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Durham, North Carolina, United States
Source: Duke University Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-08-31
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Chemistry
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Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
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Dance
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Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
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Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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History
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
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Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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Visual and Performing Arts, General
Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual and Performing Arts
Required · All first-year applicants
We all belong to communities defined by place, faith, family, culture, interests or shared experience. Tell us about a community that has shaped who you are, any way it has set you apart, and what you’ve learned from being part of it that you hope to bring to Duke.
Limit: 250 words — Duke required short-essay prompt.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
We believe a wide range of viewpoints and experiences is essential to maintaining Duke’s vibrant living and learning community. Please share anything in this context that might help us better understand you and your potential contributions to Duke.
Limit: 250 words — Duke optional short-essay prompt; applicants are invited to answer one of three optional questions.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
Meaningful dialogue often involves respectful disagreement. Provide an example of a difference of opinion you’ve had with someone you care about. What did you learn from it?
Limit: 250 words — Duke optional short-essay prompt; applicants are invited to answer one of three optional questions.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Required · All first-year applicants
What is your impression of Duke as a university and community, and why do you believe it is a good match for your goals, values, and interests? If there is something specific that attracts you to our academic offerings in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering, or to our co-curricular opportunities, feel free to include that, too.
Limit: 250 words — Required Duke-specific short essay.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
We believe a wide range of viewpoints and experiences is essential to maintaining Duke's vibrant living and learning community. Please share anything in this context that might help us better understand you and your potential contributions to Duke.
Limit: 250 words — Optional. Applicants may answer one of four optional prompts.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
Meaningful dialogue often involves respectful disagreement. Provide an example of a difference of opinion you've had with someone you care about. What did you learn from it?
Limit: 250 words — Optional. Applicants may answer one of four optional prompts.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
What's the last thing that you've been really excited about?
Limit: 250 words — Optional. Applicants may answer one of four optional prompts.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Optional · All first-year applicants
Duke recently launched an initiative 'to bring together Duke experts across all disciplines who are advancing artificial intelligence (AI) research, addressing the most pressing ethical challenges posed by AI, and shaping the future of AI in the classroom' (ai.duke.edu). Tell us about a situation when you would or would not choose to use AI (when possible and permitted). What shapes your thinking?
Limit: 250 words — Optional. Applicants may answer one of four optional prompts.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Value: 2 required; 1 optional response invited
Duke requires two 250-word short essays and invites applicants to answer one of three optional questions.
Application fee · Required
Value: 85
"You must send your nonrefundable $85 application fee or fee waiver request along with the Common Application."
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Fee waiver · Optional
"We offer fee waivers for qualifying students, which means that under many circumstances, we will waive the $85 application fee for students with high financial need." Requested through the Common Application.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Teacher evaluations · Required
Value: 2
Two teacher recommendations.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Counselor recommendation · Required
Secondary School Report with counselor recommendation.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Personal essay · Required
A one-page personal essay (the Common Application personal statement).
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Supplemental essays · Required
Duke-specific short essay questions: one required 250-word essay plus up to one optional 250-word essay chosen from four prompts.
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Interview · Optional
Optional Glimpse Interviews are offered; alumni interviews are also part of the process.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Portfolio · Optional
Optional Arts Supplement.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Secondary school report · Required
Secondary School Report with counselor recommendation, submitted with the high school transcript.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Midyear report · Required
Midyear Grade Report required for Regular Decision applicants (or as soon as first marking period grades are available).
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/CSS Profile · Required
CSS Profile required for financial aid applicants.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/FAFSA · Required
FAFSA required for financial aid applicants.
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports application_platforms
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports testing_policy
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports requirements
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports requirements
https://admissions.duke.edu/checklist/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports essay_prompts
https://admissions.duke.edu/apply/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports description
https://duke.edu/aboutRetrieved 2026-07-21
Official source · supports admissions_url
https://admissions.duke.edu/Retrieved 2026-07-21
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?198419Retrieved 2026-06-10
