Duke c/o 2021 Applicants (2017/18) Forum

[#gobroncos]

In at Duke! Got the email at about 8pm EST.

[principalagent]

Congrats to all the admits over the weekend! I hope you all celebrated appropriately

[virginia_direwoolf]

In at Duke! Got the email at about 8pm EST.

Congrats!!

[hotdog96]

Will there be another wave of PT invites after september score release?

[Slippin' Jimmy]

Will there be another wave of PT invites after september score release?

Yes.

[twtwtwtw]

RD applicant UR3 on 10/8...... Anyone knows what that means?

[dinizdeoliveira]

RD applicant UR3 on 10/8...... Anyone knows what that means?

No idea but I'm in the same boat.

[plzkillme1224]

RD applicant UR3 on 10/8...... Anyone knows what that means?

No idea but I'm in the same boat.

Same

Stats?

[GotLost]

RD applicant UR3 on 10/8...... Anyone knows what that means?

No idea but I'm in the same boat.

Same

Stats?

Same here.

[Platopus]

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[sev]

So is it conventional wisdom that a Why Duke is necessary? I'm above both 75th's but I really can't get myself to write something sincere. I wrote a Why Duke, but it sounds cheesy, and I've flipped through the website and brochure about a dozen times each, and I'm just not all that excited.

I would definitely consider attending, I just can't write a good hype piece for shit.

Do you have friends there who you can talk to about life/activities that they're doing?

That's been my strategy for the why X. I also can't get excited about posed photos and shiny admissions brochures and have to give myself some human connection.

[Platopus]

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[sparkytrainer]

So is it conventional wisdom that a Why Duke is necessary? I'm above both 75th's but I really can't get myself to write something sincere. I wrote a Why Duke, but it sounds cheesy, and I've flipped through the website and brochure about a dozen times each, and I'm just not all that excited.

I would definitely consider attending, I just can't write a good hype piece for shit.

Do you have friends there who you can talk to about life/activities that they're doing?

That's been my strategy for the why X. I also can't get excited about posed photos and shiny admissions brochures and have to give myself some human connection.

Yes it is necessary. I have to repeat it every year: do a legitimate, sincere why Duke. Duke has a long history of rejecting people above both 75s for either not writing one or writing a half hearted one. Remember, Duke is the 3rd smallest t10. Yale, Chicago, and Duke all have about 200 students. So they do actually care about this. Go read each of the last 4 years Duke applicant threads for all the empirical proof you need.

[Mecheman]

Anyone else applying to the LLM program as well? The application mentions that the optional "Why LLM" program can be done but I pretty much made that the focus of my "Why Duke" essay. Do you think that both are necessary and if so what should I instead put in the "Why Duke?"

[Ntp73821]

Went complete this morning... my turn for the 10 day wait.

[cardboard0917]

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[proteinshake]

Does anyone know how long after September score release they start to send out the next round of PT invites? My score jumped a lot and I'm hoping to snag one.

It took like 3-4 days last year IIRC

[allezallez21]

Checking in.

Hoping to submit in the next 2 weeks.

Duke was my dream school as a small child (bball, y'know?), now I'm actually going to apply!

[zkyggi]

Submitting Duke via PT today. Hoping for good things.

[bas1]

Day 8 of PT, just went into UR2

[dm1683]

submitted pt today. Their employment numbers are great but tbh I'm scared to go to north carolina as a member of the LGBT community.

[principalagent]

submitted pt today. Their employment numbers are great but tbh I'm scared to go to north carolina as a member of the LGBT community.

As someone from the South, you’ll be fine in the Research triangle or inside any other big city. You might even be pleasantly surprised with how strong and vibrant the community can be in many areas of the South.

[proteinshake]

submitted pt today. Their employment numbers are great but tbh I'm scared to go to north carolina as a member of the LGBT community.

As someone from the South, you’ll be fine in the Research triangle or inside any other big city. You might even be pleasantly surprised with how strong and vibrant the community can be in many areas of the South.

this. pretty much every part of NC that is worth going to is very left leaning and not at all like the stereotypical NC you see or read about. Durham in particular is annoyingly liberal

[dm1683]

submitted pt today. Their employment numbers are great but tbh I'm scared to go to north carolina as a member of the LGBT community.

As someone from the South, you’ll be fine in the Research triangle or inside any other big city. You might even be pleasantly surprised with how strong and vibrant the community can be in many areas of the South.

this. pretty much every part of NC that is worth going to is very left leaning and not at all like the stereotypical NC you see or read about. Durham in particular is annoyingly liberal

yeah but I'm worried about the laws the state passes, like that bathroom bill. I mean, I would much rather live in a state like Illinois or California where the state government is looking out for me.

[proteinshake]

submitted pt today. Their employment numbers are great but tbh I'm scared to go to north carolina as a member of the LGBT community.

As someone from the South, you’ll be fine in the Research triangle or inside any other big city. You might even be pleasantly surprised with how strong and vibrant the community can be in many areas of the South.

this. pretty much every part of NC that is worth going to is very left leaning and not at all like the stereotypical NC you see or read about. Durham in particular is annoyingly liberal

yeah but I'm worried about the laws the state passes, like that bathroom bill. I mean, I would much rather live in a state like Illinois or California where the state government is looking out for me.

ah, fair point, though I can't imagine it being that bad again (at least for the next few years) now that Cooper is governor. plus I doubt Durham / Chapel Hill would even comply with a law like that, but I understand why one would be worried!