Chances??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>My top school was Amherst College and I was deferred Admissions and Duke was my number 2 choice. So can someone give me some imput on my chances at Duke.</p>

<p>State: Illinois
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Class Rank: 3/314
GPA: 5.825 Weighted (highest is 5.83)
ACT Highest Subscores: English 31 Math 35 Reading 34 Science 32
SAT IIs: 750 US History
APs: APUSH (5), AP Chem (4), AP Eng (4)
Senior Schedule: AP Euro, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Eng, French 5 Honors, Philosophy Independent Study</p>

<p>ECs:
Mock Trial team placed 2nd at State Competetion, named Outstanding Witness
Math Team placed 3rd at State Competetion, competed and place individually in top ten in state
President of Key Club (2 years)
Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook
Executive Secretary for Student Government (2 years)
National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
Varsity Soccer for 3 yrs
Model United Nations</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Essays: Very Good </p>

<p>Letters of Recommendations:
One Guidance Counselor
Two Teachers (both AP teachers and EC teachers)</p>

<p>Curriculum:
8 APs
All honor classes</p>

<p>Side Note: My dad is a Duke Alumni. I am currently taking a college class in Philosophy as my independent study. During the summer of my sophomore year I had an buisness internship in China for 4 weeks.</p>

<p>Thanks anyone for commenting</p>

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<p>based on your stats i would say that you would get into duke but I also would have said that you would get into amherst so i guess you have a good shot but nothing is certain.
I would just make sure that your essays are as good as you think they are and you should be set</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply yeah I was a little bummed about Amherst but you never know with admissions. And also thanks for the tip Ill re-evaluate my essays</p>

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<p>you’re in</p>

<p>ten char</p>