<p>I have an ACT score of 33(English 34, Math 35, Reading 30, Science 32) unweighted GPA of 3.95 (I don't know my weighted GPA), a 5 of AP Calculus BC, a 5 of AP psychology, a 4 of AP Chemistry, SAT2 770 Math II, SATII 680 World History (not so good, don't know if I should submit that). I am applying ED of Duke this year. Do you think I have a 50% chance to get in?
p.s. I am an international student </p>
<p>Almost nobody applying to Duke has a 50% chance of getting in unless you’re a top athlete or a legacy. Taking them out of the equation I believe their acceptance rate is 10% or less pulling from a pool of candidates with equal or better stats. I’m not sure if being an international applicant helps or hurts. Just know that like the Ivys, there are large numbers of qualified candidates that don’t get accepted.</p>
<p>@Longhorngary: “Legacy” will virtually never provide anything even remotely approaching 50 percent acceptance assurance. For almost all alumni children – even for those whose parents have been continuously extremely active and supportive of Duke (volunteer leadership, university governance, academic support, financial donations, alumni affairs, and more) – the “legacy bump” is MUCH, MUCH less than you’ve indicated.</p>
<p>You really do a disservice to the readers of this forum when you post such flagrant misinformation. Please refrain from doing so, for the benefit of both potential applicants and their parents/advisors. </p>
<p>TopTier is correct. Unless that legacy family donated a building, the legacy factor these days is relatively minor at most schools, including Duke. I have heard from several families on here where both parents were alums and the kid didn’t get in, despite stats that were within the Duke 25-75% range.</p>
<p>@dalcming - Certainly you appear qualified as far as stats go, but there are two issues that make your question meaningless. 1) There is a lot more to admissions than stats; and 2) No one can possibly know what kind of competition you will be up against this year, which influences the chances. But there is no question that 50% would be quite an overestimation of almost anyone’s chances. As was stated, Duke only accepts about 12% overall. If you are applying ED your chances might be somewhat higher.</p>
<p>Now the 88% that don’t get accepted includes students that are clearly unqualified for Duke, but no one knows how many that might be. So given that you seem to be qualified, your odds might be better than 12%, but again no where near 50%.</p>
<p>@fallenchemist is absolutely correct; in fact. last year’s aggregate acceptance rate again declined to 10.8 percent, while at least 75 percent of Duke’s applicants, most of whom are sadly denied: (a) are fully qualified; (b) are entirely deserving of matriculation; © have exceptional performance records and potential; and (d) are essentially indistinguishable from those who are admitted and enroll. </p>
<p>I suppose it is worth mentioning that this is not limited to Duke, but is likely true at a number of high stat schools, with some schools being even more severely competitive (e.g. Stanford, Harvard, Yale) and some slightly less competitive, but not much. My very rough guess would be that there are about 20 schools that would be thought of as around this level of uber competitive for admission.</p>
<p>@fallenchemist: That’s certainly true, and I’d speculate that your 20 “uber competitive” number might be slightly increased, adding a few equally selective LACs to their national university brethren. </p>
<p>Yes, I was strictly thinking research universities. If you consider LACs as well, the number is certainly higher.</p>
<p>Yeah, I just realize the competition is very tough. I am also applying EA to Case Western Reserve and UVA. Hopefully at least I get to get in Case Western Reserve. </p>