Hello, I am considering applying to Duke early decision. I visited recently and absolutely loved it. Almost everything about it was perfect for me, the size, the academics, the location, the campus, the school spirit, etc. I know that I would be happy to go there, but the problem is whether it is worth applying ED. Here are my stats and things of that nature
Will apply to Trinity.
GPA: 3.7ish (UW)
ACT: 33 (36 R 35 S 32 E 30 M)
GPA shows and upward trend,
Freshmen year: 3.5
Sophomore year: 3.62
Junior year: 3.86
Senior courses: AP econ, AP english, AP bio, Calc, and one two semester English electives. (finished spanish junior year)
Will end high school with 5-6 AP’s
Extra curricular: 3 years varsity lacrosse, 2 years varsity hockey (captain senior year), 3 years jv soccer. Finance and investment club (2 years) co-president, Model UN club (3 years), School Newspaper (3 years).
Awards: Service award for 200+ hours of community service.
White Male
Teacher recommendations should be good, both by teachers who write very well.
I know that it may seem like a like a long shot to apply to Duke, but it does seem that they let in a lot more people ED (24%) as opposed to normal (9%) so it seems this would be my best shot. The only other school that I am thinking about apply to ED is wake, but I didn’t fall in love with wake as much as i did Duke (dont get me wrong I liked wake but duke was amazing). So my question is, is it worth applying to Duke early, do I have any chance? Should I swallow my pride and go with the safer bet of Wake early. I feel because Wake has ED 2 I could always just do that if ED to duke and EA other places doesn’t pan out. Let me know what you think.
