Duke University - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  2	School's Recommendation
  4	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	94%
  Second fifth	5%
  Third fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 34% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 99%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 91%, SAT math scores over 600 94%, ACT scores over 24 98%, SAT verbal scores over 700 50%, SAT math scores over 700 63%, ACT scores over 30 58%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  35-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  33-34	n/a	n/a	16%
  31-32	n/a	n/a	27%
  29-30	n/a	n/a	25%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	15%
  25-26	n/a	n/a	7%
  Below 25	n/a	n/a	8%