Hello!
I was admitted to Duke's MIDS as well. I accepted my offer last week.
My background:
Economist from Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia), I have ~4 years of experience covering different roles in the data science spectrum. Also I am a Fulbright Grantee.
I choose Duke because the were very welcoming and warm since day one. I found fascinating the way the picked their candidates (video essay, 10 interesting things essay, etc). The latter says a lot of how carefuly they build the cohort! Also, it's very nice thay we are only 35 (other programs have incoming cohort sizes ranging from 100 to 150 students).
Besides from that, I love Duke's campus and the academic reputation the university has on ALL areas. Specially, I found as a strong point that Duke's Statistics department is among the bests in the world.
