Duke ABSN Fall 2015

tinadonniedonnie · Dec 17, 2014

Hi I am new here. I just submitted the application and I am living in Mebane and will take prerequisite in Alamance Community College. I got bachelor's degree of English literature. I have no clinical experience.... I am not confident about this application.........

stategrl · Dec 17, 2014

I've heard mixed messages about Duke Days. I sat in on a webinar about 2 weeks ago run by Duke admissions office and they said there is one round of review to decide who will go to Duke Days, then a second round of review after Duke Days. Again that was the admissions office who said that on their webinar so i'm thinking there is some review that goes on.

tinadonniedonnie · Dec 17, 2014

the admission officer told me that I will be the last to be reviewed for I was the last to submit the application(just yesterday). I attended the webinar too but I forgot the duke days part...........

nfc14 · Dec 17, 2014

stategrl, I thought that only the fully accepted applicants will be invited to Duke Days? From what you mentioned it sounds as though they can invite you to Duke Days if you are not accepted to the program? Is this true?

dcwang · Dec 18, 2014

@tinadonniedonnie I thought the deadline was 12/1. Did they say that they read the apps in the order they come In?

elefant3 · Dec 18, 2014

From the email I received from admissions: "- In late January/early February, I will send out "Save The Date" announcements for Duke Days, our on-campus event for accepted students, so everyone can circle those dates as important, but this is just a way for students to get an idea of when the events are taking place - this will not be a letter of acceptance." They may have done it differently in the past but this year, I think Duke Days is only for accepted students.

Also I think you can submit after the deadline, but I don't think you are in a good position to be accepted if you do that.

stategrl · Dec 18, 2014

elefant 3, i think i was on that email as well and yes it said Duke Days was only for accepted students. It's weird though that letters of acceptance go out about a month after Duke Days. I think i'm confused now..

tinadonniedonnie · Dec 18, 2014

According to my understanding by what the admission office told me, they don't read apps in the order. I planned to apply for next cohort but the admissions officer told me that i can still submit so I just did.

tinadonniedonnie · Dec 18, 2014

I know my application is later. I didn't plan to do it but she encouraged me to do so. Just a try...

elefant3 · Dec 19, 2014

Admissions is going to send a courtesy email to everyone about tentative dates for Duke Days in late Jan/early Feb. I think we hear about acceptances in late February. Duke Days will probably be in late March. It wouldn't make sense for them to have Duke Days first and then send out acceptance letters.

nfc14 · Dec 19, 2014

elefant3, thanks for the reminder. I forgot that we will have the Duke Days timing email prior to the official acceptances. I hope that first round acceptances don't go past early March. Does anyone know how the admission process works with first round and second round acceptances for the Fall start date? What is the timing for second round?

FJD13 · Dec 20, 2014

Hey Everyone,

I attended the info session online earlier this month and yes, I was confused as well about the Duke Days at the time. I asked the question during the session for clarification, and a college admission staff member emailed me directly. Duke Days is now only for admitted students. It used to be that Duke Days were held before notifications of admission were sent out since they would conduct interviews during those days. Duke did away with interviews this year for the ABSN program. Duke days is in late March and notification of acceptance goes out the first week of March.