Duke Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone,

I’m a high school senior and I absolutely love Duke. I just came here to see what you guys think my chances would be for getting in are. I live in an suburban area in New York. I’m applying RD.

GPA: 4.00/4.00. (I’m not really sure how I got this GPA considering my grades below)
ACT: 34
Math II: 760
US History: 750
No rank

9th:
English 9- B+
Geometry Honors- A
World History- A-
Physics 9 Honors- A-
Spanish II- A
Religion- A-

10th:
English 10 Honors- A-
Algebra II and Trig Honors- A-
AP Euro- A
Chemistry Honors- A
Spanish III- A
Religion- A

11th:
English 11 Honors- A
Pre-Calculus Honors- A
AP US History- A
Biology Honors- A
Spanish IV- A
Religion- A

12th:

AP Calc
AP Bio
AP Physics C
Government Honors
Senior English (no honors or AP offered, all seniors must take this)

ECs:

Cross Country 9, 10, 11 - Captain 2 years
Golf 9, 10, 11, 12 - Captain 2 years
Debate Team 10, 11, 12 - Head for 2 years
Choir 9, 10, 11, 12
Volunteer at local clothing bank - 9, 10,
Work for literary magazine
I’ve played guitar since 6th grade
Newspaper - 10, 11, 12 Editor for 2 years (Editor-in-Chief as senior)
Worked as a math tutor at a local ACT prep company

I’m also very involved with breast cancer. A friend and I started a group for our town to support the cause and I joined the club at school and have done community service for the cause too.

Common App Essay: 9/10
Supplemental Essays: Haven’t written yet

Teacher Rec: 10/10 (I’ve known her for 4 years)
Counselor: 8/10

If you guys could give me any kind of feedback or advice I would really appreciate it.

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What’s your intended major?

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I do think you’re really strong, but Duke is a pretty top-tier school. However, I still believe your chances are high. \

When recalculating GPAs, at least based on my knowledge, schools will consider ALL (no matter if honor or AP) A’s as 4.0, B’s as 3.0, etc. The B+ from freshmen year confuses me, though. It would probably be more like a 3.95~ number with that B+, so I’m not sure with that. However, let’s say that you took 10 APs, and have a 3.8gpa vs someone who took no APs and has a 3.8gpa, then the applicant with 10 APs will have a significantly greater chance. Since you took a lot of honors classes, you would probably have a higher chance than other applicants with your same gpa and who took one or even no honors classes.