<p>With ED decisions looming, I thought I would do a chance and me and see what current Duke students and others thought:</p>
<p>Asian American
GPA: 3.91 weighted, about a 3.78 unweighted.
SAT I: 2300
SAT II: English: 710, Math II: 780
PSAT: Commended</p>
<p>Recs:<br>
two teachers who gave very good ones, and my PI from a scientific paper publishing.
Elected Key Club president, and former Treasurer
Elected Government Club president
Mock Trial Captain
Elected Senate sergeant at arms twice at Youth in Government
Elected Speaker of the House at Youth in Government
Elected Security Council Liaison at MUN
300+ hours at a food bank
Taught resume writing to new immigrants for a year
Currently teaching resume writing at a battered women's shelter
Swimming for four years
Triathlons with top ten finishes
AP scholar with distinction, took 2 exams without the classes (Can colleges see if I took the class?)
Publishing a paper in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, I'm an author
Internship at Children's hospital over the summer
Work in a lab doing research for the aforementioned paper.
Internship with a group that had aims at erasing food deserts
Algebra II competition, 7th place (pretty lame)
Mu Alpha Theta member</p>
<p>My interview went very well; in a follow up email my interviewer wrote: "It would be a real shame if Duke did not take you."
So I think he gave me a 5</p>