Chances for BME ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Hey all. I'm a chinese-american in an urban public school in Texas. Duke ED is my first choice, Biomedical Engineering. I know that's competitive, so how are my chances?</p>

<p>Top 10% (school doesn't rank)
SAT I: Old: 1450 (M: 740 V: 710)
New: 2300 (M: 800 V: 740 W: 760)</p>

<p>SAT II's: Math IIC, Biology, Literature (yet to take, but all will be +700)</p>

<p>AP's: Calculus AB (5) English Lang (5) Statistics (3) World History (3)</p>

<p>High School AP's:</p>

<p>Sophomore: World History
Junior: Calc AB, English, Statistics, Chemistry,
Senior: Calc BC, Biology, Physics, English, Latin Verg, Gov, Macro, Psychology</p>

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<li>National Merit Semifinalist </li>
<li>Key Club (11-12, Reporter for 12), Underclassmen Honor Society (9-10), National Honor Society (11-12), Chess Club (9-12, Champion for all years)
Model UN (10-12), Junior Engineering Technical Society (11-12), Math Club (10-12), Calculus Club (12), Orchestra (JV 9, Varsity 10), JV Tennis (9-10), UIL Academics (11-12), Technology Student's Association (11-12), Latin Club (9-12), Latin Honor Society (11-12)</li>
<li>National Latin Exam: Latin I (Summa cum laude) Latin II (Maxima) Latin III (maxima)</li>
<li>Area Latin Competition: 4th place Level II Latin Derivatives (soph), 2nd place Level III Latin Derivatives (jun.), Summa at the state level II Pentathlon, Maxima on state level III Pentathlon.</li>
<li>Concertino Region Orchestra (9th)
-Total Volunteer Hours: Roughly 100
-Job: Work at Kumon Math and Reading center, a job I've had for about two years</li>
<li>Went to my final year of an Engineering Program in my city the summer after freshman year.</li>
<li>Given a $10,000 scholarship to St. Mary's University for completion of this program
-Went to the Duke University talent identification program summer after sophomore year.
-Interned at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio this summer. Worked in a cancer research lab in the cell/structural bio departmnt. Project was an experiment to knock down the p53 protein using shRNA.</li>
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<p>That's all I can think of at the moment. How do things look for me?</p>

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<p>many chances.</p>

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<p>your extracurr sound really interesting.</p>

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<p>How much harder is it to get into Duke with a BME major?</p>

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<p>i dont think the admissions office separately evaluates the BME apps like JHU does. Its just evaluated along with the other Pratt apps prob, or maybe they don't even separate by schools, I'm not sure, but I do know that once u get into Duke, its easy to switch between Trinity/Pratt and do BME later if u decide to major in that after getting in, so Im sure its not gonna be a big deal in the admissions round.</p>

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<p>Thanks all. Anyone else thing my chances are strong enough?</p>

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<p>yeah theyre very strong, esp. with the ED, so Id be surprised if u didnt recieve the congrats from them.</p>

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<p>thanks. 1 more thing, is it worth reporting my World HIstory and Stats AP Scores? If I don't, it'll seem like I have marginal AP Test Experience (plus I heard being in an AP class and not taking the test reflects badly). But If I do report them. Well...they're 3's.</p>

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<p>3's aren't that bad, I'd go ahead and report them. I got a 3 as well - in art portfolio but just reported it anyways, its not that big of a deal, esp since the rest of ur file is so strong</p>

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<p>thanks for all your input everyone, especially Lee.</p>