Chances at Duke University?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I applied to Duke University during regular decision and wanted to get a perspective. A bunch of updates, like my midyear report and interview, have been added to my application. Here are my stats, for the last time, promise:</p>

<p>Academics:
3/535 (~ top 1% of class)
Unweighted GPA: 3.811
Weighted GPA: 5.0323</p>

<p>On my midyear report, it will say that I made straight A's in the most challenging classes I took senior year: AP Psych, AP Euro, AP US Gov, and AP Lit. </p>

<p>Freshman Year Courses:</p>

<p>French I
French II
World History (Honors)
Geometry (Honors)
Apparel Development I
English I (Honors)
Biology (Honors)
Physical Education
Algebra II (Honors)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Courses:</p>

<p>AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
Anatomy & Physiology (Honors)
Pre-Calculus (Honors)
French III (Honors)
Civics & Economics (Honors)
English II (Honors)
Chemistry (Honors)
Calculus (Honors)</p>

<p>Junior Year Courses:</p>

<p>AP Biology
Research Methods & Techniques (Honors)
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature & Composition
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics
French IV (Honors)
AP Human Geography</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses:
AP English Literature & Composition
AP Psychology
AP Government & Politics
AP European History
US History (Honors)
Introduction to College Math (Honors)
Holocaust & Genocide (Honors)
French V (Honors)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<ol>
<li>National Honors Society</li>
<li>National French Honors Society (historian) (helped out Haitian refugees)</li>
<li>Environmental Club (treasurer, vice president) (started a recycling clothing fundraiser, school supply drive, refurbished school garden, and cleaned up a local river, adopted a polar bear)</li>
<li>Volunteered at a soup kitchen</li>
<li>Art Instructor to children in my community</li>
<li>Swim Instructor to children in my community</li>
<li>Captain of Bollywood Dance Team</li>
<li>Tutoring peers in Anatomy, French, Geometry, and Physics at school</li>
<li>Volunteered at a medical camp in Jammu/Kashmir</li>
<li>Volunteered at a regional hospital</li>
<li>Clinical Coordinator/Volunteer at a behavioral institute</li>
<li>Research Project on how Organic compounds affect the longevity of fruit fly life</li>
<li>Writing composition on life of an Asian immigrant high school student with cultural perspectives (sent to an editor)</li>
</ol>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Distinction (12)
50 Hour Volunteer Award at Hospital (10)
Gold Presidential Service Award (9, 10, 11, 12)
National Honors Society/French National Honors Society (10/11)
Certificate of Success in Le Grand Concours (9,10, 11)</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 33</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>A) I know six different languages: Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and French.
B) First person in my family to be attending college in America (hook?).
C) Message me if you want to read my essays. Personally, I think they're unique (especially the one about extracurriculars).
D) Asian (Indian), Female
E) Double major in neuroscience and cultural anthropology, and minor in Asian Studies.</p>

<p>Thanks! :D</p>

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<p>hey you sound like a great applicant, but its Duke so its a low reach. coudl u pm me your essays?</p>

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<p>Just messaged you! @Rurouni</p>

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<p>Mid reach. Your class rank is great, but your ACT and extracurriculars are nothing special. Let us know if you get in.</p>

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<p>I disagree with above ^
ACT really, past a certain point (33, in my opinion) doesn’t hurt. If it’s high enough, it can help, but certainly won’t hurt. I do agree that your EC’s aren’t super impressive. Having said that, your course rigor is amazing… what were your AP scores? You can PM your essays, but I’d say it’s a low reach.</p>

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<p>I’m going to go right ahead and say match. If you aren’t getting in, it’s not because of your ACT score. And honestly there isn’t anything else weak in your app. </p>

<p>Chance me back at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1597037-chance-for-top-lacs-ivies-and-other-ultra-selective-schools.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1597037-chance-for-top-lacs-ivies-and-other-ultra-selective-schools.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback! </p>

<p>AP Scores:
Biology-5
Calc BC- 5
English Comp- 4
Chem- 4
Env Sci-5
Stat- 5
Physics B- 3</p>

<p>This year, I’m just taking the psych and literature exams. Hoping to get a 5 on psych and at least a 4 on lit.
Speaking of ECs, some of the programs were self initiated (i.e., Art class, swim instruction, and the writing of my book). Sorry, I should have included it, but does that change anything? </p>

<p>And @Mlolo98, just messaged you.</p>

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<p>Another question–does being Asian really hurt my chances? Or does it depend on how you present yourself to the college? I think my interview went really well, as the interviewer said that I was a pleasure to talk to me and it was nice to see someone so young with worldly experiences…although, that might not mean anything. I think my teacher recs were on par as well.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>being asian hurts a lot; trust me I feel your pain (Im azn :P). It’s cause there are so many strong competitive asian applicants, but not many URMs, hence why they are URMs. College want a distribution of races, so naturally they can only take the top asians; which is quite frankly extremely hard. </p>

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<p>I guess so. :/</p>

<p>@Rurouni , did you read my essays yet?</p>

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<p>bump
decisions come out March 27th!!!</p>

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<p>one more bump…</p>

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<p>You seem like a competitive applicant – getting in is definitely plausible. Likely, it’ll come down to how your essays and how your extracurricular activities stack up with the rest of the applicant pool. I’d consider it a low reach.</p>

<p>Predict back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1628065-the-ultimate-chancing-thread-with-real-life-incentive.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1628065-the-ultimate-chancing-thread-with-real-life-incentive.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;