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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: abjsaha
Gender: M
Location: India
College Class Year: 2017
High School: Private
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.75
GPA - Weighted: 3.70
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 90</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 580
SAT I Writing: 600
ACT: 31
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 740</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Music – Vocalist-
May 2012 - Won Best Vocalist in Intra-School Battle Of The Bands
August 2012 - Participated in Crescendo music competition (Amity Mayur Vihar)
Part of The Shri Ram School Music
Leadership positions: Model UN-
2012 - Part of The Executive Board for Aravali Model United Nations
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Basketball-
August 2011 Winners ASISC - North West Region tournament (under 19)
September 2010 Winners ASISC - North West Region tournament (under 17)
October 2011 Runners Up ASISC - National tou
Volunteer/Service Work: Community service-
2011s -Taught 4th grade children English from Happy School, New Delhi (a school for underprivileged children)
December 2011-January 2012 Helped In the sale of books for Care For C
Honors and Awards: Award - Computer Science. 95% in ICSE
Award - Environmental Edu. 95% in ICSE
Recognized by the board top 10 % in ICSE</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Duke University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of California-Berkeley, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Cooper Union, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Rice University, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Choice #: 5, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of California-Los Angeles, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of California, San Diego, Choice #: 7, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Choice #: 8, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Choice #: 9, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of Virginia, Choice #: 10, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Choice #: 11, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: University of Florida, Choice #: 12, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Vanderbilt University, Choice #: 13, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Boston University, Choice #: 14, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Southern California, Choice #: 15, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000), Large (10,000 - 18,000)</p>

<p>Area: Other, East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest
Importance of cost: Very important</p>

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<p>ED should help a lot. Although your SAT scores are really quite low by Duke’s standards. They will probably be what keeps you out (just being honest). Having said that, if English isn’t your first language, Duke will definitely take that into account. One of my best friends is currently at Duke, and the three Indian international students he knows have SAT scores of 2330, 2250 and 2050 (ED & legacy) respectively. I hope that puts things in perspective. I wish you the best and hope to see you at Duke (assuming of course that we are both admitted).</p>

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<p>i have applied ED but what about my ACT wont they count that over my SAT and I’m applying for electrical engineering so shouldn’t my subject test scores and math scores be taken into account more than English? thanks anyway :)</p>

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<p>The subgroups that you see Duke refer to on occassion in some articles tells more to the story. Pratt has 34% of the school year in and year out non white. Of that 24% are considered Asian. For the numbers to hold consistent year over year the way they do they have to be using goals by subgroup. Whether you get accepted isn’t against the 400 or so ED applicants to Pratt, it is the X number of applicants and Y positions for the subgroup Indian would fall into for international students, which I’m guessing by the numbers has to be Asian.</p>

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<p>I think that some of the points you are making are very valid. Furthermore, I think that applying ED as an international will undoubtedly give you a big boost (just reiterating that fact). Don’t let our comments be discouraging. You are obviously very accomplished and have a reasonable shot at being admitted. :)</p>

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<p>@tennisforall oh, didn’t think of it that way, thanks :slight_smile: is an act 31 and sat 2 800 too low for Duke even if I’m applying ED ? cuz this is my dream school :D</p>

<p>@kenyanpride not discouraging at all thank you so much ! :)</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>Your ACT is right on target, and 800 is the highest you can get on a SAT 2 so I don’t understand why you think that would be low…?</p>

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<p>i think its low because of this - <a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/images/uploads/process/Class2016Profile.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.duke.edu/images/uploads/process/Class2016Profile.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If you’re going into the admissions process this year (which means you’re not a current student) I would steer clear of trying to gauge the admissions chances of fellow prospective students.</p>

<p>With that said, your CR and W scores (which are low) are going to be equally as important as your M scores. Pratt tends to take students with high scores across the board. Keep in mind that ED is for people who not only clearly know their #1 choice school but also have the scores necessary to get in. </p>

<p>Perhaps it would have been a better decision to apply RD as you would have had more time to increase your scores. Also keep in mind that if you are not qualified RD and are not admitted then the University is more than likely to make the same decision ED. The ED pool tends to be filled with stronger candidates than RD so it is technically not “easier.”</p>

<p>On the brighter side, your EC are stellar.</p>

<p>Just my honest .02 and I work with admissions.</p>

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<p>wow i didn’t know that :confused: i was told it increases my chances.
you work with admissions in DUKE? wow nice.</p>

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<p>I’m not trying to undermine the previous poster in anyway but I’m pretty sure that applying ED gives you a better shot than applying RD.</p>

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<p>hopefully, thanks :)</p>

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<p>Interestingly enough the Indian girl who applied ED (and is currently at Duke with my friend) had a 32 on the ACT and a 2050 on the SAT. That goes to show that a good ACT score can make up for a weak SAT score (keep the fact that she was a legacy in mind).</p>

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<p>You definitely have a better chance ED, that is why the acceptance rate is more than double the RD rate. People wouldn’t even bother applying ED if that made it harder to get in (no offense to whoever said that, but its true)</p>