<p>Hey everybody,
For those of you who have been accepted for '09 and for those who love Duke, Please tell me if I am the Duke type?
I'm in all AP/ Honors classes except for regualr math and I get A/A- in all except a B+ in one. I'm waiting for my SAT scores but they will probably at least a 650 on every section (hopefully!)
Anyway, I'm a junior and next year, I will be editor of my school newspaper, head delegate for Model UN and I am this year. I have been tutoring ESL students for three years. I have an art portfolio to submit to colleges and I intend of majoring in art/art history. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and I have started a support group in my county, I'm Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's inspirational keynote speaker for corporate events, and I'm really excited because I was invited to speak before the House of Representatives and meet with Senators in Washington D.C.this June on the topic of Stem Cell research.
My recomendations will be exceptional and my essay will be quirky.
I'm extremely liberal and politically active/savvy! I'm scared that going to a school in the South(NC) won't be good for me since I'm a liberal Democrat and a feminist.
I'm deciding between applying early either to Brown or to UPenn, but I am very interested in Duke and I'm spending the summer this year at UPenn for art.
Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>You probably want to aim for higher than a 650 on every section for Duke/Brown/UPenn but otherwise you have some very interesting activities. You're a pretty solid candidate. Good luck.
Don't worry about Duke not being liberal enough, Duke is very liberal.</p>
<p>Duke is in the 'Research' triangle, so don't worry about how liberal it is - it seems accepting to all political views</p>
<p>I'm politically active as well, though probably in a different way</p>
<p>To give you generic advice, be ranked in the top 5% and aim for a 700 on the SAT 2's and like a 1450 on the SATs, but higher the better.</p>
<p>Go to collegeboard.com, look up Duke in the college quickfinder, and click the Admissions tab. It will tell you the most important/semi-important/considered factors by Duke adcoms. So it will help you judge where you will be strong/weak and what you'll want to improve.</p>