I am planning on applying ED to Duke Arts and Sciences. (I’m a girl)
ACT: 33
GPA: N/A I go to a quaker school that has written narratives instead of letter grades or GPAs
Extracurriculars:
-Captain of varsity tennis team
-Leader of Madagascar Club
-In Investment club
-Student ambassador (assistant to dean of students)
-Student Interview committee for head of school search process
-Student government
-Worked as research assistant for neuroscience lab at duke (employer writing me a letter of rec)
-work as veterinary assistant (hands on during surgery) during the school year
-was one of the 6 upperclassmen chosen for a leadership opportunity at the end of my junior year, and worked as a mentor to the freshman class for two weeks on their overnight service trip.
Courseload:
-highest possible math and science classes my school offers (and maintained a 99% average in those classes)
-took all the APs my school offers
-designed my own neuroscience independent study
-doubled in either math or science each year
About me:
-White/sephardic jew
-live in durham NC
-dad is a professor at duke
-was nominated for NC State’s park scholarship (one of the two people nominated at my school)
-plan on majoring in neuroscience and minoring in math
Other schools on my list:
-Duke (ED)
-UNC Chapel Hill
-William and Mary
-Brown
-UC Boulder
-UC San Diego
-UCLA
-NC State
**there are two other girls applying ED to Duke from my school who are both minorities, will this hurt my chances? (there are only 50 people in my grade)