<p>Please Chance me
White male, Top Long Island Public High School
91.1 GPA through junior year. School does not weight or rank. Hardest Possible schedule offered. Grades have improved each year of high school</p>
<p>2240 SAT (760 CR 740 M 740 W) 34 ACT 800 Math II, 760 US, 760 Chem
ECs not Spectacular:
4 years Student Government
4 years Model Congress
4 Years Hebrew High School
3 Years Deca
3 Years Symphonic Band
2 Years Newspaper
2 years tutoring</p>
<p>NB. Dont know if it matters, but my father recently passed away and my mother had breast cancer and has since recovered.</p>
<p>hey, im sorry about recent events that have occured within your family. We can break this down in 6 categories:</p>
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<li>GPA/Rank/Courseload: Here its kind of mixed in a way. If your courseload is really hard like you say it is, you come out on top on this. Your school is also a top school so that should help. </li>
<li>SAT: This is pretty good, in fact good enough really for Duke, so i wouldnt really worry about this. </li>
<li>EC's/Leadership: Your Ec's look a bit above average but not excellent. If you add soem leadershp and some shown initiative it will be excellent. </li>
<li>Essay's: You can convey recent events in your family in these essays, and I think that will help. </li>
<li>Reccomendations/Interview: I am sure this will be fine</li>
<li>Extraneous Factors: What has happened in your family may fall under this. </li>
</ol>
<p>All in all, right now you have a decent chance, theres nothing really that would keep you out, but there isn't much that stands out. Luckily you have a lot of time to make things happen in the summer. Take the hardest courseload again next year, and if you really love Duke apply ED.</p>