<p>I was deferred from ED. Anything I can do to increase my chances of getting in RD??
Thanks!</p>
<p>I'm sending in an extra recommendation (from a teacher I have this year) as well as a few newspaper articles I've written - just as an application supplement. I also had an interview, since I didn't have one for the ED round.</p>
<p>I'm not sure whether I should write a letter to the admissions officer for my area. Any opinions on that would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I would definitely write a letter to the admissions officer ... you should reconfirm your intent to attend Duke if admitted (still your overwhelming first choice) and give a summary of what you have provided as additional information to the admissions office and why you think it strengthens your application. Also let them know what you did this fall in terms of curriculum, awards, ECs and what you plan to do in the Spring. End it with asking them for any counsel regarding additonal information that might provide valuable insight for the committee regarding your application ... a "what else would you suggest?" .. my son and some of his classmates were accepted ED to their first choice schools and a common thread was that they all made the extra effort to communicate to the school .. sending extra recommendations, examples of their work (cds of music, writing samples, etc.), and emailed their admissions officer on a fairly regular basis (every other week) with an update or just a comment regarding some new thing they had learned about their ED school ... kissing up :) .. well maybe .. or relationship building .... point is only you can make your app come alive and stay alive in the eyes of the decision makers ... often the decisions are based on marginal considerations ... so stay active in the process all throughout the spring ... I am not saying be insincere .. as you obviously view Duke as your first choice ... just make sure that you keep your application "emphasized" in the minds of the decisionmakers.</p>
<p>I talked to my guidance counselor, who had talked with the local admissions rep, and she told me that the rep had recommended to the committee to admit me. Do you think I still need to send him a letter or something? I am sending two more letters of recommendation (which are phenomenal, my guidance counselor says), and I am making a CD of three songs that I learned for a scholarship audition for a music festival. One of these songs earned me the highest tenor score (138/140) obtained in the New England Music Festival auditions and is probably going to help me to get a scholarship. I am planning on sending a copy of the adjudication form as well. Does this seem like a sufficient amount of extra info?</p>
<p>Bump please</p>