Hello,
I’m new to CC (not entirely sure how this works, but I’ll give it a shot) and I would like some advice on applying to Duke (Early Decision next year).
Stats:
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.3 W
ACT: 34
SAT: 2250
SAT II: 800 (Math 2), 750 (Spanish), 740 (World History)
APs: Physics 1 (4), took AP Lang and APUSH last week (hopefully two 5s)
ECs: FIRST Robotics (Executive Leader for Business Team), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Former Senior Patrol Leader, National Youth Leadership Training Graduate)
Other: Caucasian Male from New Jersey, Medium-Sized Public School
Finances: I’ll have no problems
Please can I have chances and possibly provide other Economics options. Thanks!
Your stats are good, but to be honest, you have very few extracurriculars, so try to work more on those. You also might need to take more AP’s or advanced classes. See if you can take AP Micro/Macroeconomics since you’re interested in that.
I think everything is good except your UW GPA is low, like probably below the 25% low. I think your ECs are good if you can capitalize on it by writing good essays about them. Agree that you should take more APs. Probably like 5 more next year; I somewhat think that 8 is the magic number to be competitive.
I totally would take more APs, but very few are offered to me through my school (next year I’ll have AP World History, Calc BC, English Lang., Spanish Lang., and Stat, can’t get Micro/Macro although I wish I could). Also, I have more ECs that I forgot to mention (NHS, 1 year of lacrosse, 2 years of Chinese Club), albeit smaller with the exception of NHS. Lastly, my GPA only reflects sophomore and freshman year (and I have all A’s right now). And keep in mind that I plan to apply ED. Thank you so much for responding though.
What’s your class rank?
Are you of Chinese ancestry?