Do I have a chance at Duke?

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<p>I'm a rising senior, Chinese, from Texas.</p>

<p>I haven't settled on Duke yet as ED, but it is a candidate and it's possible I would end up choosing to apply ED. I'll just post my states:</p>

<p>SAT I: superscored, 2280 (M:770, CR:750, W:760 Essay:10) 2 sittings
ACT: 35 (W:33, M:36, R:36, S:36, Essay: 9 <--ew)
SAT II: Bio: 750, Chem: 770, Math II: 800 French: 720
Unweighted GPA in terms of 4.0 scale: 4.0
At my school, we do it out of 12 (12 is A+, 11 is A and so on): weighted = 11.8</p>

<p>Freshman year:</p>

<p>Alg II and Trig Honors: A
Orchestra: A+
English I: A
French II: A+
Latin II: A+
Intro to Art I and II: A+
Biology Honors: A</p>

<p>Sophomore year:</p>

<p>Pre-cal Honors: A
World Civ: A
Latin III: A+
French III Honors: A+
English II: A
Printmaking/Mixed Media: A+
Chemistry Honors: A+</p>

<p>awards: Chemisty and French III</p>

<p>Junior year:</p>

<p>APUSH: A
English III: A
Latin 4 CL: A
AP BC Calc: A
French 4 AP: A
Physics Honors: A
Printmaking II/Mixed Media II: A+</p>

<p>awards: French 4</p>

<p>Projected Senior year schedule:</p>

<p>Govt/Econ (no AP classes for those)
AP Crit lit
AP Physics
AP Chem
French 5 Literature CL
Multivariable Calculus CL
Advanced Portfolio</p>

<p>My school doesn't offer as many AP or CL classes, so every year I've had the most rigorous schedule possible</p>

<p>Extracurriculars are a little slim</p>

<p>Volleyball four years: Varsity 10,11,12
Traveling competitive club volleyball 9,10
Piano lessons for 13 years
there might be some others but I can't come up with them on the spot</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>Last summer I worked at my school's learning camp as a counselor for a month
this summer: research assistant position at a psychology lab (which I think is pretty strong) and taking a psychology class at Brown University</p>

<p>I have three teachers writing my recs: my pre-cal and calc teacher, my french teacher whom I've had three years, and my art teacher who I'll have all four years of high school. I'm really close to my french and art teachers, and pretty close to my math teacher, so I think they'll write great rec letters</p>

<p>Do I have a chance?</p>

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<p>Your Grades and test scores are tremendous. I think U would def get in or u have a great shot even without ED</p>

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<p>Yeah man! I think you have a great shot!</p>

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<p>You’re definitely strong. Every year a ton of strong candidates get denied though. You have what it takes, write essays showing your fit and I think you have a really good shot. If Duke is your top choice, I highly recommend ED to show your interest and it will really help you. RD is really a crapshoot to some extent, where they start looking at fit and trying to balance out things such as gender, race, geography, etc, but you’d still have a strong shot.</p>