What Duke Is Looking For
According to Jennifer Dewar, Senior Admissions Officer, Duke seeks students who are engaged in learning, and connect with and challenge the learning process: students who may have had extracurricular or life experiences giving them the potential to impact campus.
Duke’s web site seeks students “who make intelligent and interesting mistakes, students who understand that only in risking failure do we become stronger, better, and smarter….(students who are) “open to change,” (and) “ambitious and curious” According to Ms. Dewer, nearly 19,000 applications were received for 1630 undergraduate openings for 2006-07.
My mission is to empower youth with: - The knowledge about career possibilities, and the education and training needed to attain them - The creative-thinking and emotional skills that make for good career decisions and which employers prefer; - And the resilience needed to flourish in life.
