Hi!
I’m currently a senior and am applying to duke ED in about a month.
My stats are the weakest part of my application;
GPA - uw 3.7 w 4.4
SAT - 1510
APs- jnr year: calc ab (5), comparative gov (5), us gov (5), lang (5)
snr year: econ, stats, lit, psych, environmental
My extracurriculars are alright, but not outstanding
Varsity Cheer (only junior year - I transferred before junior year and wanted to try smth new, ended up excelling in it but missed my other activity)
Dance - captain freshmen/sophomore year (at my old school), part of a dance company at school senior year.
Service - Saving turtle habitats (2 years before i moved), teaching cambodian kids english (2 years before i moved), helping teens in juvy (2 years after i moved)
Other extracurriculars:
Teaching kids math during covid for free so they can keep up schoolwork without a financial burden
TA for AP Calc ab senior year
Math tutor for two years (jnr/snr) at school
Teaching young kids to dance
Pioneer summer mentorship program - research paper about Mill’s On Liberty.
Research paper junior year about women in STEM
intended major: either applied math or philosophy (very different i know)
LOC - i think they will be pretty good as i have shown my interest in both of the subjects of my teachers and we have a good relationship + letter from my professor over the summer for pioneer (works at brown, graduates amherst, oxford, and smth else)
Essay - I think this will be pretty strong, possibly my strongest area.
I live in the north shore of IL but only moved here before my junior year. Before this I lived in Southeast Asia.
Asian female
No financial need
other schools: wake, michigan, nyu, uva, usc
THANK YOU