio]

My tent was along the sidewalk to Wilson

[craggy cave]

You can see ur file if you get in

[verbal patio]

And since it slopes down we were tenting on top of a puddle

[verbal patio]

Indeed mine was super helpful

[craggy cave]

Were you a small green tent

[verbal patio]

doxxed myself with my backpack lol

[craggy cave]

Were yall the ones on fizz

[verbal patio]

So we’re basically better than Stanford obviously

[verbal patio]

???

[craggy cave]

Stanford doesn’t have a winning basketball team

[verbal patio]

elaborate

[craggy cave]

There was a photo of a tent with a massive puddle behind it

[verbal patio]

Yes that was us lol

[verbal patio]

Or football

They have a good women’s soccer team if that’s your thing

[craggy cave]

Did you go to Charlotte

[mossy mirage]

Stanford overall has the most winning sports teams though right

They like recruit really niche athletes

[verbal patio]

Nah I watched in GADU

I’m from Charlotte tho I should’ve gone

[craggy cave]

Rip u should’ve

Was amazing

[craggy cave]

They have most olympians

[verbal patio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teams_with_the_most_victories_in_NCAA_Division_I_men's_college_basketball

#4

Ignore the Kentucky logo they won most of their games before the league was integrated

[verbal patio]

Right but for niche sports

Would you rather go to a school where you can hang out and eat lunch with basketball players that will play in the NBA and football players that will play in the NFL (mensah please get drafted)

Or meet an olympian for like equestrianism

[craggy cave]

Mensah please stay

[mossy mirage]

I mean im not really applying to schools for sports

[verbal patio]

He def won’t get drafted his year I rlly hope he doesn’t go

If we fix our defense over the summer we’re literally so set

But Bakarte is graduating no? And he’s been amazing this year

Or wait he’s a grad student iirc we got that

[verbal patio]

I suppose but one of the best things about Duke is the sports culture imo

It’s just nice to go to a school that’s always winning

There’s nothing like celebrating the ACC championship with like 100 other people then going to marketplace at 1am to eat breakfast

That day felt like a fever dream

[mossy mirage]

I do enjoy school spirit though

[craggy cave]

Yes

ATO mascot is gone

Unf

Wait nvm

[mossy mirage]

Im actually crashing out

4h 36min

[mossy mirage]

I cant focus on my exams lmao

[craggy cave]

I ger this view like 5 times a day

Bless

[proper ruin]

how strong do you think duke’s network is in terms of politics and the public service space?

[craggy cave]

We have the best public policy school in the country

[proper ruin]

i know like 10 ish ppl at duke currently that arent from a2c and most of them are a declared public policy major

[craggy cave]

We have 10s of thousands in Dc

[proper ruin]

yeah

[craggy cave]

I’m pub pol lol

[proper ruin]

when i was reaearchjng for the why duke supp

i hella channeled duke’s public policy opportunities in it

[proper ruin]

yay me too

[craggy cave]

My roommmate is doing Duke in dc next sem

[proper ruin]

🤑🤑🤑

[craggy cave]

He’s inter in with rho kanna

[proper ruin]

ah

when i tour’d duke

i fell in love w the sanford school

i used a quote i found there in my why duke essay 😭😭🤞

[craggy cave]

Sanford building rough

Tough

[vocal cobalt]

I bombed my multi exam

Can’t think rn lol

[dense coyote]

3.5 hrs

[mossy mirage]

Yuppers

Believe in all the work yall put in

[lucid sierra]

the countless all nighters

🙏

how yall feelin??

[mossy mirage]

Scsred

[raven mason]

just waiting impatiently atp

what will be will be

[mossy mirage]

Me too

[raven mason]

3 hours

[main hamlet]

gl guys...

[lucid sierra]

gll

[woven hedge]

Waiting for my friends who ED'd Dartmouth to reply

[fresh bramble]

Good luck soldiers

[brittle niche]

did they reply?

[woven hedge]

Nah...

[dense coyote]

Check out Dartmouth’s poll in this server😭😭

Right now 0 acceptance

[brittle niche]

bro they are legit onto something, like who tf is getting in then

[woven hedge]

My friend got in

He legit has his Oxford interview tmr lol

[dense coyote]

Woohoo congrats!!

Wish I have the same luck! 🍀

[woven hedge]

wish WE have the same luck

[verbal patio]

pubpol is one of the largest majors at duke

poli sci department has some pretty damn good professors

and of course our alumni network in dc itself... we'll theres stephen miller and darren beatie, but lots of other duke grads in congress + state legislatures

[proper ruin]

oh so im fried

😭😭

not getting in

🤑🤑

[lucid sierra]

dw im applyin cs second choice finance

lol

[verbal patio]

i dont think major matters that much for pub pol since theres like a billion kids who apply for it

[verbal patio]

Drake "drake" "drake maye" "maye" Maye had a rough loss yesterday </3

[proper ruin]

ok..😭😭

[lucid sierra]

yea but broncos r up

[mossy mirage]

Guys im like actually crying and idek why

Thr stress is getting to me

[lucid sierra]

bro i sj want to open ts

idc abt the decision

[raven mason]

what will be will be

we got this

[dense coyote]

Bro I’m crashing out

Literally trying to do everything to refocus my energy somewhere else

[weary bay]

predictions?

[mossy mirage]

I predict an ACCEPTANCE because we will ALL be accepted

And we will all be a part of the fabulous class of 2030

[raven mason]

13.1% overall ED acceptance rate, total ED class of around 870

[raven mason]

these numbers are both better than last year

so we got this

[mossy mirage]

Wait

How are those numbers out

😭 😭

Where did you find it

[raven mason]

no those are my predictions

[mossy mirage]

Oh

[lucid sierra]

same m an

[raven mason]

do you guys all want to get in vc and just play a round of putt party or something

[lucid sierra]

im playing cfb 26 lowkey

shi is NOT helping lol

[raven mason]

i've been binging shows

[weary bay]

did you guys submit test scores 😭

[raven mason]

watching brooklyn 99 rn

[lucid sierra]

yeah

but test optional

doesnt hurt

if u went

test opt

[raven mason]

exactly

not submitting doesn't hurt

[weary bay]

i submitted a 1450 i feel like that might be the only thing that might bring me down

[lucid sierra]

ehh lowk ur fine

[plain plover]

a 1450 is a good score

fym

[raven mason]

i submitted an act instead

[lucid sierra]

as long as ur gpa aint like a 3.6

3.5*

[weary bay]

it's below average 😭

[raven mason]

only for duke

[lucid sierra]

its rlly gud but for duke they fuckin insane man

[weary bay]

i mean my gpa is good i got two b's and took mostly all dual enrollments and stuff

[raven mason]

and it's still within bottom 25% and not out of range, iirc

[lucid sierra]

but i dont think ur sat gonna get u rejected

[raven mason]

i only took 8 ap classes so my rigor is cooked

[lucid sierra]

i got like 6 but I HATE SPANISH 5 WITH ALL <Y HEART

AND FRICK IB

[weary bay]

my class rank is cooked the most academically

[raven mason]

u in top 10 percent?

bc then you're good

i am but only barely lmao

[lucid sierra]

im like 8th percent i thin

think

[weary bay]

top like 21% actually only 217 people in my class

[raven mason]

ah rip

[weary bay]

which is really bad

yea

[raven mason]

nahhhhhh u still got this

[lucid sierra]

is ur school known to be competitive?

[weary bay]

i don't think anyone from my school has ever gotten into an ivy in the past like 10 years

[lucid sierra]

o shit

[raven mason]

slightly below average stats do not a rejection make

[lucid sierra]

yeah fr

[weary bay]

it's a really small magnet

[proper ruin]

yes a 1490 superscore

[lucid sierra]

if ur like disadvanatged stats wise but have good context and ecs showing that ur aoverall a competitive applicant ur fine

[weary bay]

wait so when you submitted test scores did you just submit the self-reported or did you send from collegeboard too

[lucid sierra]

self reported

i dont think they mandated cb reports

[raven mason]

self but my duke portal shows as verified (on a slightly different date for some reason)

[weary bay]

i mean yea mine are decent we don't have that many competition clubs like fbla and deca so no one has that in their ec's but other than that mine aren't bad

[vocal cobalt]

Self report, cb report if accepted I think

[weary bay]

ohh okay

[raven mason]

also 1 hour 7 mins to go

[proper ruin]

self report

[lucid sierra]

if ur competitve like even if ur like on the cutoff

it rlly comes down to ur essays

[weary bay]

i'd say my essays are decent maybe like 8 or 9/10

[lucid sierra]

most applicants are like really good

duke knows that

[weary bay]

10 being like really good

yea

[lucid sierra]

yeah ur chillin

did yall use esslo or sum

i find that

shi

straight up bs

[weary bay]

did you guys do the interview too

[raven mason]

would you like to swap essays rq

[weary bay]

idk what this is 😭

[proper ruin]

tf is this

[lucid sierra]

nah

[raven mason]

yep did okay i think

[vocal cobalt]

Although essays don’t rlly show (n/a or 0) in the categories— I saw in admitted files that they were still assigned ratings in the comments

[lucid sierra]

ye idk my friends

showed me it

[lucid sierra]

yea

ur essays gotta show who u REALLY are and what you have overcomed that isnt in terms of academics

[weary bay]

i kinda messed up on the why duke question he didn't really understand what i was saying but he was kind of in a rush so i don't think he cared

[raven mason]

i didnt write mine about overcoming at all 😭
i did prompt 1

[lucid sierra]

o

[raven mason]

yeah i messed up talking about the importance of policy

[lucid sierra]

nah its fine

ion think u need like an arc in ur essay

i mean

idk

[vocal cobalt]

Did anyone do the fun prompt?

[lucid sierra]

we shall see

in 1 hr 5 mins

[lucid sierra]

the optional prompt?

[vocal cobalt]

Ye

[raven mason]

when we both get in it'll be proven that both essay styles work

[lucid sierra]

nah

[lucid sierra]

we we ALL get in

when*

[weary bay]

i did mine on the ai ethics i think the last optional prompt

[vocal cobalt]

I might sleep lwk

[raven mason]

i did mine on excitement

[proper ruin]

yes

[raven mason]

wrote abt my upcoming research project in the mountains

(it starts on wednesday lmao)

[weary bay]

that's lowk smart

[raven mason]

thx

i hope it came across well

[vocal cobalt]

Is it me or is A2C Duke Ed more rowdy

This year

Idk

[raven mason]

we apply hard and we prepare hard

[proper ruin]

i wrote abt an experience i had

about one of my ecs

[woven hedge]

Good luck blue devils. Less than 1 hr left

[mossy mirage]

We are now down to the last 30 minutes 😭 😭 😭

[dense coyote]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[verbal patio]

Good luck guys!!

[pearl hawk]

ddmf

[queen vapor]

Good luck

[flint geode]

what time duke out est

[lucid sierra]

7

[flint geode]

shii hope my friend gets in

[lucid sierra]

DUKEEEEEYYY

[analog roost]

17 mins.

[mossy mirage]

Guys

[storm hamlet]

Stay calm people

[limpid pagoda]

10 mins.

[lost kraken]

Good luck guys

https://tenor.com/view/eating-the-chip-chips-chip-eating-chip-man-eating-three-chips-gif-18885184

[mossy mirage]

LAST 10 Aminutes

[dense coyote]

6min

[amber kiln]

goodluck dukers o7

[half kettle]

who's ready to get accepted??

[fringe geyser]

i really hope my friend gets in ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[austere gust]

Same

[humble stump]

me too

[woven vault]

Good luck guys!

[humble stump]

good luck!!

[dusty axle]

I’ll make poll

[lost kraken]

ITS SEVENNNNNNNNNNN

[limpid pagoda]

out.

[amber kiln]

release the floodgates

[dusty axle]

Duke ED out, vote on the poll @everyone

[lucid sierra]

reject

[lost kraken]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[thin maple]

Good luck gangsters

[elder estuary]

good luck

[rancid crest]

good luck everyone!

[raven mason]

rejected

[lost kraken]

😔

[lucid sierra]

its fine its fine

[lost kraken]

what is this did no one get in 😭

[half kettle]

only 4 ed

[vocal cobalt]

I GOT IJNN

[lost kraken]

WAIT EAT

[vocal cobalt]

NO WAYYY

[half kettle]

AYYYY

[granite inlet]

congrats!!!!

best school ever

[thin maple]

👑

[lucid sierra]

CONGRATSSS

[silk quiver]

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN

[raven mason]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!

[silk quiver]

wbu

[vocal cobalt]

I can finally eat now 🥹, been starving myself

[silk quiver]

CONGRATS

[lost kraken]

1-2-3 accept-defer-reject

[raven mason]

I was outright rejected

you cannot reapply for RD

[sharp cove]

im sorry

[silk quiver]

i feel so bad

[raven mason]

did other people just get deferred?

or

[mossy mirage]

Rejected

[silk quiver]

i pray for my friends but i want to ask tomorrow instead of being insensitive

[raven mason]

NOOOOOOOO

[lost kraken]

oh i was looking at the poll, it said 1-2-3

[raven mason]

did ANYONE get deferred?

[mossy mirage]

Im not 🥀

[compact latch]

Fiddlesticks

[dusk notch]

Type shi guys

[craggy cave]

Who got in

[dusk notch]

Good stuff

[dusk notch]

Rejection is redirection brother

[craggy cave]

Congrats

Welcome

[dusty axle]

A couple on the poll

[dusty axle]

This one

[lost kraken]

checking decisions on phone 🔥

[vocal cobalt]

Don’t have laptop 🥀

[lost kraken]

ah

i lowk made all my portal passwords the randomly generated ones, couldnt even log in on my phone if i tried 💀

[golden cipher]

congrats Duke ppl!!

North Carolina on top!!

as in the state not UNC

Always wear the better blue fr

[lost kraken]

bros trying not to get jumped

[golden cipher]

raised a Duke fan through and through

[lost kraken]

i stay out of the duke unc beef 👍

[golden cipher]

panicked there

[placid eagle]

uh oh

ayeee gg

[placid eagle]

this is such an aura move

[dense coyote]

I GOT IM

NO WAY I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS REAL

[quaint matrix]

congrats!

[swift crystal]

congrats!

[raven mason]

CONGRATS

[opaque belfry]

congrats dukies!!

[mossy mirage]

So happy for you

[lucid sierra]

so HAPPY FOR ALL YALL DUKIESS

[sharp cove]

CONRATS GUYSSS

[dreamy snow]

Congrats!!

[oak saddle]

congrats to everybody

[late oriole]

Congrats everyone

[verbal patio]

Congrats to all! For those accepted, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about Duke or getting ready for Duke :) Good luck to everyone else on future applications! I wish you guys the best, if you need any help we’re always still here :)

[proper ruin]

I FUCKIJG GOT INTO DUKE

HOLY CRAP

[raven mason]

LETS GOOOOO

CONGRATS

[dreamy snow]

CONGRATS

[old haven]

I’m applying for regular..

[old haven]

Sorry 🙁

[thick canopy]

deferred...

i'll take it i guess

[dreamy snow]

Same

[old haven]

Damn ED was harsh this year Umich was terrible

[old haven]

Yeah I really wanna go so

[lucid sierra]

NAH UR GUD lol im fine

[dreamy snow]

Duke is the only reason I'll stay instate

But 100k

Idk about that

[old haven]

Umich is the only way I’d stay in state ngl

[woven hedge]

Same gng

Ik alot of ppl last year who got rejected/defeered last year but still got in somewhwere brilliant in RD

[craggy cave]

If you have any questions feel free to pm me

[dreamy snow]

Do you go to duke now :0

[dense sentinel]

Wait one of my favorite people just got in

[dreamy snow]

Yay

[dense coyote]

For those who got in do u wanna connect on insta

[plain plover]

omg congrats!! so proud of u :)) @vocal cobalt

[lucid sierra]

once again if you got rejected it’s not the end of the road everything will be just fine 🙏

[craggy cave]

Yes

A lot of current students siblings got in

[dreamy snow]

Aww

I need to work on my supplements 🫠

[thin maple]

Gah damn 2030 I’m unc

ACC conference play is starting up now you gotta become the biggest basketball nerd

[lucid sierra]

unc on top bro

[upper pilot]

swear i always see this

[flint pivot]

Could anyone review my essay please?
RD deadline is coming close and I wanna sort out my essay so I can start the supps😭

[faint ginkgo]

congrats!!!!!

[dreamy snow]

Congrats

[oak saddle]

peak

[weary bay]

rejected

where are we ed2ing 😭

[gentle hamlet]

I mean u don’t have to ed2 anywhere if u don’t like the place

[weary bay]

I mean i like nyu but the problem is this year they're barely giving financial aid

it's either nyu umiami or vanderbilt for me

[rancid osprey]

anyone know what duke's ed decision rate roughly was this year?

[proper ruin]

no idea

duke admits had a zoom call digital mixer at 8pm est today and there was about 300 of us, though a few were from the admissions office + alumni

im still so surprised out of everyone who gave a response, nobody else was from nevada 😭 😭

[mossy mirage]

Damn this hurts so much

Being rejected

Like i feel like shit rn

Living vicariously through those of you who got in 💔 💔 please have an amazing time for me

[radiant patrol]

WE’RE HERE FOR YOU 💕

You are an amazing applicant and shall do wonderful things 🙂‍↕️

[mossy mirage]

Nobody i know got in

From multiple different schools

A duke professor did send me an email though, made me feel a bit better

Bay area

[radiant patrol]

Oh :(

Aww, the message sounds so sweet! 🥹 Bay Area sounds like it’s difficult :/

My best friend got in, but a couple of other people I know got rejected!

[plain plover]

seee

ur so much more than a stupid decision

the professor of that school even agrees

[hazy thunder]

I got deffered

Does Duke defer a lot of ppl

Do I still have a chance

[gentle hamlet]

heard that they defer a slightly larger amount than they accept

and defer means that you live on so it cant be all bad

[thick canopy]

nobody from my school made it either

competitive suburb of boston so it was kind of surprising

but it is what it is

[mossy mirage]

This marks the 6th year in a row nobody from my school has made it into duke

Makes me wonder if we’re blacklisted or smth

[plain plover]

highly unlikely

duke is a t20

a t10 even

there is no predictability whatsoever

[mossy mirage]

Being from the bay area and being asian definitely didn’t help

💔 💔

Welp its ok

I still have RD

[plain plover]

dont blame urself! there r a million things that could have happened

[mossy mirage]

I’ll work hard and make duke wish they took me 🙏

[plain plover]

admissions is a game

and u will never know what did or didnt get u in

who knows

[dusty axle]

For a brief period this evening, our applicant portal displayed an incorrect banner immediately after decisions were released. This banner appeared for all applicants, including for those whose applications were deferred or denied.

Your official decision letter in the portal reflects the actual admission decision. The incorrect banner was removed as soon as we discovered the issue, and we’ve confirmed that your decision letter is correct.

We know that applying through Early Decision reflected a deep commitment to Duke as your first choice. We did not intend to cause confusion, especially at such a personal and emotional moment. We are truly sorry for this error.

Wild

[proper ruin]

what the fuc

???

[mossy mirage]

bruh yeah

like that was just cruel

[floral geyser]

Well

At the end of the day

You can always 2-3 years dagestan and forget

And get an athletic scholarship at OSU

[frank palm]

help i was too scared to go there 😭

[frank palm]

im from bay area too but everyone here so competitive its so crazy 😭

like some of my friends is so stacked with like 50 nonprofits 😭

[mossy mirage]

wtf

[frank palm]

yeah....

everyone here is getting massacred from college decisions cause everyone is so competitive

[oak saddle]

this is wild

[gentle hamlet]

ts frying me how do u have that much time to do 50

[proper ruin]

Just want to say here, if you are applying Regular Decision for Duke, let me know what I can do to help you out! This also goes for those that got deferred from ED today, I believe in all of y’all, don’t let one decision make or break you 😇🙏🙏

[dreamy snow]

Omg tysm

[short shore]

hey yall i was muted for the past 24 hrs

[dreamy snow]

Why?

[short shore]

broke a server rule but it's okay

I got rejected too but congrats to everyone that got innn

[dense coyote]

I’m happy to help too!

[proper ruin]

heyyyy what major did u apply for

[dense coyote]

Neuroscience!

[proper ruin]

omg i love learning about it thru reading

its sm fun

[dense coyote]

Wbu

[proper ruin]

public policy n econ!

did u attend the zoom mixer last night

it was kinda fun ngl

[dense coyote]

Yeppp

Yeah lmaooo seeing future classmates

[proper ruin]

its crazy how theres a good amt of international students

india, turkey, sydney, china, sao paulo

like dangggg

[dense coyote]

I’m intl too

[proper ruin]

WHATTT

[dense coyote]

But in my breakout rooms I didn’t see much

[proper ruin]

wait from where 😮

[dense coyote]

🇨🇦

[proper ruin]

oh yeah i heard a good amt from canada

🔥

[craggy cave]

Future finance bro

[proper ruin]

HELL no 😭😭

government for me 🙏✌️

[dense coyote]

Ngl I’m not quite sure yet

Still trying to figure it out😭😭

[verbal patio]

someone from my school was deferred then accepted, there’s always a chance

[verbal patio]

the poli sci department at duke is really cool, they have some great professors

[restive rain]

Got past first round for Robertson! Does anyone have any insight on the process?

but I’m highkey cooked cuz I don’t have any objects… I’m on holiday with minimal things

[dreamy snow]

Congrats!!

[restive rain]

Thank you!! Did you apply early or regular?

[dreamy snow]

Regular for robertson

Cause I didnt have my essays ready by the early deadline

[proper ruin]

wait

did they send it for everyone i applied early

also did u do duke ED?

[restive rain]

Ah I see, best of luck :)

[restive rain]

I don’t think so, from what I’ve seen they just started sending them out

[restive rain]

nah, I rea’d yale

[proper ruin]

what the fuck 😭😭

[restive rain]

you got into Duke you’re definitely getting past first round for robertsons don’t stress gang 😭

[proper ruin]

im lwk nerv for it but tbf my entire robertson app was so bad💀

[restive rain]

nah mine was actually so dog ur all good

[proper ruin]

wait where ru from bc it might be based on region

[restive rain]

I’m intl

[proper ruin]

🥹🥹🥹

ur a beast bro

[restive rain]

Gonna get torn to shreds this application season 😭😭

[proper ruin]

no u got this

i believe in u

[restive rain]

But tryna get into atleast one of my reaches 😔🙏🙏

[gentle hamlet]

Robersonhard tho

and u got it

[restive rain]

I don’t think so, for first round atleast

[gentle hamlet]

well yea isn’t first round hard

or maybe I’m coping

[restive rain]

From what I’ve seen there’s a bunch of slots for the group activity

[restive rain]

trust you guys are both getting the email soon 🙏🙏

If you choose the same time slot as me ill out you as a2cers

[gentle hamlet]

rejected from coke and now I’m getting touched on Robertson 🫠

[restive rain]

bro

I actually hate scholarships

I spent a good month on essays and interviews for 2 full rides from my country

Made it to finalist

Then got dumped 💔💔

it’s aight though cuz I can reapply for them in march

[gentle hamlet]

won’t lie usually those r nepotism they just have a application to make it look like it’s real

like they already have some1 in mind for thise

so even if ur rejected from those it’s aight cause they don’t recognize ball

[dreamy snow]

Thank you!

[restive rain]

Yeah I’m not taking it too hard haha

[proper ruin]

wait could u send me a pic of what the round 2 email looks like 😭😭😭

[restive rain]

Yeah I gotchu, I’ll send it in dms

I wouldn’t stress though, I think they’re just sending it out in waves

[proper ruin]

okok😭😭🤞

[flint pivot]

I am regular
So will get by Feb ig if selected

[flint pivot]

Could you send me too?
I am also a international and I am so scared man
Duke Rd, unc ch Rd, and Robertson rd😭

[verbal patio]

who needs scholarships when you have tax evasion

[dusty axle]

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-early-decision-admissions-numbers-class-of-2030-20251218

[dusty axle]

Will it embed

Idiot

[proper ruin]

waw

[restive rain]

Yeah sure :)

[restive rain]

Tax evasion… 📝 tell me more wise one

Did you apply for Robertson last year?

[hazy thunder]

Yo how many ppl got Robertson group interview

Is it like a lot

[restive rain]

I think a lot did 😭 based on the amount of slots that were available, it was quite the number

[dusk notch]

how on earth am i supposed to write the something that excited you supplemnetal

[proper ruin]

is that prompt the only extra supp that u could write abt?

[dusk notch]

No i guess not

but its what i want to write the most about

i have something Im super excited for

[proper ruin]

which is?

[dusk notch]

ig my question is, is it supposed to be sort of in depth like a personal essay where it shows something personal about us

or is it just supposed to be like justsomthing that excites us

[dusk notch]

stock market nationals comp in boston

[proper ruin]

in a way, yes

[proper ruin]

this happened in the past right

[dusk notch]

No

[proper ruin]

hm

[dusk notch]

im excited for when it happens in the future

[proper ruin]

i guess, when were u excited abt this

[dusk notch]

rn

for the past 2 months

[proper ruin]

what about nationals makes u excited

i also wrote abt this prompt ^^ and i wrote about one of my activities, and how it inspired my passion to start my passion project

[dusk notch]

the opportunity to possibly network with some people from sponsoring companies, the actualy experience in boston and makingmemories with my friends & teacher

[proper ruin]

id focus more about that making memories part

networking is gonna be a common answer and u want somethinf that sticks with ur readers

[dusk notch]

hmm alright

[proper ruin]

maybe talk about like what u wanna do in boston beyond the nats competition

duke is heavy about community and collaboration, so make that noted in this prompt here if possible

[dusk notch]

do you think it would be better to focus on like what you said
or do you think it would be better to talk about the live event itself

cause the regional comp was like insanely stressful

and i'm super excited for that feeling again

if that make sense

[proper ruin]

test both out and see what works better for u

[proper ruin]

okay so this is REALLY good

bc i used this feeling of energy and excitement (and findjng it again) in my essay

[dusk notch]

alrightyy thats awesome

[proper ruin]

but that feeling, feeling of stress? or

[dusk notch]

yes the stress

heart was pumping the entire time

idk if its stress , adrenaline or what

[proper ruin]

thats a little abnornal for most, does rhe adrealine rush excite u the most?

[dusk notch]

yes

[proper ruin]

like to you, why do u like that “pressure”?

[dusk notch]

cause i felt like an investor on wall street

[proper ruin]

just something to ponder at: maybe u know thet adreadline and stress is temporary, and that lively feeling is how lifelong memories can be made

and how this feeling of feeling alive and in the moment, you want to continue in other opportunities beyond that one competition

u dont needa go with what i suggest, but just something i see from what you’ve told me

[dusk notch]

yeah i get waht oyu're saying

ill keep what you said in note and do some brainstorming

thanks a lot btw

[proper ruin]

ur good!

[dusk notch]

alsoo one last question

[dusk notch]

for this part, was the background about the activity only a small portion of the supp?

if that makes sense

like was it 20/30/50 % background or something less or inbetween

[proper ruin]

the majority of my essay was about what i did with the activity

[dusk notch]

alr alr got it

[proper ruin]

it will differ for everyone but it worked for me

[flint pivot]

That is a easy supplemental man

[oak saddle]

LMAOOOO

[plain plover]

write something… that excites you

[late oriole]

I would like to take you up on that offer!!!

[dusty axle]

You’re not charging or asking for money correct

[proper ruin]

nope

free of charge ✌️

[dusty axle]

Awesome

I hate that I have to ask but there are an astounding number of people who love to charge or ask for “tips” despite #📜-rules + not offering services warranting payment (e.g., there’s a big difference between a peer kindly offering free services like you and someone who has a decade of industry experience)

[proper ruin]

gotcha

no ur good lol

[stray knot]

helo can u read my essays for duke

[proper ruin]

sure, u can shoot me a dm and i can take a look in a little bit

[dense coyote]

hey I'm also happy to help!

(free of charge too lol)

[stray knot]

ty can i dm u>

[dense coyote]

For sure

[stray knot]

can i dm u too?

[proper ruin]

yeah go ahead

not available for a little while but i promise il get to them 😭

[crimson atlas]

anyone apply rd

and get an interview?

and what are these intial view interviews

[crimson atlas]

@dense coyote can i take u up on that offer and maybe ask a few interview questions like how long after submitting and getting ur portal did u get ur interview

or if u could see my sups

[oak saddle]

i feel like there has been a sharp uptick in people trying to get paid from applicants here

[crimson atlas]

anyone else who got an interview can tell too!

[queen notch]

damn bruh so anybody who didnt get an email by now is basically cooked then?

[dense coyote]

Sure!

[crimson atlas]

yay!

ill dm u

[dense coyote]

Yea ofc feel free to dm

[proper ruin]

did u apply by early deadline

[dusty axle]

Likely bc that sharp uptick is not being reported to us so we can’t do jackshit

It’s one of those things that we know is happening but until we get proof we can’t act

Bc it’s usually in DMs

I’ve heavily considered blanket banning obviously branded consulting accounts that don’t speak in the server as I assume they’re some that are leeching and if they are going to try to grab clients off here I would like them to at least contribute some free public advice in exchange for the extra income

[queen notch]

regular deadline

[proper ruin]

u wont find out for a little while longer

[queen notch]

I heard some regular ppl got their email though

[proper ruin]

oh wtf

i havent.. 🫩

[queen notch]

ye neither have i

its fine I think we're only truly cooked if we dont get an email by jan 15th or smthn

[proper ruin]

lemme chdck thr website rq

ok if u havent gotten anything by mid feb

then ur prob out of the running

early applicants who completed round 2 will be notified of a semifinalist interview by early-mid feb

[queen notch]

ok tuff

[crimson atlas]

whats the deadline

i applied on the 19th of dec

[crimson atlas]

regular ppl got their interview email?

[crimson atlas]

wdym semi finalist interview, theres 2?

[queen notch]

not all I think like some though

[queen notch]

the deadline for robertson was nov 15??

[crimson atlas]

whats robertson?

im full pay

is robertson for some scholorship

[queen notch]

ohhh ur talking about ur RD application to duke

[crimson atlas]

yea...

[queen notch]

yeah we were js talking abt this scholarship

[crimson atlas]

oh alr i thought rd interviews

[proper ruin]

rd applicants to duke also interviews too

[crimson atlas]

what about rd applicant interviews

[queen notch]

idk if they start doing those interviews before the RD deadline bc I think they prescreen for RD

[proper ruin]

yeag

also, interviews for duke are based on availability

[crimson atlas]

arent the rd interviews evaluative

so only ppl actually in the running get it

[queen notch]

not necessarily