**2010** Official RD Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Congratulations/Good luck to everyone who submitted their application to Duke University this year. For a special edition this year the time is going to be included with our admission decisions to settle the debate once and for all. Anyways, please post.</p>

<p>REMINDER: When using this formatting, remove the spaces from the brackets for the proper formatting.</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=black][ b]Time: ?:??[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>

AHAHAHHAA you might want to clarify this</p>

<p>the TIME STAMP of your admissions decision upload (on the website where you check your decision)</p>

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<p>The time thing is a good idea!!! I am so ****ed about the whole ‘deciphering messages from nothing’ scene!!</p>

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<p>Let’s post in this one since it has a timestamp place.</p>

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<p>For ease of use… took out the spaces. Just pick one of the the three (at the top) and include your timestamp! Good luck all - just over 20 minutes to go!</p>

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<p>rejected :((</p>

<p>time: 5:35</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>1:16</p>

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<p>stats^ 10 char</p>

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<p>rejected too.</p>

<p>time 1.16</p>

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<p>accepted.</p>

<p>time 1.16</p>

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<p>Rejected 5:35</p>

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<p>rejected 1.16</p>

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<p>Time: 5:35</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 760 M, 770 W E:10 (1450/2220)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math 1, 710 US History, 670 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 (4.0 midyear report)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked but I’m hovering exactly around the top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B/C, Economics (Micro/Macro), Calculus AB, Statistics, Chemistry, U.S. Government/Politics
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Physics, Physics Honors, English 12 Honors, Art, Webpage Design, Java, Gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Model UN, FBLA, and Econ awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (active member leadership position), Econ Club (Co-President), Student Government (Speaker of Freshmen Class), Attempted to reform my school district, FBLA, Tech Student Association, Writer for School Paper, Poet for School Arts Magazine, Rec Soccer/Basketball, Worker in my School Shop
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Basketball Ref
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Campaign Volunteer for 2008 Presidential Campaign (32 hours), Camp Counselor (180 hours)
[</em>] Essays:
EC Short Answer: About Model UN, well-written I guess, I liked it
Common App Essay: About how who I am is a synthesis between who I used to be and certain fictional characters, it was very abstract, but I liked it
Why Duke: I wrote an acrostic…it was pretty neat
Research: Talked about all the papers that I’ve written and how though it is not ‘formal’ it has helped me grow intellectually
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see but should be good, not spectacular
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see, don’t know him that well
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Rather chill, I didn’t come across as intellectual at all haha</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Philosophy, Political Science, Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Semi-Competitive Public (1700 Average SAT)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: doesn’t have any relevance
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): research maybe? none really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I suck.[/li][/ul]General Comments: It’s all good in the hood.</p>

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<p>rejected 1:16</p>

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<p>Accepted 1:16!!!</p>

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<p>Rejected 1:16
Wow…I can honestly say I’m relieved that it’s over. Thank god they didn’t waitlist me; I was deferred ED and would have **** myself having to wait more.</p>

<p>Although in December I might have had hidden anger saying this, I now honestly and wholeheartedly give my warmest congratulations to those accepted. I was IN LOVE with Duke at first, but I’ve found another school that I really love and getting into Duke would have really complicated things. So remember, all you fellow rejectees (>_>), that there are other wonderful schools out there to love, even if you had your heart set on Duke.</p>

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<p>Time: 5:35</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160
[</em>] ACT: 30… but they never saw it
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 or 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): chem (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 college classes each semester
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nhs, sga, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: websites
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: junior civitan/nhs
[</em>] Essays: one that was hopefully interesting to read
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably not that great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk… she was hired this year
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: boring =P</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[</em>] Intended Major: chem
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): nc
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public/magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: afghan
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc): are afghans URM? that’s about it</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I never did my midyear report… oops?[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>waitlisted</p>

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<p>Rejected </p>

<p>1:16:00 pm</p>

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<p>1:16, waitlisted. DEFINITELY didn’t expect this hahah - leave it to me to fall into the gray area…
That said, no skin off my nose. Like ripping a bandaid off. Easy come, easy go :slight_smile: I think they secretly knew i was a die-hard Tar Heel - LOL.</p>