Duke Gets Near-Record Number of Applications

Duke University received nearly 18,500 applications for seats in its Class of 2011. That's significantly fewer than the almost 19,400 it received last year, but still marks the second-highest number of freshman admissions received in one year in the school's history.

Duke admitted 475 students during its Early Decision round in December. It expects to accept enough students through the Regular Decision round to fill the approximately 1, 665 seats it still has open for Fall 2007.

Source: "Applicant Pool to Duke Is Second Largest in School History," press release, Duke University (Durham, NC), January 9, 2007