<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>I apologize in advance, I know these chance threads can be pretty tedious much of the time, but I'm feeling kind of lost about this so forgive me? I was wondering if I should bother applying to Duke, or if my chances are minuscule enough that it would be hopeless either way? The issue is that my GPA is pretty awful--I was a very moronic young freshman/sophomore (you'd think I'd learn after freshman year, but no, I did not) :P However, I do have a fairly rigorous set of courses and a somewhat decent amount of extracurriculars, so chance me? :)</p>
<p>Oh, and I would be applying ED!</p>
<p>Info:
Indian Female
Currently a Junior
Public School in Western PA</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>Weighted GPA-3.67 out of 5.0 (I did say it was bad...)
Unweighted GPA-No idea
There is sort of an upwards trend--junior year is about 10 times better than Frosh/Soph year</p>
<p>Sophomore APs:
APUSH-3 :/
AP Calc BC-4</p>
<p>Junior Year APs & Projected Scores:
AP Statistics - 5
AP Biology - 5
AP Chemistry - 5
AP English 11 - 4</p>
<p>Senior Year APs:
AP Psych
AP Microeconomics
AP English 12
CHS Physics (If it counts? AP isn't offered)
Linear Algebra or Diff. Equations (Not AP, but would be a college course)</p>
<p>SAT- 2320 (760M, 760R, 800W with 10 essay)
Will be taking Bio, Math, and possibly Chem SAT IIs</p>
<p>ECs:
Fencing - 4 years (Captain-11 & 12)
Model UN - 4 years (Running for president in 12)
Global Relations Club - 4 years (President- 11 & 12)
School Literary Magazine - 3 years
Chess Club - 3 years
Chemistry Club - 2 years (has been disbanded)</p>
<p>Bharatha Natyam (Classical Indian Dance) - 9 years</p>
<p>200 hours of Volunteer service at local hospital and in India</p>
<p>Awards:
Hopefully a National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist (PSAT-224 and PA's cutoff has been around 216/217 in the past)</p>
<p>Shoot...guess that's it. Seems a lot worse in writing than in my head haha...</p>