Duke ED Chances Please!

<p>Student:
Gender: M
Location: Connecticut
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: Approximately 15 to Ivy League Schools this Year
Will apply for financial aid: Yes
Intended major - BioMedical Engineeing (Applying to Pratt)
Ethnicity: Asian :(
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.4
Class Rank: top 5% (~20/~400)
Class Size: ~400</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 750
SAT II US History: 760
SAT II Chemistry: 770
SAT I: Current Superscore is 2230 (CR-730,Math-760 [Darn June Curve], Writing-740 12 Essay) Will retake in October to improve Math and hopefully Writing, im happy with Reading though.</p>

<p>Transcript:
By the time of Graduation I will have taken: AP English Lit (5), AP US History (4), AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP English Lang, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics (Our school only allows APs starting in Junior Year)</p>

<p>At local community college - Physics 121 with Lab </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Tennis (9,10,11,12) Captain (11,12) State Quarterfinalist
Robotics Club (11,12) Co-Founder (11) President(12) Took team to competition level
Cancer Research Club (10,11,12) Treasurer (12)
Academic Challenge Team (12)
Model UN (10,11,12)
National Honors Society (12)
National French Honors Society (11)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Tribal Village In India (150 hours)
Tennis Tournament (200 hours)
Summer Heritage Camp (300 hours)
Hospital (25 hours)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
AIME Qualifier (11)
10th in USA National French Exam (9) 9th in State National French Exam (11)
National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude (9)
National Merit Commended
Excellence in Accounting</p>

<p>College Summer programs:
Summer Program at Yale in Immunology and Genetic Engineering</p>

<p>Recommendations (1-10)
Counselor: Probably around a 7-8
Teacher 1: (10)
Teacher 2: (8-9)</p>

<p>Essay:
Common App one is about wasted opportunities - should be excellent
Other essays should be very good to excellent.</p>

<p>Is there anything else I can do to improve my chances at Duke ED. After visiting a truly could picture myself at Duke and it is subsequently my first choice. Other schools I will be applying to are Uconn, Wake Forest, Emory, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Wash U, Northwestern, UVA, and Rice</p>

<p>Looks like everything is in place to be very competetive for Duke. Only thing that seems a tad low is your unweighted GPA, but nothing too big. With strong essays and recommendations you stand a very strong chance at gaining early decision admission. I, too, will be applying early decision so I wish you luck and hopefully will be joining you in Durham next year.</p>

<p>You have a good shot at Duke Ed, with strong essays/recs Hope to see you on campus next year!</p>