Chances, Chances, Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Hey guys I was wondering what you guys think my shot is at Duke ED. I know I don't have top SATs/ACTs but I would like to know what kind of shot I actually have. I'm unsure exactly what my major will be at this point but know I'm going Premed. I'm unhooked: white and from Long Island.
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.1 W
Rank - My Large public HS doesn't rank but I believe I'm in the top 10% if not at least top 15%
SAT: M-710, CR-670, Writing-730, (2110) 12 Essay
SAT II: US history-740, Physics- 660 (prob won't send)
ACT: 31 with writing. I don't know if Duke superscores ACT but if they do I have a 32
APs- Human Geo (4), Eng Lang (4), Physics B (4), US (4)
Junior Year grades (supposedly the most important?) - all A's (took Lang, Physics B and US junior year). I slacked a little in 9th grade but hopefully made up for it junior year.
Senior Year AP's: AP chem, AP calc AB, AP Lit, AP Micro, AP Gov
EC's:
Deca (9-12) - Vice President, at Deca States came in top 10 in NY State in my event.
Spanish Club (9) - member
Investment Club (10-12) - member
Spanish National Honor Society
Job - Basketball Referee for local league (interesting experiences mb incorporate into essay)
Volunteering:
Ronald McDonald House - cooked dinner for guests more than once
Breast Cancer Walks
Relay For Life
Cooked for 20 needy people during holiday season
Hospital Volunteer this summer- worked 50 hours and have a letter of recommendation form the hospital.
Recs from teachers should be good as well.
I have been working really hard on my essays and hopefully the admissions officers respond as well as I think they're going to.</p>

<p>One thing I really like about Duke that makes it totally different from other top schools is that it has a real collegiate atmosphere, mostly due to its sports.
Thanks in advance for your responses.</p>

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<p>You better hope your in the top 10%, because if your not your chances will go way down.</p>

<p>I would say you have a decent shot, but not an incredible one. Your standardized tests are a little low, and I cant find any important EC’s or anything you went in depth into. Good luck though!</p>

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<p>Duke focuses a lot on test scores, so it’s definitely a reach, maybe a low one, but if you can get those ACT and SAT scores up you’ll have a better shot</p>

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<p>Get a 2200+
your gpa is also kinda low…average gpa is 3.9+</p>

<p>apply anyways</p>

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<p>Nothing really sticks out. Just hope for the best.</p>

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<p>A duke admission officer came to my school this week and one thing she said that I thought was interesting was that Duke gives equal weight to the writing section of the SAT. She said what they have been doing now is taking the average of your reading and writing and then adding that to your math score to get a total out of 1600. If I were to do that, I would have a 1410/1600. Is that still pretty low for trinity?</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, can you show me where you got this from? I thought Duke considered them just as much as any of its peers.</p>

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<p>For RD I’d say midreach…but ED will definitely better your chances</p>