Gleemonex

Duke's process has been very odd this year. The first thing to go up on the results page was waitlists, then admits, and now a solitary rejection. There is only one possibility: they are toying with us.

I answered randomly to every question except for maybe 2 (I think they both involved referencing a pie chart to derive an answer ). My score was 20% percentile. Isn't that scary, for some reason?

I don't think so. I applied to English, though I did ask for consideration for Comp Lit. My background in languages would (I'm pretty sure) exclude me from any actual consideration, but at that point I figured I might as well get as much as possible. The email that I received to apply for the FLAS award seemed pretty generic, like "you applied, therefore we send this prompt," but to my knowledge, no one else (besides you) has mentioned it.

Has anyone else gotten that FLAS application email from Columbia? I know that this thread doesn't really have anything to do with this question, but I know that at least one person posting (DontHate) has applied to Columbia.

Does the quantitative score on the GRE matter for English admission committees? I've heard different things from different people. I was under the impression that it did not, and also glossed over it.

First time posting, long time lurking. I bit the bullet and called Duke. The woman I spoke with was nice, but pretty vague: "you'll hear something by the end of the week." I detected a note of pity in her terse-ass response, though. It's not much, but I figured I should contribute something.