Chance me for Duke!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for Duke RD 2012</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:US history: 780 & Literature: 760</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 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>Honestly, I have no clue what the standards/admissions are like at Duke.
What’s your intended major? And do you somehow convey an interest in the major through ECs/Community Service?</p>

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<p>No I’m undecided so not really.</p>

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<p>Great shot.</p>

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<p>Ohh, alright.
Well your SAT score is high, and so is your GPA; I’d say your a high match. :</p>

<p>chance me?
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<p>I’d say a fairly decent chance. Strong SAT + URM + great ECs = Duke material. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Chance: the possibility of a particular outcome in an uncertain situation- the only prediction that I can give is 15% chance, as that is approximately Duke’s acceptance rate.</p>

<p>note: income bracket is not necessarily irrelevant- a low-income individual can use their situation as a hook (conveyed by essays)</p>