<p>can someone please tell me my approximate chances of getting into Duke</p>
<p>i plan to be a bio major (if that means anything)</p>
<p>i attend the bronx high school of science
GPA: 93.5 (92 right now hope to get it up)
i have taken honors chemistry, honors physics, honors alg/trig, honors english 5
i also have a reseach internship at a local college and i plan on submitting my work to intel, nycef, siemens etc
i plan on taking A.P Biology, A.P Microeconmics, A.P Calculas AB, INtel prjects, Computer technology, A.P english language and compostiotion and linear algebra and differential equations. I also plan to take general psychology and political affairs at a local college.</p>
<p>SAT 2's: Bio 710 plan on taking math IIC and u.s history and am expecting 800 on both. plan to reatke bio during a.p bio
SAT: expecting around a 2250 (based on practice tests)
ACT: expecting a 34 (based on practice tests)</p>
<p>extraciricular: 1 year of cyber club, 1 year of pre-med club, 1 year of key club
job at a local hospital, internship at a doctors office, internship at a fortune 500 company, a lot of volunteering, i plan on joing the crew team, key club, robotics, do some more volunteering and i have also won a distinguished key clubbers award</p>
<p>with all due respect...</p>
<p>quit planning/hoping/expecting and start doing</p>
<p>if you do everything you say you will, you should have a pretty good shot</p>
<p>i am. my average is increasing so much. im getting 100's in casses where i cudnt get a 90 in. ive enrolled in sat classes and already joined another club and started studying for sat 2 bio as well as math 2c. i think i cud attain these goals.</p>
<p>While I should be the last guy to tell you about your GPA, you need to raise it to stand a good shot. The accepted GPA for Duke from your high school is 94.00. A lot of those people also happen to have taken courseloads which are harder. You need to bump up your course selection while also raising your GPA significantly. You also need to get more involved in your ECs. Simply joining in junior year isn't the best plan either as adcoms often see it as simply padding resumes. You need to pursue some offbeat ECs, leadership positions, or win some major award.</p>
<p>The kids who get into the best colleges fall into three categories: Great academics+Great ECs, Good academics+Great ECs, Great academics+good ECs. Obviously the people in the first do the best but if you fall into any of these three categories you stand a shot at the best schools. </p>
<p>Best of luck with the process.</p>