Chance me for Duke ED and Cal!

Clearly you are an awesome applicant. 1st gen should give you an additional boost.

There was recently a thread about Duke and merit $:

Does applying ED really affect Merit Scholarship chances? - Colleges and Universities A-Z / Duke University - College Confidential Forums

I’m sure there are others here with more info on Duke in particular, but @worriedmomucb is 100% right to advise you to FIRST talk to your parents about what they can afford. The UC’s will not give you any money, so can they afford $80k/year? Have you run the NPC for Duke?

(Finally, your UC GPA does not seem right - paging @Gumbymom - did you calculate using Roger’s Hub?)