Do I even have a shot? CHANCE ME PLEASE!

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<p>General Information:
Sex: Male
State: California
Age When Graduating: 17
Graduating Class Size: 579
High School Rank: Very competitive; sends several students to elite private schools every year; Top 10 Public High School in California; 73rd in the U.S. this year I believe.
Ethnicity: White
Hooks: Sibling Legacy (Sister graduated in 2009)
Financial Aid: No</p>

<p>Statistics:
ACT: 30 (35-English, 34-Math, 22-Reading, 30-Science, 8-Essay)
SAT: 2000: 620 CR, 710 M, 670 W (8 Essay)
SAT II: Math II 790, Biology E 670
GPA: 3.69/4.00 (unweighted)
Class Rank: 4th Decile</p>

<p>Senior Year Course-load:
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics/AP U.S. Government
Humanities
AP Chemistry
ASB Leadership
AP Spanish 5</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
-Senior Class Vice President
-Link Commissioner (1 year)
-Link Leader (2 years)
-DECA - An Association of Marketing Students (3 years)
--->1st place at Internationals freshman year for Stock Market Game, 2nd place in Northern California for Business Law and Ethics sophomore year
-Octagon Volunteer Service Club Officer/President (3 years)
-Cure Cancer Cafe Public Relations Chair Lead (3 years)
-Cure Cancer Cafe Waitering & Catering Chair Lead (1 year)
-Staff Member of a Student Publication (1 year)
-FBLA (1 year)
-Campbell Relay for Life Participant, Team Captain, Youth Co-Chair (3 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:
-400+ volunteer hours in various clubs including Octagon, Interact, CSF, NHS (4 years)
-Presidential Award for completing 100 hours (3 years)
-*********** High School Campus Leader (1 summer)</p>

<p>The Rest of It:
-My Guidance Counselor rec was written by my Dean of Students/Leadership Adviser and I've know her pretty well for 2 years.
-My other letter of recs were written by my Junior year lit teacher who knows me fairly well and my best friend (her letter of rec was UNBELIEVABLE!)
-My essays/supplement are pretty good and my lit teacher loved it!
-My interview was alright but definitely could have gone better.</p>

<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME AND BE 100% HONEST! Thanks.</p>

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<p>I think that, because of your academic record, you will most likely not be accepted. I hate to be negative, but your GPA, standardized tests, and class rank (this especially) are all pretty low for Duke</p>

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<p>Here’s the breakdown by class rank for the class of 2010.</p>

<p>[Duke</a> University Admissions: Class of 2010 Profile](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.html]Duke”>http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.html)</p>

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<p>that’s extremely outdated. Here’s last year’s accepted class. The hyperlink says 2013 profile, but its really been updated to the 2014 profile.</p>

<p>[Duke</a> University Admissions: Class of 2013 Profile](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html]Duke”>http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html)</p>