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Thanks all for the congrats. Now there's just the stress of figuring out if I'll be able to go to the interviews (I live overseas so it wouldn't be easy). From the email it sounds like they can make arrangements for those who can't make it to the weekend and wouldn't simply dismiss their applications, but still I'm sure those who attend the weekend will be at some advantage

I'm for the Literature program

Just got an email from Duke (Literature) with an invitation to attend 'prospectives weekend,' Feb 17-18. Excited! They also say in the message: "Our final admissions decisions will be made closer to March 1." Has anyone else heard anything?

I don't doubt that they admit foreign students, it's just the question of the interviews and whether they make arrangements for those who can't come for an interview, or who can't afford to finance it themselves if they're coming from far away.

What about those of us who live overseas? Is it likely I'd be ineligible if I couldn't come for an interview? And does anyone know if they're known to pay to fly people there for interviews? Not sure I should really be worrying about this until I find out if I've got an interview offer, but as it's being discussed thought I'd raise the question... Just seems hard to believe they would discount anyone who doesn't come to the campus for an interview in the middle of the year, given that they must have plenty of overseas candidates (and others for that matter) who aren't in a position to fly over. In any case I'm appreciative of all the information given by people in this thread (And yes, talking about the Literature program)