Chances at Duke University?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! </p>

<p>I go to a prestigious, small private school, and transferring from a big public school, I had a hard time getting used to the academics, etc.</p>

<p>But I wanted to know my chances of getting into Duke. I wanted to apply for the visual art major and a minor in global health. Right now my gpa is low but I feel like an overall improvement would look good as well?</p>

<p>Freshman year: 3.07
Sophomore year: 3.58
Junior Year: 3.79
Senior Year: 4.44
ACT: 26</p>

<p>My extracurriculars:
-I have been painting (oil painting) ever since I was 7. I do more abstract things than people.<br>
-I have a business called BeeAnArtist (beeanartist.com)
-I wrote and illustrated a book called "Dancing between the Wind"
-I've raised over $10,000 with my book for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles where I was born with ECMO, something that effected my brain, so it's always been harder for me to study
-I've raised over $2,000 for child trafficking in Vietnam (my parent's home country)
-I had a job at the LAB, an antimall in Costa Mesa, CA where I found local artists and musicians to play at the monthly artwalks during the summer before senior year
-I'm in XC and captain of the Varisty Swim team
-I've been selling my book at local farmer's markets + artwalks
-I market my book and website through facebook (170 likes), twitter and wordpress
-I founded (with my peers) CrossCulturalCommunicating.wordpress.com where we spread our love of the arts (visual, theatre, writing) to children in Vietnam and here in the US
-I'm the artist for publications (yearbook, newspaper, online)
-I'm the artist for Mock Trial </p>

<p>This year my courses are:
AP Studio Art
AP Enviro
AP Calc AB
AP Stats</p>

<p>I'm applying ED to Duke, which might give me a slightly more of an advantage, but I'm not sure. If I'm a strong artist, (since some artists are particularly known to have less of a gpa) will that also effect my admissions? Please let me know because I am IN LOVE with Duke and I couldn't imagine myself anywhere else.</p>

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<p>You have some interesting EC’s; however, your ACT is too low to be really considered. Try to raise it to a 30+ or take the SAT. Without those, admittance is highly unlikely, unfortunately. It’s not impossible, but extremely unlikely. I hope I am not being too blunt. Your GPA also does not stand out and is below average. Don’t let that pull you down, though. I’ve heard of crazier stories!
Best of luck.</p>

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<p>lol I am not really one to judge but I don’t necessarily think posting the number of likes you got on Facebook is really something you want to put on there… Also you should calculate your cumulative Gpa.</p>

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<p>You sound like you’ve had a really interesting life, which is fantabulous. However, realize that you are way below the 25% mark with your ACT scores-- the middle 50% was 31-34 for Trinity last year.</p>

<p>If you are deferred until RD, you definitely, definitely need to retake the ACT or try to get the SAT+2 Subject-- you really do need to be academically competitive.</p>