<p>My chances?
I'm applying to Duke RD
I'm an Asian male from South FL.
Ranked 1st in my class 4.0 unweighted GPA, 5.84 weighted
Have taken 9 AP exams: got 8 fives and 1 three.
Am taking 8 more this year.
SAT: V: 730, M: 800 W: 760
SATII: 800, 780 ,780, 770, 760, 750, 740</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
National Honor Society (secretary)
Key Club
Mu Alpha Theta (prez, numerous awards)
Quiz Bowl (captain, numerous awards)
French Honor Society (prez)
Student Council (senator)
MIT Inventeams</p>
<p>Sports
football, basketball</p>
<p>Volunteer: 300+ hours</p>
<p>Major Awards
National Merit Semifinalist
Harvard Outstanding Junior
Presidential Volunteer Service
AP National Scholar</p>
<p>Have done significant outside research (biology)</p>
<p>I'd venture to say you have a pretty good shot. Your test scores/GPA/Courseload are all 5's. Regarding extracurriculars, I don't really see anything that stands out or is done on the national level, so that may be a weakness. So, ultimately, it is going to come down to how wel your essays and teacher reccomendations are. If both are relatively unique/pretty good, I see you as being accepted.</p>
<p>hey Im from the Ft. Lauderdale area - this is the situation with financial aid - its different from merit aid (which as ppl have already said, theres only about 20 of them and they're all full-tuition, not full-ride - doesnt include room, board, etc). Financial aid is based on 100% of demonstrated need but THEY calculate how much you need and that figure might not match your expectations. Come to think of it, out of all the friends that I know, it hardly ever does, including my situation. Anyways, financial aid is based purely on your financial situation and not on merit. So the poorer you are, the more $ you will get in that respect</p>
<p>BTW, I was surprised by this figure myself but only 40-50% or so of the student body is on financial aid. That means the majority can afford, or at least the fin aid office thinks they can afford to pay full sticker price</p>
<p>i'm a newbie but i've been reading the board for months. i wanted to know honestly how my chances stood for RD at duke. i'm applying everywhere like crazy but i'm having trouble finding anything to fit me well. </p>
<p>SAT: CR: 650 M:700 W:700
SAT IIs: US:710 Chem:700
G.P.A. 4.333 (2nd in my class of 749)- weighted obviously, 3.8 UW</p>
<p>ECs: pres of two clubs (indie film and mural), editor of school newspaper, hosting at CPK for 2years, vol at an underfunded newspaper for a year, secretary at a deaf theatre for 6months, painted 3 murals w/mural club, traveled to costa rica for 2.5 weeks and studied there, studied and traveled to europe this year for a month, 5 years in youth group (secretary, editor-in-chief, treasurer/fundraiser, countless awards)</p>
<p>awards/honors: high honor roll, ap scholar, ap scholar w/distinction, etc. </p>
<p>feel free to be honest about duke. i'm a west gal who's looking for some warm weather and a prestigious campus. take your shots.</p>
<p>btw... sorry i forgot, i'm the youth rep on my local neighborhood council as well as the youth rep for LA city council. i represent the larget district in LA, over 450,000 kids. yeah i know, how could i forget?</p>
<p>i'm getting naseous looking at the other people's scores. i tried getting higher scores buy im hypoglycemic and i've had a lot of bad experiences w/stand testing. i've passed out once during the sat. i have had on two occasions proctors yelling at me to eat and demand i get special attention (b/c i need to eat every 2 hours and the sats are 3-4 horus so i get dizzy and can't focus). i once had a teacher threaten to take away my test b/c time was up, but she didn't announce time was up. i wasn't the only one but it was still dramatizing. bottom line: i've had dramatzing experiences taking the sat tests. should i write about it?</p>