Hey everyone! I am a rising senior looking to apply to Duke ED as an Econ major. please let me know what you think my odds are.
UW GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 5.18 or 4.4 (my school has 3 GPAS I never know which one is which)
Class Rank: 7 out of 580
Sidenote: I go to a poop public high school thats rated a “-B school.” is this going to look bad on my application??? that I only look good in comparison because im surrounded by mediocrity???
ACT- 35 C (R 36, E 35, M 33, S 36)
AP’s: im 8/9 on passing AP exams.
calc AB - 2
bio - 3
capstone research - 3
capstone seminar - 3
enviro - 4
us history - 4
world - 4
lang - 4
human geo - 4
Do I submit all of them??? or only 4 + ???
Subject Tests: N/A. Took math 2 once and got a 620 but duke doesn’t require or even suggest subject tests for ACT kids so I should be in the clear right…?
Senior Course Load:
AP Macro
AP Micro
AP Stats
AP Lit
AP Econ/gov
AICE thinking skills
DECA
Debate
ECs:
MAO all 4 years (math team)
NHS sophomore-senior year
Peer Pals all 4 years (club for kids with disabilities)
DECA all 4 years - won state awards all 4 years, international qualifier all 4 years, top 20 international finalist junior year
Debate all 4 years
Co-founded Launchx program at my school
Founded “Fostering the Future of Finance” - organization that teaches kids aging out of the foster care system financial literacy
Im also QuickBooks Certified
Work:
Worked from 2016-2018 at math franchise Mathnasium
Summer of junior year held paid internship with Bright Star Credit Union working in the operations department (worked on fraudulent checks, subpoenas, loan applications, etc)
Volunteer:
Buddy sports 6 years (local organization that helps disabled kids learn how to play sports)
Coached Recreational Basketball Team of 7th graders for the city of Coral Springs
Head Sports Specialist at Camp Jenny (organization that sends inner-city Atlanta kids to sleep away camp over Labor Day weekend)
Leadership:
Debate co prez junior year, co prez senior year
DECA VP of activities senior year
LAUNCH X VP
Essays:
personal statement: 9/10
duke supplements: 8/10
Letters of Rec:
Guidance: super weak they dont even know my name bc they deal with 800 kids
Teachers: One from my ap lit teacher who also taught my ap research class, she loved me so Id say an 8-9/10, one from my 10th grade English teacher and now my AICE thinking skills teacher who is also my launchx advisor, she adores me so 10/10 (also she has a connection to duke and knows my desire to go there) and the optional letter I chose my deca advisor. im one of his top 3 favorites so id say 9/10.
thanks all let me know!