<p>I'm a senior from Oregon and I really want to attend duke so I think I am going to apply ED to improve my chances (any advice on how much it will help would also be appreciated). I'm an African-American URM with low income so finances shouldn't be a problem.</p>
<p>My Stats:
ACT: 29 (Not great, I know, but i'm hoping other parts of my app will overshadow this)
Class rigor: By the time I graduate, I will have taken around 8 AP's:
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Lit and Comp, AP Gov
AP Macroeconomics
Calculus
AP Statistics</p>
<p>UW GPA: 4.0 so far
Rank: 1/680-ish students</p>
<p>EC's:
Speech and Debate team (This is my main one)
~Awards
6-time District Champion in 5 different events
Northern Oregon LD Debate Champion
Impromptu State Finalist
Won numerous local competitions
National Qualifier
Broke at Nationals in Impromptu</p>
<p>~Honors
National Forensic League All-American
Speech and Debate team president for 3 years
Many team awards like best new speechie(when i was a freshman), Most Valuable Speechie etc...
Set School Record for most posts (correlates with distinctions below)</p>
<p>~Distinctions
Merit, Honor, Excellence, Special Distinction, Superior Distinction, Outstanding Distinction
Hoping to get Premier Distinction before i graduate</p>
<p>Senior Class Vice-President</p>
<p>Track and Field (Varisty Letter)</p>
<p>School's quiz bowl team</p>
<p>Other Honors/Awards:
AP Scholar
Award of Excellence (Pretty big deal, got it in front of my whole school)
Honors Diploma
Participated in "High Five", which is Northwest quiz competition where schools have 5 kids compete. We won our round but I think the show got cancelled before we could continue lol</p>
<p>Volunteer:
Church Youth Group Leader (100+ hrs)
Hospital (100+ hrs)</p>
<p>Summer:
Job-Shadowed an Anesthesiologist and watched several surgeries</p>
<p>I'm hoping that applying ED, being a URM, and writing the best essays I can will overshadow my not-so-great test scores. Please chance me and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>