<p>If I were an admissions officer, I would see you as a clearly smart student at the top of your class (this can help explain, but not supplant the 3.75 UW GPA unless you have a whack grading system), and you took a decent amount of AP’s but your school doesn’t seem particularly competitive. This would be supported by the low avg. SAT scores, your ACT which is below average for applicants, and the multiple 3’s on AP exams. Is there a good history of students going to top private colleges such as Duke? And are you applying Pratt/Trinity? It would be tougher to get in Pratt.</p>