Chances....maybe?

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<p>Hi everyone.I am a Korean American from a competitive school in NY. We usually have many students go to great schools. I want to go into BME, and I just wanted to know my chances at duke.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.75 UW (school is pretty tough)
PSAT: 221 (71CR 80M 70W)
SAT(best composite): 2230 (690CR 780M 760W 11 Essay) (2 2220's)
ACT: 34 Composite (34E 36M 33R 34S 31 E/W 8 Essay (ugh))
Class Rank: n/a</p>

<p>SAT II's:
Biology - 710
Chemistry - 800
Math IIC - 800
Physics - 800</p>

<p>AP's:
Chemistry - 5 (self studied sophomore year)
Statistics - 5 (sophomore year)
Physics C: Mechanics - 5 (junior year)
Calculus BC - 5 (junior year)</p>

<p>Grades in School:
9th (school only has math and spanish honors freshman year):
English - B
World History - B
10th Honors Math - A
Honors Spanish - A
Biology - A</p>

<p>10th (eng honors, math honors, spanish honors available):
English (not honors) - B+
World History (school makes it 2 years) - B
11th High Honors Pre-calculus - A
Honors Spanish - A
Chemistry - A+
AP Statistics - A</p>

<p>11th (eng honors, math honors, spanish honors, apush available):
English (not honors) - B+
US History (not ap) - B
AP Calculus BC - A+
AP Physics C: Mechanics - A+
Honors Spanish - A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
English
AP Spanish
AP Macroeconomics
Math Aide for BC Calculus
Graph Theory class at SUNY Purchase
Possibly Real Analysis with Stanford Online</p>

<p>EC: LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) - 4 years - President
Math Team - 4 years - Captain
International club - 3 years - Korean Representative
Asian Club - 4 years - President
Honor society at school (I tutor other kids) - 2 years (starts when you're a junior)</p>

<p>Other Stuff: AMC 10 participant - freshman year - 119.5
AMC 12 participant - sophomore year - 112.5
AMC 12 participant - junior year - 111
AIME participant - sophomore year - 4
AIME participant - junior year - 6
Chemistry olympiad - sophomore year - 2nd in school, but not a qualifier for national exam
Chemistry Olympiad - junior year - USNCO qualifier
Biology Olympiad - junior year - open exam participant
Physics Olympiad - junior year - open exam participant
3rd in county for math team (junior year)
National Merit Scholar (don't know if I'm a semifinalist yet)
Columbia SHP Program (3 years)
Member of the 12th Place ARML Team in A division (Upstate NY A)
2 College Classes at Harvard SSP (Multivariable Calculus and Intro to Psych)
Rensselaer Medal Award
Caltech Signature Award</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Nice job on the AMC 12 & AIME!! Getting 6 right in your junior year is impressive! You are obviously strong in math.</p>

<p>I can't see why you wouldn't get into Duke.. good luck next year!</p>

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<p>You're in buddy</p>

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<p>looks good.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. It actually makes me a bit less nervous about college decisions.</p>

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<p>3.75 GPA - whats your class rank?</p>

<p>Also, 1470 (2210) is about average at Duke for students who enroll, so you are fine there.</p>

<p>I think you have a solid shot at a top 10 school, where else are you looking?</p>

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<p>really nice ec's (including the aime stuff), what is the caltech award?</p>

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<p>thethoughtprocess - no class rank and i cant estimate. im applying to mit (ea), caltech, princeton, yale, northwestern, hopkins, stanford, rpi, carnegie mellon, and cornell.</p>

<p>pwafflesprinkles - i think its an award where caltech gives certain schools a choice for a top math/science student. the award itself was a book signed by the president of caltech.</p>

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<p>i didnt mention that i was gonna do rd and not ed, so are my chances still good?</p>