Chances RD for a Hispanic?

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<p>Hispanic (Spain) male from NY public school
94 uw GPA (school doesn't weight), ranked 20/250 (top 9%)
SAT: 2150 (740 CR, 670 M, 740 W)
Subject Tests: 770 World History, 750 US History, 700 Spanish, 680 Spanish w. Listening
AP/IB taken/scores: 5 World History, 5 US History, 5 European History, 5 English Language</p>

<p>Important ECs (not all):
Studied abroad in Spain twice, took courses at an international school both times and received A's, stayed with a family this past summer and did community service as well
President of NHS and JSA at my school, officer in multicultural group
Foreign Language Society, teach English and tutor in Spanish & French
Rotary Interact
Spanish Club
French Club
2 years varsity track
independent language studies</p>

<p>Misc.
I am applying for linguistics, and I taught myself french during my sophomore year and started teaching myself russian this past summer.</p>

<p>Recs: Assume very good
Essays: did the why duke (trinity) and research essays, also submitting a research paper on my topic (economy of spain)
Will have alumni interview</p>

<p>chances/advice please?</p>

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<p>You’ve got a fair shot. You have a wall of 5s on AP tests and good ECs. Do you speak and use Spanish often at home? I’m just wondering why you got a 700 on the Spanish Subject Test.</p>

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<p>My Spanish is acquired, and no I don’t speak it at home…my Duke supplement has me as Hispanic but English as my first/home language. My grandmother was fluent, but my mother isn’t, and I have learned it in school and abroad.</p>

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<p>Kind of a side note but I have a lot of Hispanic friends who also scored around 700-750 because the dialects and rules vary.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard the same thing nnz1204…but, are there any glaring weaknesses about my app, I know my Math SAT is low for Duke. I was just deferred from Georgetown so I’m wondering if there’s something off-putting.</p>