What Is Duke's Waitlist Acceptance Rate? | Ivy Coach (2024)

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How many people does Duke take off the waitlist? ›

It should be noted, however, that the 381 students admitted off the waitlist to the Duke Class of 2024 was an aberration since all highly selective universities, like Duke, turned to their waitlists in record numbers that year.

There is no guarantee that you will get off the waitlist. This makes a good backup essential. You want your plan B to be a viable option that you would be happy with ('worst case' scenario, you can always transfer… it's not even really a bad scenario. We love helping with transfer apps!)

According to recent data from the National Association of College Admissions Counseling, colleges on average admit 20% of students off the waitlist.

Our waiting list is not ranked. If we determine that we are able to admit people from our waitlist, we will conduct a review of all remaining candidates in light of the makeup of the class.. We are particularly interested in people who seem enthusiastic about Duke and eager to enroll.

At some highly selective schools, only a handful of students, if any, may get in off the waitlist each year, while at other colleges, your chances could could be 20% or higher. These numbers can fluctuate from year to year, though, so it's difficult to provide definitive percentages.

Waitlists aren't ranked – meaning there's not a number one student who will definitely get in if there's room. Things like a student's major, legacy status, and more influence whether they get in over another waitlisted student.

The meaning of waitlisted is pretty simple: you haven't been offered acceptance, nor have you been rejected. You are currently being held on a waitlist and might eventually be accepted if a spot opens up. Schools use the waiting list to deal with the uncertainty of the admissions process.

Does Duke deny more applicants than they defer? Yes, typically, Duke defers slightly more applicants than they accept each Early Decision round. The majority of Duke's ED applicants are denied outright.

Duke University does not consider 'demonstrated interest' in the traditional sense, although they do state that you should be able to communicate 'demonstrated knowledge' of the school.

Do colleges waitlist overqualified applicants? ›

It is true that some colleges may waitlist overqualified students. This practice is known as yield protection, and its purpose is to ensure that the college maintains a high yield rate, which refers to the percentage of accepted students who actually attend.

I understand that being deferred can be disappointing, but writing a strong Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI) is a great idea as it can help convey your dedication to Duke and potentially improve your chances during regular decision.

In December, Duke admitted 806 students to the Class of 2028 following a record number of 6,240 applications in its Early Decision round. The Early Decision acceptance rate was a record low 12.9%. This brings the University's overall acceptance rate this year to 5.1%, also a record low.

The acceptance rate at Duke is 6.3%.

This means the school is extremely selective. Meeting their GPA requirements and SAT/ACT requirements is very important to getting past their first round of filters and proving your academic preparation. If you don't meet their expectations, your chance of getting in is nearly zero.

At Duke University, of the 903 applicants who were deferred, 99 of those students ended up getting accepted during the regular decision round. If you opened up your admissions decision email and realized you were deferred, you definitely shouldn't give up. Here are five things you shouldn't do if you are deferred.

Duke University has an acceptance rate of 6%.

In recent years, in years in which the school has published waitlist data, BC has admitted a high of 273 waitlisted applicants and a low of 13 applicants. On average, around 3.27% of waitlisted applicants — or 100.7 students — to BC earned admission for the years the school chose to release data.

Some colleges admitted as few as zero applicants off their waitlist in fall 2020, according to U.S. News data submitted by 98 ranked National Universities that had wait-listed students. The average percentage of students admitted off the waitlist across all of those schools was 39%.