mjjking wrote:
Asimov, how can you make such a comparison?
Also, if it's true they are having a 30% spike in application, that means that acceptance rate will fall from 30% to 23%. Yet, it remains to be seen where all those apps come from: applicants backgrounds, regions, etc. Remember than, for instance, most of foreign applications come from India and China, and those countries applicants' acceptance rates are much smaller than Europepan ones. Also, this is true for industry... So, no real way to tell who's damaged by this, especially counting that Duke is one of the most committed schools to diversity!
Just generalizing what I gathered for last year's discussion regarding the rise is application last year. This year could be very different, who knows?!?