<p>hey guys this is my first post..dont really know what im doing but hey, gotta start somehwhere lol. im from a very competetive florida high school and just wanted to know what ya think about my chances of getting in to duke. o yeah, im a junior, just took the SAT for the first time january, kinda dissappointed in my scores .. so here it is:</p>
<p>SAT:
verbal - 610
math - 680
writing - 610 (10 essay)
Plannning to take SAT II in American History, Biology, and Math maybe.
GPA as of 10th grade - 4.46 weighted
Top 10% of class (approx. 800-900 students) maybe top 5%
5 AP's after end of junior year (European History - 4) Currently taking Bio, APUSH, English Language and comp., psychology (probably will be 10 by time i graduate)
All honors classes
2 years of Spanish
3 years of journalism (newspaper)
Clubs: Mu Alpha Theta - 2 years
National Honor Society - 1 year
English Honor Society - 1 year
EC: Badmiton - 3 years
Tour Guide/Historian at Muesuem - 160 Hours CS
Teen Court Juror - 20 Hours CS
Class of '07 Board Member</p>
<p>i know it's probably a long shot, but just wanted some input</p>
<p>Your SAT is too low. Retake it. Other things are great! Good job- just work on your SAT.</p>
<p>I like the tour guide position. Try to get some leadership. Being in societies usually doesn't count for much.</p>
<p>Certainly bump up your scores and take a lot of practice tests. I used to be getting 10s on the SAT essays until I realized that every topic could be generalized into one prompt: write about good traits that 3 people have. If you read over the SAT rubric, you realize a lot of it really is subjective: did the essay use outstanding examples, or just excellent ones? My strategy was to choose examples that the readers would be familiar with and pepper the essay with loads of vocab, even if it made it a bit unnatural.</p>
<p>To boost your verbal, study a big vocabulary list, like the one in Barron's SAT books. Remember, you don't have to remember the definition exactly, just enough to pick it out of four words.</p>
<p>yeah i know SAT is too low. i got my score back today and was pretty upset. i totally bombed. on the practice tests i was averaging around 700-720 on math, and 630-650 on verbal. As for the essay, it was the first i had ever written in the SAT style. brush up on my grammar and i think i'm good there. i just need to worry about raising my verbal</p>