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<p>Location and type of school: top private school in Mississippi
Grade: Junior (as such, I have projected in my list of EC's that I will continue with my current activities)
Ethnicity: Asian-American (Indian)
GPA: 3.95 UW (everyone seems to weight differently; I will have taken 14 AP's upon graduation)
Rank: School does not rank, but I know that I am in the top 10%.
SAT: 2360 (800 CR, 760 M, 800 W)</p>

<p>Extra-curricular activities:</p>

<p>Taekwondo (9,10,11,12) - World champion in a field of ~1000 in 2007 (~8 hours/week)</p>

<p>Forgotten Global Crises Club (11,12) - president (~15 hours/week)
- I write a ten page weekly politics update for the school
- Started a new library at my school that is home to volumes pertaining to political science, international relations, and economics.
- Raise international awareness through speakers and videos</p>

<p>Student Government (10, 11, 12) - prefect of the Campus Life Committee (~2 hours/week)</p>

<p>Cross Country (9, 10, 11, 12) - Captain (~10 hours/week)</p>

<p>Speech and Debate (9, 10, 11, 12) - Public Forum Debate Team Captain & Numerous local and nat'l circuit awards (~15 hours/week)</p>

<p>Quiz Bowl (10, 11, 12) - (~2 hours/week)</p>

<p>I will have logged over 200 hours of community service upon graduation.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Recipient of a $2000 global studies travel grant to work in Peru for one month.</p></li>
<li><p>National Merit Finalist (projected)</p></li>
<li><p>National Honor Society</p></li>
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<p>How does Duke stack up against Georgetown SFS, Stanford, Penn CAS, and JHU in IR?</p>

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<p>Bump! (10 characters)</p>

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<p>It seems pretty close to a sure thing as long as you don’t screw up your essays. Right now, Duke’s International Relations program is pretty average, although, lately there has been a lot of money and talk thrown around about making Duke a place of global education. It also depends in which area of the world in which you would want to specialize. Right now, our focus on Asia is a little lacking compared to our peer universities despite the fact that 25% of the student body is Asian. However, this might be changing as interest in Asia has grown over the past few years.</p>

<p>There’s definitely no shortage of opportunities to go abroad either. There’s plenty of grants available for research abroad. Duke Engage allows you to spend a summer abroad doing service. And of course, there are plenty of excellent traditional study abroad programs.</p>

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<p>What about political science? I would like to do that in conjunction with economics, with a focus on international economics. I could apply this knowledge to a potential career in global health.</p>

<p>EDIT: What is Duke’s acceptance rate to top law schools (e.g., Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, etc.)?</p>