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"Diversity" and Duke Admissions

By K.C. Johnson

These are quite striking totals, courtesy of TaxProf Blog. The level of detail in this data is unusual.Duke Admissions and Academic Performance: Race and Ethnicity Variable White Black Asian Latino Admissions office evaluations --Achievement 4.34 3.75 4.67 4.13 --Curriculum 4.71 4.46 4.91 4.72 --Essay 3.52 3.26 3.58 3.31 --Personal qualities 3.57 3.34 3.52 3.30 --Recommendations 3.97 3.55 4.06 3.55 --Test scores 3.69 2.09 4.10 2.79 SAT average 1417 1281 1464 1349 Family income --Less than $50,000 10% 32% 19% 22% --$50,000-$99,999 19% 30% 24% 23% --$100,000 and higher 71% 37% 57% 54% Academic performance --Students' expected GPA 3...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 28, 2009 (boomark / email).