<p>Hello,
I am in 10th grade and the only school that I want to go to is Duke. My freshman year was a little rocky but I picked it up in 10th. i wonder if they will let it slide a little bit. My average GPA as of now (first semester 10th) is a 3.1. I know that isnt good at all. I also play basket ball and soccer and am on speech/debate. I want to know what i can do to get into Duke like extracurricular and voluntary work. I want to know what I have to bring my GPA and what my SAT scores have to be. Duke is liek my life as of now, i wish it was freshman year. PLEASE HELP (especially alumni or already accepted students). i am no superstar in basketball either. any helping ecs? (i posted in the admissions) just want to see if any one else has advice for me. thanks i would really appreciate anything.</p>
<p>your chances are going to be impaired unless you raise that GPA. Upward trends are better than nothing, so work hard to fix that blemish. I would say 3.8/3.9 is what your GPA needs to be from now on. SAT by no means makes up for a bad GPA, but to somewhat divert their attention from the GPA, I would say 1500+.</p>
<p>For ECs, find something you love and do it a lot. 5 hours a week doing one or two things passionately looks better than 8 hours going to 8 different clubs and such. </p>
<p>Buena suerte.</p>
<p>hey thanks. i was wondering, do they value weighted gpa or unweighted?</p>
<p>You think that i will have better chance going early decision?</p>
<p>not at all, the best of the best apply early. plus you are only a sophomore, look around a little bit before you only commit to duke. cuz what if you dont get in, then you will have a sad collegiate life which is suppose to be the best four years of your life.</p>