Chance me please..

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<p>Hello, I'm from China. I have applied to Duke ED. and I'm really nervous, especially after reading the others' chance thread, I feel my chance is so low.:(
I'm very interested in history,politics and literature(social science).Though I know it's probably not as good as majoring in engineering/physics/math,etc(i mean for non-native speakers).
but anyway, hope i can get some advice,thanks!</p>

<p>Sex:Female
Location:China
Native Languange:Chinese</p>

<p>Class rank:4/456</p>

<p>SAT(took once)
Reading:800
Math:770
Writing:700
(2270)</p>

<p>SAT2: USh:750 Math level 1:780 Lit:730</p>

<p>(I don't know any schools in China have AP courses..so)</p>

<p>Activities:
Chief Editor of school magazine.(2 years)
(edited submitted articles, designed covers and published articles on social issues.)</p>

<p>Captain of School dance team(3 years)
(choreorgraphed performances and organized weekly practice sessions,our team won championship at a city teen dance competition in 2007)</p>

<p>Manager of School Sports Club(3 years)
(Initiated inter-grade girls' basketball and soccer competition, introduced hula-hoop and rope-skipping competition at school's sports meeting)</p>

<p>Captain of class cheerleading team(1 year)
(choreographed the dance, designed outfits, made chear chants. ;led team to win 1st place out of 30 teams at school's sports festival)</p>

<p>Swimming club member
(organized several competitions at my school.)</p>

<p>Track and field participant
(won 2nd place in 100-meter race and 1st place in 1500-merter race at school's sports meet.)</p>

<p>Ping-pong,team member
(our team won 3rd place in 2006 provincial competition.)</p>

<p>Instrument: Chinese harp
(awarded Grade 7 certificate out of 9 grades by national musical instrument committee)</p>

<p>Intern:as reporter at city newspaper
(2 months. co-wrote 32 articles, including 6 headlines.)</p>

<p>Volunteer:<br>
Co-founder of teaching league(2 years)
(Recruited 30 memebers from different high school. taught math,chinese and english at an understaffed primary school)</p>

<p>Church service volunteer(4 years)
(organized fundraising, taught hymns and translated for an american priest)</p>

<p>School-organized community projects:
Cleaned and decorated nursing homes
organized performances and activities for the elders
volunteer at city library</p>

<p>other awards:
city writing competition (2nd place out of 80 competitors)
school chorus competition (lead singer; 2nd place out of 30 classes)
school drama competition (director;1st place)</p>

<p>Essay:i think it's good/ok. not sure..
Recommendations:i guess they are great.</p>

<p>Is there any chance for me to get into duke ed?
Also, please give me some advice on RD school, i'll really appreciate that..thanks!</p>

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<p>I think you’re pretty competitive for Duke ED. As you probably already know, the number of ED applications shot up 32% this year and this year, as of yet, seems to be the hardiest year for college acceptance. That being said, I still think you have a good chance. First of all, your area of study is unique, in that most international (Asians) apply into math/science majors. However, you’ll have to keep in mind that the pool for international students is much harder. I’d say you have a good chance if you don’t need financial aid; if you need financial aid, your chances go down a bit. Nonetheless, I see that you have interest in sports (a lot of that at that) and writing (magazine, editor, writing contest). Your rank is pretty good as well and SAT score is good.</p>

<p>As for other RD schools, I think that for political science/literature/history, USC and Georgetown both have excellent programs for political science. I’m sorry to say that I don’t know much about literature/history, because I, myself, am a more math/science oriented guy, but I hope that my post helped you out a little bit.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>nluu0929, thank you very much!
(and i haven’t applied for financial aid. i’m wondering if it’s just Duke or all the other top schools have so much increase in its application?)</p>