You application and supporting documents have been carefully reviewed by the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department and by The Graduate School. As is often the case, the number of well-qualified applicants for admission to the Duke University Graduate School far exceeds the number of available places. Consequently, we are unable to admit all applicant judged capable of successful graduate work, and I regret that we cannot offer you admission to the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Ph.D. program. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your application. I wish you the very best in your future career.

Just to continue one of previous post about rejection by posting rejection letter: You application and supporting documents have been carefully reviewed by the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department and by The Graduate School. As is often the case, the number of well-qualified applicants for admission to the Duke University Graduate School far exceeds the number of available places. Consequently, we are unable to admit all applicant judged capable of successful graduate work, and I regret that we cannot offer you admission to the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Ph.D. program. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your application. I wish you the very best in your future career.

I guess it's a rejection but I cannot log in yet because their system is complete rubbish. It asks me to make an account just to check the decision. It doesn't load properly. One of the worst application processes. Duke, you should be ashamed! Note to future applicants, don't bother applying here.

After receiving nice letter of declination from POI days before, posted before, official rejection come today, very nice rejection letter. Thus, my prediction about rejection with 99.99% possibility is proved today.

Received an email to check on the portal.

Email from Director after the interview

I have accepted the waitlist e-mail today. I really want to go to this school. If someone has decided not to take the offer of this school, could you please do me a favor to reject it as soon as possible? Thank you!

Visited and interviewed Feb. 21st - 23rd. Just got an offer! I'm so excited! This was my first choice!

Offered partial scholarship.