DUKE ED CHANCES

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys I'm concurring applying to duke Early Decision. I don't know yet if I'll apply to Pratt engineering or to Trinity arts and sciences. What are my chances in each of the two? It seems like trinity arts and sciences is more reasonable... THANKS! </p>

<p>SAT - 2140
- math 770
- reading 640
- writing 730
SATII (taking math in July, chem and history in October)
Estimated from practice tests
- near if not 800 in math 1 and 2
- chemistry 750+
- us history 700+</p>

<p>ACT - 31
English 33
Math 32
Reading 31
Science 28</p>

<p>Class rank: 1/140
full IB diploma candidate
IB COURSES: Spanish, humanities, world religions, biology, world history, music theory, math SL, math HL</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 (I got 1 B+ in chemistry as a sophomore)
QPA: 4.825 (not necessarily out of 5 because we have required regulars theology courses- catholic school-)</p>

<p>Course:
FULL IB DIPLOMA
This year: Spanish 3 ib, humanities(world lit) IB, ethics honors/ pre IB (required), biology IB, history of the Americas IB, show choir (music history IB), calculus Honors (took calc IB last year so I had to take this sense the school ran out of math for me. I'll take the ap test as a result of this class), and electives were - musical production, health, and theory of knowledge</p>

<p>Over the summer I'm taking ap physics from Johns Hopkins (will be in transcript)</p>

<p>Next year: Spanish 4 IB, humanities IB, world religions ib, biology 2 ib, world history IB, show choir (music theory IB), calculus 2 IB, and theory of knowledge (epistemology) ib</p>

<p>EC's: (all awards do not include projections for senior year)
Speech and debate (5th in state, 2x qual to nationals)
Model UN(best speaker award and 3x chair)
Math club (3 year VP)
Student council (4 year VP )
International Thespian society (treasurer this year, will be VP next year)
Spanish club
Finance club
Feed the hungry club
Multicultural club
Been in 8 high school musicals and 30+ in my life</p>

<p>Black belt in mixed martial arts
Piano lessons since 6
3 years of violin lessons
Self taught guitarist since 10years old
Nearly fluent in Mandarin Chinese (taught to me by my best friend from china)</p>

<p>Sports:
4 year Basketball
1 season baseball
Summer tennis x3summers</p>

<p>Service: over 500 hours</p>

<p>Soooo chances? Especially interested in which of the two (Pratt or trinity) I have a better shot at!</p>

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<p>Considering *** not concurring. </p>

<p>Also I’m a white male</p>

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<p>You have a good chance, especially with ED. Your SAT could be higher but your ECs and academics definitely make up for it.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for the response, I’ll chance back right now! Love hearing opinions !</p>

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<p>I’d love to hear other opinions too. Especially about which school to apply to</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot. EC’s and ib should help a ton. </p>

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<p>Thanks! Bumpp</p>

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<p>Engineering. I don’t think you have a good chance at Trinity.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. Engineering seems like it may be better considering my 770 Math!</p>

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<p>Looks like a fit!</p>

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<p>Thanks! I hope you’re right!</p>

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<p>Bumppppp</p>

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<p>Looks like a good chance with ED. If you can improve your SAT or ACT it would be even better (>2200)</p>

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<p>I’ve taken the sat and act both 2 times. So I don’t think it’ll look good to take either again. I’ll take sat ii subject tests tho. I’ve recently decided to take math 2, biology, lit, and world history. So high marks on all of those should hopefully makeup for the sat being a little low</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance - your ECs are great and stats are solid, although SAT could be a little higher.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comment… In addition to responses to my original question, I’m curious about one other thing… I know I’m probably a bubble applicant for duke. The admissions officers have gone on eye cord saying that conversations about on the bubble kids usually end up being about what makes them unique from the applicant pool ( whether a good uniqueness or bad ). </p>

<p>So seeing as I am a bubble applicant, does anything stand out or set me apart in a positive or negative way? I feel like even my ECs are run of the mill… </p>

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<p>I would say you are in to both schools. Being ranked 1st and having a great amount and a great variety of ECs makes you a great candidate for Duke. What other colleges are you applying to? I would say you should apply to some Ivys.</p>

<p>On a seperate note to your chances, how do you time manage? I struggled on maintaining a 4.46 and doing a few clubs along with job. I had an extremely little amount of free time.</p>

<p>Please chance!
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<p>You have a pretty good chance. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think if you get your ACT up a couple of points, you can get into Ivy Leagues. As for now, you can probably get into almost any school except maybe not ivy leagues, stanford, etc. </p>

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<p>I don’t think I really want to go to HYP. So I’m okay with the 31 instead of like a 33. So i take it you think I have a good chance at duke?</p>

<p>THANKS FOR RESPONSE :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: </p>