Chance me ED

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>CHANCE ME DUKE ED</p>

<p>Info:
Senior, class 2010
High performing public school on Long Island
African American
Both parents went to a 4 year college
-mom passed away when i was 11
-dad unemployed
-brother passed away when i was a freshman (college essay is about him) </p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 89 UW
Rank: School does not officially rank or do %
probably in the top 15</p>

<p>SAT: 1850 out of 2400 1310 out of 1600
ACT: 28
AP Euro: 5
AP US: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP Biology: 4
AP English: 3
AP Lit: Pending
AP Govt: Pending
AP Econ: Pending</p>

<p>Activities:
Student Government-Vice President
Anti-Bias Club- President
Peer Drug Educator-Selected Member
Peer LEader- Selected Member
Cancer Benefit Fashion show- Selected member/model
Minority Group-Member
DECa
Freshman Oreintation Committee </p>

<p>Job: TjMaxx for 2 months in summer</p>

<p>Awards:
Trained by the Anti-Defamation League
AP Scholar with Distinction
University of Rochester Award for Social Sciences</p>

<p>Other facts:
Great Recs from two AP teachers and Guidance Cons
A friend of my dad knows the DEan of Admissions to Duke very well (the guys said he'll put a good word in for me)
Only minority from my school applying out of 3 other people applying
1st Quarter grades were not good
Had a good interview
Really good essay </p>

<p>Other schools im applying to:
Mich
Tulane
Princeton
Upenn
Boston College
Yale
Harvard (receive mail from Harvard all the time)
Emory
Vanderbilt
Cornell (receive mail all the time form Cornell)</p>

<p>PLEASE BE ABSOLUTELY HONEST!!!!</p>

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<p>i’m also a '14er so don’t take my opinion too seriously but i’ll try to offer you the best that i have
from the information listed it seems that you have a great personality and have shown how you have overcome so adversity through your interview, essay(s), and ECs
however, your GPA, ACT, and SAT are very low for the schools you have listed</p>

<p>you do have some great things going for you being a URM and having the contact established with a friend of the dean</p>

<p>and now i’m gonna take my guess so when you get your decisions come back here to post… deferred then accepted or waitlisted</p>

<p>as for other ones on the list, I think youre in @ tulane but i would doubt the other ones</p>

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<p>yeahh thanks i mean mich and tulane im not incredibly concerned about…but we’ll see what happens</p>

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<p>bump bump!</p>

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<p>i’m not sure if you could call mich a shoe-in because i was reading their decisions thread and it looks like it’s pretty harsh for oos kids</p>

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<p>my school is really good last year 31 kids applied to mich 23 got in…and im assuming the other 8 there was a mix of deferal and rejection</p>

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<p>ok, then obviously i think you’re set there… lol this just shows not to fully value my opinion</p>