Chance me for Duke ED please? I'll chance back!

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I’m way too nervous… Can someone chance me please?

Asian, intended major is Economics.

GPA: All A’s throughout high school, 2 APs sophomore year, 4 APs junior year, and now 5 APs senior year.
New SAT: 1540/1600 (24/24 essay)
ACT: 34 with 36 essay, 35 if superscored
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Korean, 720 US History

Activities:

  • ASB (Freshmen Class Rep, Sophomore Class President, Junior Class President, now ASB President)
  • District 9 Youth Commissioner of San Jose (Works closely with city council)
  • Liberty in North Korea (Club founder and president)
  • Varsity Volleyball (Few, small awards)
  • Korean Community Service Organization (just various things)
  • Drummer/Guitarist for Church Band
  • Junior Statesmen of America Club (Politics and debate)
  • Blue Crew Leader (Student Section Leader)
  • Work Experience: Mathnasium Instructor
  • Internship: Salesman for a solar company

Essays:
Common App: 9/10?
Why Duke?: 8/10
Optional: 9/10

Rec Letters:
They should be pretty good… I’m pretty close with the counselor too.

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Academic performance is solid, however ECs are a bit typical. I would waver 50-50 between defer and accept for Duke ED. It all depends on your essays and teacher recs. Good luck!

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@allnighter21 Thanks for the reply! Just crossing my fingers now.

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Academics are solid. I think you did a nice job of distancing yourself from the ‘typical asian’ with the inclusion of humanities.I’d say you have a good shot. Good luck!

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@ivyleaguedreamen Thanks so much!

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Whats your class rank (if school doesn’t rank, then what is your estimated)?
How many APs offered in your school?
How do you know that your essays are 9/10 and 8/10?
Are you ethnic Korean? if so did you take another language class besides Korean in high school? How did you do ?

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@sgopal2 Hi! My class rank is officially 1 out of 328. But it’s weird because it ranks from unweighted GPA. So there are like multiple people who are ranked 1.

My school now offers 15 AP courses.

I don’t LOL. I just label my essays those scores, mostly out of hope.

I am ethnically Korean. I took Spanish all the way up to Junior year. Got all A’s on them.

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Ok one last question: how many valedictorians will there be in your graduating class (approx)?

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@sgopal2 One valedictorian, one salutatorian

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Since you ED Duke, and both your extra and statistics are extraordinary, I think you have really good chance!!!
Since you plan to major in Economics, your internship as salesmen definitely helps a lot. Did you mention it in you ECs? If you mentioned, you are definitely very strong applicant !

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@JonathanChang Yes I did mention it! Thank you very much!

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I think you have a good chance and applying ED I’m sure helped. Sorry I’m not to familiar with Duke. Your stats definitely out you at the top so hopefully they like your essays. Good luck

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You said there would be more than one person with a rank of 1. Then later you said only one valedictorian. Which is correct?

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I think you have a great chance of getting in! Those test scores are WOW, and I actually like your extracurriculars. With the extra push ED gives you, I think you have a good chance. Keep in mind that Duke strongly favors legacies, and may lessen your application chances because of that. I almost applied, but didn’t because of that high legacy ratio (more than 40% of accepted students are legacies).

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@sgopal2 Rank of 1 is based on unweighted GPA. Ergo, there are a handful of students at my school with a 4.0 unweighted GPA. Valedictorian is based on weighted GPA and extracurriculars and such. That is chosen by the counselors at the end of the year.

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@oceanblue92 Thanks a lot! My father almost went to Duke MBA, but he couldn’t last second due to work… Oh well. It is what it is haha.

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your extracurriculars really stand out, and your scores are very competitive. I think you have an amazing shot at Duke ED… I wouldn’t be surprised if you got binded.

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I think you have a good chance. You certainly have shown academic rigor and ability in all your scores across the board. You certainly have the baseline (Great scores, great extracurriculars, great leadership) . What are your essays about?

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@Chicagodreams9 Can I PM you about them?

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I think you have a great chance with your academics and activities, especially since you applied ED.

Can you guys chance me in return?

Asian, Low-income

Intended major is Biomedical Engineering (1st pref), Computer Engineering (2nd), Neuroscience (3rd)

I applied to the Pratt School of Engineering

GPA: 3.97, 17 APs (2 9th grade, 2 10th grade, 7 11th grade, 6 12th grade)
Senior Courseload: Linear Algebra (Dual enrolled at Georgia Tech) (Fall), Multivariable Calculus (Dual enrolled at Georgia Tech) (Spring), AP Physics C: Mech (Fall). AP Physics C: EM (Spring), AP Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics (Fall), AP Microeconomics (Spring)
Class Rank: 12/680ish

New SAT: 1500/1600 (21 essay) 700 English, 800 Math
ACT: 34 (36 S, 35 M, 30 R, 36 S, 29 essay)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Biology M, 770 Math I, 770 Physics, 770 Chemistry

I am also Questbridge finalist that opted out of National College Match to apply to Duke Early decision.

Activites:
-Quizbowl (grades 6-12): grades 9-11 3rd, 2nd, 1st in the state, currently represent school on team-based television quiz show.
-Science Olympiad (grades 11-12): Some regional and invitational medals
-Interact Club (9-12): Secretary (12th), school volunteering club basically
-Science National Honor Society (11-12): Secretary (12th) school science tutoring club
-Math Club/Team (9-12): Secretary (9th), VP (11th), President (12th) AMC 12 Highest Scorer in School
-Volunteering at Local Science Museum
-Lab internship at Emory Medical School
-Varsity/JV Tennis
-Part Time Job: Kumon Math and Reading Center (Sept 2014-Present, 12 hrs a week)
-Independent MOOCs on Coursera and edX, Couse by Duke (Human Physiology) Harvard (CS)

Honors: QB Finalist, QB College Prep Scholar, Department Award for AP Physics 1 (11th grade), National AP Scholar