Originally Posted by
duke79
Yea, I used to do alumni interviews and I had a perfect, 100% record of not one single person I ever interviewed (admittedly not a huge number of interviews as I live in an area of the country with not a lot of Duke applicants) being admitted to Duke or even wait-listed. It was somewhat discouraging, even though I almost always highly recommended the applicant for admission to Duke and I interviewed a few students who I thought stood a chance at getting in. I'm not sure those alumni interviews have any real input of the admission hopes of any student.
Originally Posted by
snowdenscold
I got my first wait-list this year, but still no admits in 4 years. =(
This is the 2nd year I've done interviews (5 each year for 10 total) and I've had 3 admits. I must be a good luck charm . However, the admitted student last year did not matriculate at Duke so I was was not super excited. I was very excited that one admit this year was early-decision so he/she will be at Duke next year. I've given very good reviews to all but one of my interviews. It's amazing how much more competitive the process is now than when I applied 18 years ago when, IIRC, the admit rate was ~25%.
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