Chance for a friend (might post my own later)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ACT: 35 (35, 36, 35, 35)
SAT: 2340 superscored (800 m, 740 cr, 800 w)
National Merit Semifinalist
(He got a perfect on ACT math and SAT math twice)
GPA- 3.47 UW, 3.97 W at a difficult private school
APs- Stats, Euro, English Language, Chemistry, Physics A and B, English Literature, Calc AB and BC
Did independent research with aquaponics system at school
Member of debate team and academic team
Co-captain of tennis team
Tenor saxophone in school’s top jazz orchestra
Essay- Great essay on impact of playing music
Gender- Male
Ethnicity- Caucasian
Income- Upper middle class

Illinois, Rice, Vanderbilt early decision 2, Duke (all engineering)
The main worry with this application is grades, but can he overcome it to get into these colleges?

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The GPA is going to really hurt. Test scores rarely make up a low GPA. Vandy and Duke will be hard to get into with that GPA. But it also depends on the grades of his peers.

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Does the fact that he took 9 APs at a hard school help make up for that?