Chance Me Please! Duke ED 2024

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Hello, I was really hoping someone would be willing to chance me for Duke this fall. Here are some of my stats:
-PA Resident
-Indian Girl
EC:
-Member of NHS since sophomore year
-president of the local chapter of an organization that sponsors children in india to go to school
-hospital volunteer 4 years of hs
-shadowed a cardiologist and neurologist last summer
-worked as a lifeguard for 2 years in where i became assistant manager
-bharthanatyam (classical indian dancing) for 9 years
-assistant dance teacher for 3 years
-member of my school’s academic games team (placed at nationals multiple times)
-member of my school’s STEM Quiz Bowl Team (2nd Place last year, in playoffs so far for this year)
-honors orchestra member and section leader for 4 years
-american culture’s club
-member of the junior council for lending hearts (nonprofit fundraising organization for childhood cancer)
-conducted biomedical research at duquesne university summer after sophomore year
-temple youth group leader
-founded a free tutoring organization in my community specializing in help for students with learning disabilities/autism
Academics:
-33 ACT
-did not take subject tests
-4.0 unweighted GPA
-4.57 weighted (9/11 possible APs taken/taking)
-class rank: school does not officially send class rank but I am 2nd. reported as top 10%
-AP scores: AP chem-5 ap calc ab-5 apush-5 ap euro-3 ap lang-3
-member of my school’s gifted program
-attended the STEM summer academy at Duke this past summer for 10 days and have officially visited
Essays-
im very confident in my essays, probably some of the best I have ever written (i can share if needed)
LOC-
-decent: 2 from academic teachers, 1 from my gifted counselor, 1 from my dance teacher

Thank you so much to anyone who even read this lol!!! also i know my test scores are subpar for duke but im hoping the rest of my app+applying ed helps counter that

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Nice stats but as you know Duke admissions is highly competitive. I give you a 10% chance in ED as you are “unhooked” and an average excellent applicant.

Good luck.

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Duke it one of those schools that unless you are a recruited athlete or have some other major hook, your odds aren’t great even if your application is perfect. There’s no reason to think you WON’T be admitted but it’s hard to give anyone a lot of confidence that they will.

We were told by a Duke Admissions Officer that they could easily fill their class with kids with perfect ACT and GPA’s. So, great stats alone doesn’t get you in the door. His analogy was to look at the admissions process as though they are drafting a football team. They need people for different positions. So, while you might be an excellent quarterback, if they already have a quarterback you won’t get admitted.

Best of luck to you!!!