<p>Hey guys, of course I've already applied and it's kind of dumb to be asking for my chances but, like everyone else who applied earlier anywhere, I'm completely freaking out.</p>
<p>Here's some info:</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Kamuela, Hawaii
3rd Generation Legacy at Duke</p>
<p>GPA
3.92 (UW)
4.62 (W)
ACT
34
Math: 35, English: 34, Reading: 34, Science: 34
AP Classes (Test score)
Psychology (5), Environmental Science (4), Spanish Language (4), Statistics (4), Physics B, Comparative Government and Politics, U.S. History
Extracurriculars: Sports--Varsity Swim Team
Services--Environmental Volunteer
Household income
$200,000+
Fluent in
Spanish, English</p>
<p>Additional Details
Third Generation Legacy, applying E.D., aspiring filmmaker working on short film "Backtracker" to submit into Tribeca Film Festival</p>
<p>Let me know what you guys think (and good luck to everyone out there waiting to hear back from colleges)!</p>
<p>Third generation legacy is helpful, but possibly not as much as you’d hope. Alumni who have invested – significantly and continuously – in the University’s life (through volunteer leadership, co-teaching classes, hiring students as interns and as entry-level professionals, leading local alumni organizations, serving on major Duke boards, executive committees, and councils, interviewing applicants, providing generous financial support, leading reunion activities, and so forth) are likely to receive a far more substantial “hook” than legacies whose parents/grandparents have been essentially uninvolved. </p>
<p>With this said, your credentials are strong and you are viable applicant (even without your legacy status). I wish you patience throughout the next ten days and success during your years in the Gothic Wonderland. </p>
<p>Thanks for the quick response. My dad went there and since he graduated he has been donating money to the University as he loved his time there and his degree allowed him to advance and become extremely successful in finance and, eventually, on Wall Street. He has also been very involved regarding applicant interviews and recommendations (not as a teacher, just as an interviewer). My brother is in the graduating class of 2016, he loves it there, he is pursuing a major in Art History and is a potential Rhodes Scholar as he is one of the top students in his class. Again, thanks for the optimistic and quick response, with any luck by this time next year I can be chanting like a madman in Cameron Stadium with my face painted blue!</p>
<p>@juliansandulli: You are most welcome. Duke is a wonderful place and the opportunities to learn and to grow are truly limitless (please never forget, however, that a great deal of that critical education should – and will – take place “beyond the classroom” . . . Cameron is a superb example).</p>