ahh! need help w/admissions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what Duke is looking for at all for music/creative writing majors:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19 weighted (going to rise)
3.88 unweighted (same)
Rank: 32/317 (getting better..it's in the 20's now)
SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
ACT: June 10th, not taken yet.
9th grade i took almost all honors (I have 3 B's on my transcript), 10th grade i took 2 honors, this year (11) i took 1 ap and 4 honors and have all A's (one b+). From 10th grade on, I have all A's on the transcript. Next year, I am taking 4 AP's (2 AP and 2 ap weighted honors) and 1 actual honors honors.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: People to people student ambassador program, national youth leadership conference (possibly--next summer), glsen (helps teach others about diversity), junior mendelssohn choir, voice lessons, piano lessons, cantoring for my rabbi, jazz choir, chamber choir (most elite), and many others that I can't think of. </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I don't really do these "chances" threads (since I have no idea what Duke is looking for), but I'm just giving you a heads up that a) it doesn't matter what major you "apply" as, only what school (Pratt or Trinity) you apply to, and b) Duke doesn't have a creative writing major. We have an English major, and you can take a couple of creative writing classes, but that's it.</p>

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<p>However, the English dept at Duke seems to be quite good. I believe you can do a creative writing thesis and graduate with distinction from the English dept. One of my best friends published her first novel at 16, and she just declared to be an English major.</p>