Date Applied: October
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Computer Science
GPA: 3.82 UW/ 4.32 W
SAT/ACT:30 ACT
Rank: 14/211(?)
APs/Honors: 4 APS, all honors
Extras/Hooks:President of some stuff, good trombonist and pretty good ECs I would say.
State residency: NC
Date Notified: December 1st
Decision: Accepted
Any merit aid: Applied for Robertson
Any need aid: Full need met.
Yes, it was through QB! They let us know of our acceptance December 1st, but Duke does not give us our official financial aid letter and acceptance till the ED release date.
Date Applied: November 1
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Sciences (premed)
GPA: 4.0 UW; 4.5 W
SAT/ACT: 1570 (Math: 800; EBRW: 770)
Rank: 20–25/500
APs/Honors: 16 APs, 6 college science courses at R1 university with As in each
Extras/Hooks: Founder of my school’s qb team
State residency: Texas
Date Notified: December 16
Decision: Deferred
Any merit aid: N/A
Any need aid: N/A
Date Applied: Just before the RD deadline - maybe 2 days before
Early/Regular: RD
Desired Major/School: Engineering (mechanical)
GPA: 98 unweighted (would convert to a 4.0; nothing lower than a 93)
SAT/ACT: 1550 (790m, 760V) 1 sitting; NMF
Rank: n/a
APs/Honors: Only allowed to take APs beginning junior year, has taken 7 (AP Physics C, APBC Calc and APUSH in 11th, and studied for AP Macro on own; AP Stat, AP Chem and AP Comp Sci currently). Lots of honors.
Extras/Hooks: Won high school junior history award; Won national Quiz Bowl (small schools) competition as a Jr. and is president of the club; Revived Model UN Club and traveled 2x to Harvard Model UN; Science Research with some local level awards; good ECs, but not major related or world changing; felt his interview was his best of the whole process.
State residency: NY
Date Notified: Ivy Day
Decision: Accepted (completely unexpected)
Any merit aid: No
Any need aid: $3,000
Date Applied: Jan 3.
Early/Regular: Reg
Desired Major/School: neuroscience, poli sci, and linguistics
GPA: 4.6
SAT/ACT: 33
Rank: 4/470
APs/Honors: 9 AP, 8 college, 13 honors/advanced
Extras/Hooks: wrestling, mma, president/founder of two clubs, vp of another, officer positions for a couple more, founder of fundraiser, work 20+ hours a week since 2017, know 4+ languages, translate, etc
State residency: Missouri
Date Notified: March 31
Decision: Accepted
Any merit aid: have not received my financial aid package yet. However, I am a QB student so I am expecting over 60,000.
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