chance a URM with his FINAL sat scores?

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<p>I live in Florida.
I'm a hispanic jew.</p>

<p>What are my chances for getting into Duke University ED?</p>

<p>GPA 3.4/3.8---- competitive private school that doesn't rank.</p>

<p>Freshman year 6 honors, 6 Bs
Sophomore year 6 honors, 3 As 3 Bs
Junior year 4 honors 2 APs, 3As 3 Bs (Bio AP, APUSH)
Senior year 2 honors 4 APs... (AP French, AP Statistics, AP Government/AP
Macroeconomics, AT Microbiology)</p>

<p>SAT: took twice got 1350/2070 E:11
ACT: took once got a 30 E:10 </p>

<p>^^^
Which one should I send in? </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Volunteered at Memorial children's center for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore) (Junior)
-Went 4 years in a row to Congres (French competition in Orlando)
-Part of Friends of FRAT, went to autistic child's house for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore)
-Volunteered at Kesher, a program that provides a an education for children with learning disabilities from pre-school through high school. (Junior)
-Head of snack food drive for children at the respite shelter in Women in Distress of Broward County. Collected over 600 individual snacks. (Junior)
-Head of school supplies drive for children from low income families so they can do school work at an after school daycare. Collected over 1000 supplies. (Junior)
-Volunteered for a month in Fiji, heading various projects for rebuilding communities and the environment. (56 hours, 2009)
-President and founder of HELP Club, for underprivileged children and battered women (Junior)
-Vice President of FRAT (Fostering Relationships with Autistic Teens and Children) (Junior)
-Treasurer of Green Team (Freshman)
-NHS Member
-National French Honors Society Member
-National Science Honors Society
-NFL (National Forensic League) Member</p>

<p>I want to major in Biology.</p>

<p>Is my URM status (hispanic) very beneficial?
Will it help me a lot to apply ED?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>did you end up getting accepted?</p>

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<p>I’m going to apply next year since I’m still a junior.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure they loveeee URM, but your GPA could hurt you. Try and bring it up (I know it’s a little late in the year, but hopefully not too late).
Good luck!</p>

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<p>i got a 2030/1350 and i got in with a likely letter. I was ranked 14th out of 421, but I had a really good essay. I mean REALLY good. It was deeply emotional and personal and the one friend who I let read it cried. Plus, it might have helped that my family did not make that much money. Oh yea and i only joined one club, but I was a 3 sport varsity athlete and I won many awards for athletics (but not recruited). I also had a lot of hours of community service.</p>

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<p>thanks everybody, anyone else?</p>

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<p>to be completely honest, it seems to me like you wont be admitted. dukes admission rate just got split almost in half this year, and that trend will continue. i think you need to do alotttt better on the standardized tests. duke is rejecting people with 35s on the act and almost perfect sat scores. also, i would make sure you get an a in every class you take from here on out. with some improvements in those areas, your race will likely push you over the top.</p>

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<p>p.s. you specifically asked “is m URM status beneficial?” and the answer is yes, its extremely beneficial. but you still have to be in the ballpark of the other applicants. yes, you can be accepted over a white student with a stronger application, but you still have to be pretty close.</p>