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<li>SAT: [2230: 800 M, 740 CR, 690 W]</li>
<li>SAT IIs: [800 Math II, 770 Physics, 710 Chem]</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (36 Sci, 36 Eng (33 Eng+Writing), 35 Math, 33 Reading)</li>
<li>GPA: [3.66 UW]</li>
<li>Rank: <a href="this%20is%20lower%20than%20everyone%20else%20but%20those%20test%20scores%20have%20to%20speak%20to%20the%20competition%20of%20the%20school">Top 10%</a></li>
<li>Other stats: [8th grade SAT: 720 Math, 600 Verbal; Soph: AP Calc 5; Jun.: AP Phys B 5 and AP Chem 5]</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>
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<li>Essays: [Basically talked about how great I am for a while... took my hook (see below) and talked about how I can adapt to strange environments, motivate myself to work, learn from mistakes, other nice skills to have in college]</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: [I didn't see them, rather small school system, so one is from the head of the math department who's basically been supervising me since 6th grade, and the other is a computer/physics teacher I had all four years of high school]</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: [Probably solid, nothing outstanding]</li>
<li>Hook (if any): [took math class at high school as 8th grader, did Stanford EPGY distance learning past two years]</li>
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<p>*Extracurriculars: [Math team, volunteering a little... this is definitely my weakness... how important is it at Duke?]</p>
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<li>Other: [I'm not really an arrogant bastard as the title may lead you to believe... but hopefully it got more people to read! Any comments are appreciated... I have thick skin]</li>
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<p>I would say you have just as good a shot as anybody... but far from being a shoe-in of course. They reject people with stats as good as yours all the time, but also accept them. Also I hear Pratt likes SAT scores a lot... so good luck!</p>
<p>Go for it...but I would say your extracurriculars are gonna kill u, cause when I look at that I don't really see anything (awards, NHS, music, etc)</p>
<p>keep in mind that there are plenty of other ppl with sat/satii scores comparable to yours, but who are ranked in 5% and higher. Also what do you mean by volunteering a little, like how many hrs?</p>
<p>I feel like my school isn't exactly as awards-oriented as others but...</p>
<p>8th grade: Placed with distinction and State Award in Johns Hopkins CTY Talent Search (720 Math, 600 Verbal)
Sophomore: Scholarship Award: "Outstanding academic achievement and leadership" in Mathematics (given by the math department).
Junior: National Merit Scholarship Program Letter of Commendation, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, National Honor Society</p>
<p>how much do you do with NHS/other activities? </p>
<p>I am personally under the impression that awards don't matter, since I did lots of competitions but almost nvr won anything. Keep in mind that anything before 9th grade doesn't matter, even if it was something vary good. From what I see your recs and AP scores will definitely help you a lot, but it may just come down to how much extracurriculars you have.</p>