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<p>Chance me for ED please?</p>

<p>State: Washington
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>UWGPA: 3.881
WGPA: 4.47</p>

<p>Top 10% in Class
39/406</p>

<p>ACT:30
Math: 34
English: 29
Science: 30
Reading: 27
Writing: 10</p>

<p>SATII:
MathII: 770
Physics: 650</p>

<p>Potential College Major: Economics/Business Administration/Finance</p>

<p>AP's taken: World History (4), Chinese (5), Lang. and Comp (2), Calc AB (3), Physics B (3), Micro Econ (3), Macro Econ (4)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Environmental Science
AP Stats
AP Amer. Gov
AP Lit
Honors Orchestra
Link Crew/ PE(required to graduate.)
BusinessLaw/Personal Finance</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Chamber Orchestra (4 years)
Piano (11 years)
Link Crew Leader (2 years)
Link Crew Commissioner (2 years)
Cross Country (1 year)
Track (3 years)
President/Co-Founder of Music With a Mission (3 years)
Secretary of National Honor Society (2 years)
Key Club (1 year)
Student Senate (1 year)
Math Club (4 years)
Peer Tutoring (2 years)</p>

<p>Achievements:
AP Scholar with Honors
1st Place at 2008 Northwest Orchestra Festival
1st Place at 2010 Northwest Orchestra Festival
Concert at WMEA Conference in Yakima
II+ at 2009 Solo and Ensemble Regional Festival (Solo Piano)
II+ at 2010 Solo and Ensemble Regional Festival (Small String Ensemble)
Outstanding Sophomore Boy (Orchestra)
Outstanding Junior Boy (Orchestra)
Academic Excellence (2008/2009)
Special Recognition on Piano at 2006 Seattle Young Artists Music Festival
2nd Place Team Award at G.A.M.E. (Math Competition)
5th Place Team Award at Math is Cool Championships
Special Recognition Concert at PNSM (2007 and 2008)
5K Time: 20:00
1600m Time: 5:17
Knight Valor (100+ Community Service Hours)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
24-Hour Relay
Relay for Life
Pit Orchestra for School Musical
Pit Orchestra for School Choir
Peer Tutoring
Soup Kitchen
Phone-a-Thon</p>

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<p>I would say its a definite reach. I can’t exactly find ACT statistics on Duke, but I would say a 30 is definitely on the low side (your score converts to about a 2010 on the SAT). Your other statistic seem fine, but you have no real hook. I would not bank on getting in. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Well, he’s got the music thing, but it is a reach. Here’s the profile of the current freshman class. An ACT of 30 is the 25% percentile (for Trinity).</p>

<p>[Duke</a> University Admissions: Class of 2010 Profile](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.html]Duke”>http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.html)</p>

4

<p>It is probably a little lower than the 25th percentile when you factor in hooked and URM applicants. Your uw and w GPA and music EC/awards are nice. Hopefully, coming from WA state may help your chances a tiny bit…</p>

5

<p>Your test scores and GPA will hold you back, especially when in the EA pool (consists of stronger, more capable applicants).</p>

<p>And your extracurriculars make you seem really spread thin. The only thing I can really see that makes you “stand out” is your music; not sure if you should include awards from middle school (those aren’t seen as very… professional).</p>

<p>Definitely a reach, so good luck.</p>

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<p>Not really liking your chances to be honest, but it’s possible.</p>

<p>High-Reach for an ORM with low SAT scores and non-stellar ECs</p>