Duke- unique situation

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Is it true that Duke will overlook a weak academic year? I read this somewhere, but I don't know whether it's fact or fiction. </p>

<p>In my particular circumstance I recieved a 4.1 my freshman year, a 3.2 my sophomore, and a 4.29 my junior year (on a 4.0 scale). I received 5's this year on the AP English, AP US History, and AP Psychology Exam. Next year I will be taking 6 AP classes, and I recieved a 1400 on the critical reading/math portion of the SAT. Unfortunately though, I'm not ranked in the top 10% of my class because of my sophomore year and my cumulitive gpa doesn't reflect the student I am. </p>

<p>So back to the question,
Does Duke overlook poor academic years if the student has a "story" to tell and should I even bother applying to Duke, Unc (out of state), and Uva (in state)?</p>

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<p>Fiction…</p>

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<p>You never know unless you try, right? But I don’t know where you read this… unless you have a legitimate excuse, Duke doesn’t go, “Hey, which year are we excusing for this kid? And how about this kid?”</p>

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<p>well, what happened? What’s the story?</p>

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<p>Well are my stats good enough to have a chance at acceptance at uva (in state), and unc?</p>

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<p>you might have a decent chance for UVA. UNC is pretty hard to get into for out of state people, but you can definitely try. I mean if you can give a good explanation for falling behind in sophomore year and how you picked it back up, you might have a unique story to tell duke and the other schools. Just saying I slacked won’t help much.</p>