Chance me for Duke RD 2012

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>And for Robertson Scholars Program</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.833/6 (AP classes)</p>

<p>ACT Score: N/A</p>

<p>SAT Score: 800 CR, 700 M, 720 W Total:2220</p>

<p>SAT II's: not taken yet but Im taking US history & Literature (I'm not expecting less than a 750 on either)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 of 265 (tons of people dropped out much to my annoyance) School size:1500</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), AP U.S History (5), AP Stats (4), AP Calculus AB(4), AP English Language (4), AP Environmental Science (4) </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 3 honors.</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended, National Achievement Semi-Finalist (hopefully Finalist), </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Lacrosse (11,12), National Honor Society (11,12), Peer Tutoring (10,11,12), Beta Club(11,12), Key Club (11,12) Vice President, Jr. Civitans (11,12), Student Representative on Town Council (11,12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Tutor students in any subject, various projects with Key Club. I severely lack in this section. Around 100 total hours.</p>

<p>Essays: Common App: chose significant experience and wrote about time at diversity camp, extra essay:elaborated on extracurriculars, likened myself to Mark Twain (potentially pretentious sounding), and why duke essay: just talked about my time at duke tip and gushed over Duke</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: 2 were really excellent, one was mediocre</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: No idea</p>

<p>Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina</p>

<p>School Type: Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American (as much as i'd love to think it doesn't matter it does...) </p>

<p>Gender: Female (see parenthesis above)</p>

<p>Income Bracket: Irrelevant as they are need-blind</p>

<p>Strengths:Essay, national awards</p>

<p>Weaknesses:no work experience, not much volunteering, boring ec's, mediocre SAT</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think!
Thank you.</p>

<p>Additionally, I was nominated for the Pogue scholarship evincing that my diversity essay is particularly standout. Does anyone know how much Duke values diversity and whatnot?</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Tbh, Duke is not socioeconomically diverse…financially privileged kids abound. Being an AA female is a major advantage and might be enough for you to get in because of your SAT even though your gpa doesn’t look great. But it’s still not a walk-in.</p>

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<p>I think being a URM from North Carolina will definitely help you. From what I can tell, Duke seems to give some advantage to instate applicants. You seem like a very well-rounded applicant; I think you’ve got a great chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>Bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>URM def. helps. Scores are okay, EC’s are okay-weak…you have a chance (45-55%?) though I would guess that for Robertson its closer to 20-25%. </p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>