Chances: Duke 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior (well, barely in the summer between junior year and senior year), and I was hoping to get chanced. I'm thinking of applying to (not necessarily applying to all of them though, hahaha) Brown, Columbia, U Penn, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown, Stanford, Brandeis, Duke, NYU, Tufts, U Chicago, and maaaaybe Harvard and Yale. </p>

<p>My (public) school doesn't have AP courses, but I've taken the most rigorous schedule possible, and my GPA is around 3.9-4.0. My school doesn't rank, either, but I'm probably in the top ten or top five out of around 400 students. For the record, I'm in Ontario, Canada, in case that makes any difference, haha.</p>

<p>SATs: 2260
CR 740
M 770
W 750</p>

<p>I plan to take Chem, U.S. History and French SAT Subject Tests in October.</p>

<p>ECs:
- heavily involved in Student Council since Grade 9, elected as rep then, served as independent member this year, President next year
- played French horn in our school band since Grade 9
- founded, edit and write most of school newspaper/writing club
- professional actor out of Toronto</p>

<p>I'm not afraid of the application essay, as I'm a pretty good writer, and I'll have some very good recommendations. I want to apply for political science.</p>

<p>What do you think? Let me know!</p>

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<p>The scores look in line with Duke and certainly you have some strong EC’s, rank is good so one would assume if you take your time with your essays, stay true to yourself and get thoughtful recs you stand a good chance at any of your schools. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Just one thought…professional actor? Wow! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks so much. I hope Duke thinks the same! (And, for the record, acting is totally overrated. Especially in this recession. Haha!)</p>

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<p>are you applying to Duke regular or early? there’s a big difference in admissions rates when applying to schools early vs. regular.</p>

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<p>RD. Duke’s not my first choice. I know that there’s a huge discrepancy in admit rates, but hopefully it’s not insurmountable.</p>