I also have a friend who got into Duke ED class of 2022 with a SAT score of 1270. However, his commonapp essay was really really good… It could make someone cry.
We are under a month till decisions. My best friend, who is applying ed to WUSTL, and I have a countdown going! 29 days! I hadn’t my interview a few weeks ago, and it was 2 and a half hours! I’m hoping it’s a good sign! And i was her first of the year! Good luck y’all!
This is it guys!! I think we’ve got great chances
I’m so nervous lol I try not to think about it because there’s nothing else I can do but wait until december. Can any duke students answer this question: Do you think most of the people on this site who are doing chance me’s are overqualified? Or is that like what’s expected to get in
I’m not a Duke student, but if you look at some of the “Chance me” people, they really aren’t at that level. Someone had decent ECs but no SAT Subject Test scores, no SAT and only a 28 ACT. I’m thinking they aren’t “over-qualified.” Another one had a great GPA, but terrible SAT Subject Scores, a 30 ACT, a 1390 SAT and generic ECs. Again, I don’t think they were “over-qualified.” Others have really good scores, perfect GPAs, really good ECs and seem to border on being obnoxious about their “chance me” queries – a bit like a super-model asking “do you think I’m too fat?”
@hayisforhorse SAME LOL. I have a countdown hahahha
does anyone know how much Duke will take the first term grades into consideration?? mine are looking pretty bad hahaha
@londontipton me too I hope they dont hurt too much
Are my chance okay for ED for Duke Trinity College Art and Science?
1510 SAT (800 Math, 710 ERW)
Subject Tests: 780 Math || 700 biology
3.95 GPA unweighted (all AP, honors, college courses)
Essays:
Common App: story about being a twin (kind of a unique twist)
Why Duke: pretty decent
Duke Supplement: talked about how my parents grew up in Romania and the difference in cultures and what it’s like being a daughter of immigrants.
Teacher Recs:
One is probably really good and the other is okay.
Activities: 4 year varsity swimming (captain), swim coach, lifeguard, club swimming year round, math league, orchestra
Awards: 4 years high honor roll, gold national Spanish exam
I don’t know if this matters, but my twin is also applying to Duke, but RD not ED
Also, I had my interview already which went well and my first quarter grades seem fine
Good luck everyone by the way!!
Could Duke possibly rescind my application if my counselor doesn’t submit my first quarter report on time? 
I’ve nagged her so many times to send it in, but they haven’t received it yet (it’s not indicated that it’s submitted on the Common App either). She isn’t replying to my emails either because it’s break, so I don’t know how concerned I should be.
I would contact duke admissions to let them know that it would be submitted late
@DominicklePickle Duke won’t rescind your app. If anything, they’ll send you an email saying it’s missing and that you should get it in. I still haven’t submitted my first quarter grades either because I haven’t even gotten my first quarter report card back. I would just get a paper copy of your grades and scan it and email it in instead of waiting for your counselor to paper mail it in (if that’s what your counselors do…that’s how it is at my school).
I wouldn’t worry, just make sure you get it in eventually.
@jdiamandi Your ECs/awards are kinda generic. Your stats are great and if your essays are great too then you’ve got a shot.
^agreed
guys can someone please help me I am freaking out. it says access denied when I log into my duke portal to check my status. I have the right password in, does this mean there is something wrong with my application?
@sanjanagupta1 probably wouldn’t pay any attention to it. Have the exact same problem here.
^ don’t worry, I have that problem as well!! probably just some routine maintenance 
or so I hope lol