Can I get into Duke ED?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior in high school, and in IB.
My course load this year is IB Chem, IB Physics, IB English, IB World Area, IB Spanish 4, AP Music Theory, IB Calculus, IB TOK.
I'm in the top 10% in school, and ACT score is 33.
GPA right now is a 4.18 weighted.
Also, since Duke is my first choice, I should mention that I was a Duke TIP kid when I was younger and I worked at the NIEHS lab as an intern through the NIH Summer Internship Program. </p>

<p>Notable Awards and Honors
PTA Reflections Award of Merit
PTA Reflections Honorable Mention
Honorable mention for the Science Fair 2012-2013 project.
Awarded Silver Key for poetry at Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards
Awarded Silver Key for short story at Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards
Letter of appreciation from President Barack Obama for essay writing contest for Duke TIP
Presidential Award of Excellence in Academics).
Geography Awareness Contest state level 3rd Place winner twice.</p>

<p>Project Work
Worked on the project to isolate genes that can be used to predict the possibility of cancer and try to find a correlation with family history, life style.
Worked on the project to determine the effect of water soluble vitamins growth patterns of algae.
Created blog to discuss various school topics, social topics, science and technology, art and music.
Chosen for the Summer Biomedical Health Careers Academy at UTMB </p>

<p>Cultural Achievements:
Selected as 2nd Chair in TMEA Middle School All Region Choir
Given Superior and Exemplary in Solo and Ensemble.
Performer on Radio in “Kid’s Corner”- citywide cultural radio channel show.
Third Place Winner in AADGT (New York) International Young Musicians Festival twice
Winner in the Shankar Mahadevan Academy singing contest
Has been performing on stage and cultural events singing both English and native Indian songs.
In the year 2009, selected from 25,000 auditions by Zee Television (India) for participating in the final round of audition for TV Show
Invited to sing at Bangamela in Nashville, TN and Tri-state Durga Puja (really big cultural events for Indian community)
Performed the inaugural song in the Anand Bazar with an audience of around 10000 attendees.
Selected as 8th Chair in the TMEA Region 25 All-Region Choir in 2012.
Selected as 6th Chair in the TMEA Region 25 All-Region Choir in 2013.
Exemplary awards in solo ensemble
Selected among top ten finalists in the Six Flags Fame, Fortune and Flags Music contest
Attended AMTC ,contacted by 4 industry agents to act,sing and model
Member of Younger Generation Chorus
Performed on “Take A Break” on the Tara Music Channel while in India
Performed in San Antonio and received an exemplary rating and “Best In Class” in April 2013.
Outstanding Choir Officer
Won second place in an international vocal contest (Western classical) by American Protégé, and performed at Carnegie Hall </p>

<p>Community Services:
Created busy books for kids at Children’s Hospital while in NJHS, participated in planning meetings, and worked on bulletin boards. (77 hours accumulatively).
Participated in community services at Habitat for Humanity with Younger Generation Chorus.
Member of A Charity Youth Group and participated in charitable causes and services at Salvation Army in 2012.
Tutored 3rd grade students at Title 1 elementary school (106 hours accumulatively)
Volunteered for orphanage in India for 4 weeks (110 hours accumulatively)
Performed at Tara Musik TV show, donated the earned money to orphanage in India
Founder of “Kids for Kids” club
As part of “Kids for Kids” chapter did volunteer work at Food Bank
Organized a music workshop for under privileged children at Elementary School for 5 hours
Organized clothes drive for children September to October 2012 (24 hours accumulatively)
Organized a book drive for Books for Africa in January 14-26, 2013 and sent books to Africa.
Volunteered as part of “Kids For Kids” at children's shelter
Participated in Voyagers Youth Group at food stand, with all proceeds going to Make A Wish Foundation.
Selected as NHS Junior Officer for club of around 700 members
Organized second clothes drive from September to October 2013. (24 hours accumulatively)
Received Girl Scout Gold Project</p>

<p>Extra:
Wrote and released autobiographical book about life as a dual citizen and teenager
Released cover song album with a couple original songs</p>

<p>There are more, but they do pretty much emphasize my love for music and service and tie in to what is already shown here, so I decided to leave them out. Thank you for your help!</p>

<p>State- California
School- Very Competitive Public
Ethnicity- Asian
Gender- Female
Strengths- EC, community service,
Weakness- GPA</p>

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<p>Probably the best chances I have seen!</p>

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<p>@JPruneski8 thanks for your response! I’ve having a crisis with my GPA, but I’m really hoping that everything else collectively will help me through. </p>

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<p>I have NEVER seen so many qualifications! This resume kept getting better and better as I read on. You have an extremely excellent shot at Duke in addition to an excellent shot at HYPS too! Chance back please?</p>

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<p>@conservativearts Thanks so much! I will chance you back soon!</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>The only thing detracting from my confidence in your admission is the fact that you felt the need to post this.</p>

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<p>@dukeblue11 You are very kind, thank you! </p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>really sorry for riding @leannatorres‌ but i noticed you had the national institute of health summer internship down. I’m also looking into that and if you wouldn’t mind, could you tell me when in high school you did that and a guesstimate on how tough the selection process is or what type of qualifications you had prior to applying?</p>

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<p>Of course, I’ll message you and you can ask me any questions you have!</p>

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<p>You 90% will get into Duke! You academics in school are sort of on the weak side, but your involvement in science and CS will show. Also the fact that you took Duke Tip increases your chances by a lot actually!! Good luck!</p>

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<p>@leannatorres‌:
Have you spent time reading through the “Decision” threads in the Duke CC forum, where those accepted and rejected from previous years post their profile and Duke’s decision?</p>

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<p>@tryhardalay Thanks for your feedback!
@jpm50 I have, but I haven’t seen many applicants with the vocal music thing going on, so I was wondering how strong my EC’s actually were and how they would factor into the process. </p>

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<p>@leannatorres:
With Duke’s acceptance rate down in the 10% range, no one can predict how much your vocal music background will help. </p>

<p>You have a lot going for you, so definitely do apply. But as with applying to any competitive school, be sure your safety school applications get done. </p>

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<p>For anyone through College Confidential, I was actually rejected from Duke in the ED round. Not what I had expected, but hey, that’s life for ya. On to my RD schools, hoping for better results!</p>

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<p>Duke’s loss</p>