*****Duke University RD 2020 Results Thread*****

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Didn’t see a thread started for this year’s yet. Just a few days away from decisions being released! As always, please respect this thread and only post decisions. Good luck to all of you!

Be sure to remove the spaces within the brackets to achieve the desired format.

[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
[ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color]
[ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color]

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]
[ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:[/list]
[ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]
[ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]
[ b]General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted (as the University Scholars Program finalist)

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I:2060 (CR 620, M 780, W 660)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Bio 630, Math1 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t exactly have GPA but all my grades are perfect
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): isn’t offered
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): isn’t offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: We don’t get to choose subjects so I studied almost 20… Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Russian Language, Russian Literature, Kazakh Language, Kazakh Literature, English, Manual Training, Military Training, Physical Education, Computer Science, Self-Knowledge (kinda Psychology), Social Studies, Kazakhstan History, World History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: The Founder of Wikipedia club (participated in Wikimania-2013 conference in Hong Kong), Figure skating(National and Russian champion, Master’s rank, volunteer as a coach for kids), School President for 4 years, School Choir Member.

[] Job/Work Experience: full-time summer job
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering in an orphanage for newborns
[] Essays: My CommonApp essay was about my figure skating experience. I’m really proud of it because it turned out very personal and showed my personality as well as some professional skills. “Why Duke?” was about how studying 20 different subjects affected my passion for interdisciplinary learning and how I can benefit from it at Duke. I also did my optional essay on a highly personal topic (girls in Kazakhstan are taught to marry a rich man and that’s it, so I told my story of resisting from this stereotype)
[] Teacher Recommendations: in all honesty, perfect
[] Counselor Rec: perfect too because she loves me and I’m the only one in my class who didn’t apply to Russian or Kazakhstan universities.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none [/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Kazakhastan
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White ( Russian, Belarussian, Ukrainian, and Tadjik)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: less than 10k a year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, grades, recs
[] Weaknesses: test scores obviously
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays were genuine, and I’m pretty well-rounded academically
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
General Comments: please, believe in yourselves.

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Decision: Waitlist

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None submitted.
ACT (breakdown): 32(29 english)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): None taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank/Percentile: 1/500
AP (place score in parentheses): None submitted
IB (place score in parentheses): None submitted
AP + Dual Enrollment Courseload: 18
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Economics, AP CalcI AB, AP Gov’t, Drafting 3, Drafting 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction,

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): FBLA VP, Treasurer, Mu Alpha Theta President. VP, State technology officer, Baseball (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Started my own web development company, two internships
Volunteer/Community Service: 150+ hours
Essays: idk
Teacher Recommendations: Good
Counselor Rec: New Counselor
Additional Rec: Good
Interview: Good

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Comp Eng.
State/Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Recommendations, EC, GPA
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ACT
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Princeton, Stanford, UPenn,

Accepted: UF, UCF, USF, FSU, UT
Waitlisted:Duke, Notre Dame
Rejected:Vanderbilt, Northwestern
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Hopefully the waitlist works out.

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Decision: Accepted
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:

  • [] SAT I: 2400
    [    ] ACT:
    [] SAT II: 800 M2, 760 Chem
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (pretty nice for my school – nobody’s had a 4.0 in 7 years)
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): not offered
    [] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load: won’t disclose for privacy reasons
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing that great, just NM Finalist and Presidential Scholar Candidate

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars: Literary mag (editor-in-chief), debate (won some tournaments, 1 national award), some econ and CS stuff, golf, tennis, tutoring – pretty mediocre ECs, if you ask me
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: 2 internships, 1 at a bank in London and another at a commodities company
    [] Volunteer/Community service: 250 hours of tutoring
    [    ] Essays: CA personal statement was 9.5/10, about growing up as a multiracial kid in an all white neighborhood and how that affected my worldview. Very heartfelt and zero pandering, which they must have appreciated. Why Duke was quite bizarre, tbh. Probably in the 6-9/10 range. I wrote it the day the app was due, so it wasn’t as refined as my personal statement. I briefly reminisced about how I loved the create-a-player option in sports videogames as a kid b/c I could make players 7’0", the fastest, strongest, etc. all in one player – which was essentially how I viewed Duke IRL. Then I dovetailed off of that into talking about Program II, their PPE minor, and the interdisciplinary ethos, all of which coalesced with my educational goals. The diversity essay was 8-10/10, essentially my Brown essay but lengthened 100 words or so. It was on my lunch table, and all the different personalities and interests my friends have. It was pretty fun at the beginning but it ultimately advanced the premise that diversity has become a learning tool for me.
    [] Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t see, but from my English and Physics teachers. Picked them to show my well-roundedness (Sci + Humanities), determination, and how I helped others who struggled. That said, I never really knew them on a personal basis – it’s just not my style to schmooze w/ teachers. At worst, it was tepid praise. 6-9/10.
    [    ] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but he knew me better than my teachers. Probably solid.
    [] Additional Rec: n/a
    [    ] Interview: I’m a massive sports fan, so we mostly just talked Duke basketball, especially since he was there when they won the title in 2010 with Nolan Smith, Kyle Singer, John Scheyer, etc. We had some fun banter because my dad went to UNC. He seemed very impressed with my resume and said he was surprised someone with a 2400 could be sociable, haha. That said, it was a relatively middle-of-the-road interview for me. 8/10. Probably didn’t count for much in the grand scheme of things.

Other

  • [] State (if domestic applicant): Nueva York, Nueva York
    [    ] Country (if international applicant): 'Merica (said in George W. Bush’s voice, preferably)
    [] School Type: Private
    [    ] Ethnicity: white/asian/hispanic
    [] Gender: XY
    [    ] Income Bracket: Let’s just say I’m fortunate insofar as my parents aren’t lacking in the Shekel department
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, maybe? But then I’m partly ORM because I’m also asian. Who knows at this point, I’m just happy to be in.

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: Academic credentials, scores, essays, summer activities, ethnicity potentially
    [    ] Weaknesses: ECs, potentially recs
    [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths, ya lazy animals
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Duke (obv), Cornell (likely letter). Waitlisted at Williams. Rejected SCEA at Stanford – methinks it’s cause I didn’t cure cancer or solve world hunger. Waiting on Princeton, Brown, Cornell (technically), and Georgetown.

General Comments: Glad to be a Blue Devil! Also work hard and follow your dreams, kiddies, and maybe you’ll be one too.

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Decision: Accepted
Trinity College

Objective:

  • [] SAT I: 2240 superscored (760 Math / 770 Reading / 710 Writing)
    [    ] ACT: 34 (35 English / 33 Math / 34 Reading / 33 Science)
    [] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio E, 740 Chem
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Was val of class of ~360+ but slipped down to sal for midyear lol
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Bio (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), APES (4), Chem (4), Music Theory (4), Euro (4), US (4), Psych (4), Stat (4), Comp Sci AB (3)
    [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load:
    1st sem - Year long AP Human Geo, Year long AP Chinese, Dual Enrollment Linear Algebra, Dual Enrollment Calc 3
    2nd sem - Dual Enrollment DEQ, AP Lit, year long AP Human Geo and year long AP Chinese
    [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no nat’l awards but there are state/local/regional awards

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:

  • 9-12 Science Olympiad (12 - President, 11 - Spirit Coordinator)
  • 9-12 Math Team (12 - President, 11 - Vice President)
  • 11-12 Peer to peer tutoring program (12 - President)
  • 11-12 Beta Club (11 - Junior Rep)
  • 12 National Honors Society
  • 9-11 Lacrosse
  • Piano (have won awards over the years)
    [] Job/Work Experience:
  • Babysitter (11-12)
  • Tutor (11-12)
  • Piano teacher (12) (not on app though)
    [    ] Volunteer/Community service:
  • Volunteer at local food pantry (100+ hours)
    [] Summer Activities: (adding this on bc it was in the one I’m copying/pasting from)
  • Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics (state-funded, selective)
  • Governor’s School (state-funded, selective)
    [    ] Essays:
    Common App 7/10 - how playing by ear / posting Youtube covers has driven me to want to create a more accurate transcriptional program
    Supplement 8/10 - Basically everything about Duke research/opportunities for CS that attracted me
    [] Teacher Recommendations:
    Disclaimer: I didn’t read any
    Teacher Rec #1: 8 or 9, my APES teacher who is also SciOly head coach. He has a good impression of me inside and outside the classroom
    Teacher Rec #2: 7, my APUSH/Euro teacher. He said he wrote good things
    [    ] Counselor Rec:
    Counselor Rec: 9, my counselor is new but she’s very easygoing and is always happy to see me/has a good impression of me
    [] Additional Rec:
    9, my volunteer coordinator for the group that I work with at the food pantry. She has a good impression of me
    [    ] Interview: N/A[/ul]
    Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Around $100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong stats I guess(?) My school usually has several Duke admits per year
[] Weaknesses: Maybe essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They know my school’s reputation I guess, and I don’t have anything crippling, I don’t know hahaha
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to NC State as Park Scholar, UNC. Deferred from Yale[/ul][/li]General Comments: So excited! Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I:
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: Physics 780, Math 2: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does not calculate GPA, but very low compared to others in my school
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Research: 3 times (2012, 2013, 2015) Intel ISEF finalist - representing Team India: 2nd Grand award in 2015, 4th Grand Award in 2012, Association for Computing Machinery 1st Award in 2015, minor planet named after me by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Google Science Fair 2013 Regional Finalist.
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: research on: cancer diagnosis (automated), models for data synthesis, analysis of 2D nanomaterials using optical microscopes (automated)
Robotics: National Robocup finalist, some college techfests robotics
Talks: at TEDx, Intel on research projects and my experiences
[] Job/Work Experience: Founded a mobile advertising and communication startup, but it failed.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Guided a peer’s research project to the National Science Fair
[] Essays: Definitely not my best essay, but was decent
[] Teacher Recommendations: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: from a research mentor. He loves me!
[] Interview:[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 70-80k USD
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: A lot of international research awards like ISEF, GSF.
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted: Strong recommendations from my research mentors, and some research awards.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Pomona, Middlebury, Kenyon, Grinnell - waitlisted, Colgate, JHU, Swarthmore, Williams, Vanderbilt - rejected

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Decision: Accepted Trinity
(I had to use blue because Duke lol)

Objective:

  • [] SAT I: 2130 740M/740CR/650W (one sitting)
    [    ] ACT: 34C 36CR 35E 34S 32M (one sitting)
    [] SAT II: Math II 700 Physics 730 Bio E 670
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/660
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Psychology (5), Physics B (4), Biology (4)
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment Spanish, Dual Enrollment English, Architectural Design
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar (two years)

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: [list]
[li] Taekwondo for 10 years, instructor for 2.5[/li][] JV Tennis 9,10,11 (Captain 10, 11)
[] Varsity Tennis 12
[] Road cycling 2 yrs
[] NHS[/ul]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Internship at wealth management firm summer before senior year[/li][] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs at cat shelter and for my second grade teacher
[] Essays: [ul]
[li] CA essay 6/10, wrote in 2 days, couldn’t focus much. [/li][] Why Duke essay 8/10, showed that I had researched Duke and felt that it was a good fit.
[] Did not write optional diversity essay[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: Average[/li][] Counselor Rec: Average
[] Additional Rec: Good
[] Interview: No [/list]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large underachieving public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Everything but CA essay and SAT IIs
[] Weaknesses: CA essay and SAT IIs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I’m Mexican
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[list]
[]Accepted: IU Bloomington, UCSB w/ Regents, UCLA, UCB, Emory, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Duke
[]Waitlisted: None
[]Rejected: None
[]Waiting: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Georgetown, UVA
[/ul][/list]
General Comments: [ul]
I’m shocked that I got in (well I was when I got the LSRW invite last week). Based on what I’ve read and seen, Duke seems like a wonderful place and it is currently my first choice by far. But if I get into Yale or Brown it’ll make for an extremely tough decision. Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to all future applicants![/ul]

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Decision: Accepted :smiley:

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I:1790, 680R, 600W, 520M
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: 640 LIT, 520 Math II, 590 BIO
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 GP, 5.03 Unweighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/583
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Spanish Lit (5), Spanish Lang (5), Macroeconomics (3), US History (3
[] Senior Year Course Load: Health and Wellness 3 (Medical Course to be certified as a Personal Trainer,) AP Studio Art, AP Calculus, Pharmacy Tech (Another course, to be certified as Pharmacy Technician), Government Honors, Creative Writing (Dual Enrolled)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Medical Honor Society (President,) Gay-Straight Alliance (Founder, President,) SHAPE Club (President,) Spanish National Honor Society (President,) National Art Honor Society, Speak Out! Poetry Club, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 160 hours through hospital, community walks, etc.
[] Essays: Common App -I wrote about my desire to become a neurosurgeon and how I came to that decision. It was quirky, nerdy and just the right amount of sentimental. I would give it a 10/10, The why Duke wasn’t bad, but it could’ve been more personal 7/10. The optimal one was really personal - about my coming out experience with my family and how it affected me 10/10
[] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent, both teachers love me and know me very well.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:[/ul] Extremely well, we really connected and he seemed to like me
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public 2500+ students
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: About 40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First Gen, technically (my parents went to college but in another country)
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars, course rigor through high school, interview, recommendations, essays
[] Weaknesses: test scores and volunteering
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I show a passion for what I want in my life in everything I did, my essays, recommendations and activities throughout high school show focus and variety. My interview also went really well and I have many leadership positions to show my initiative in my community.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] University of Chicago (Waitlisted,) University of Miami (Waitlisted,) University of Florida (Accepted,) UCF and USF (Accepted as well) - Waiting on UPenn, Princeton, Stanford, and Cornell[/li]General Comments: We all did the best we could, guys. Congratulations, regardless of the admission decision!

Also, to those prospective applicants freaking out about their scores: I’m a perfect example that the tests aren’t what will get you into your dream school. Study to do well on them, obviously but don’t think you are doomed if it doesn’t work out. Show your passion in everything else, stand out in other areas. It is possible. :slight_smile:

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**Decision: Accepted PRATT ENGINEERING **

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2370 (800 CR, 770M, 800W) (two sittings)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 14% (<60 in grade)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chemistry(4), English Language(5), Physics 1(5), Physics 2(5), Statistics(5), US History(5), Art History(5), Computer Science A(5), World History(5), Human Geography(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics and E&M, AP Biology, AP English Literature, Advanced Computer Science, AP Spanish Language, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, Robotics (build team leader), Destination Imagination (co-founder), Piano, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader), Student Council (VP)
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid intern at large engineering company, waiter at restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Managing AV at Church, Program for taking care of special needs children
[] Essays: Common app (7, essay about leading Boy Scout troop and how I developed personally)
[] Teacher Recommendations: AP Chemistry Teacher (7, glowing but probably generic), AP Literature Teacher (9, all of his are very good)
[] Counselor Rec: Main Counselor (7, liked me but we didn’t know each other that well)
[] Additional Rec: (8, very positive, highlighted by leadership in the program)
[] Interview: It was via Skype—pretty strong I’d say[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, competitive public magnet
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Around 150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): haha nope[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: All standardized testing, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Low class rank, no earth-shattering awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think it’s impossible to say why anyone is accepted to a given college. However, I should say that two of my cousins went to Duke, so that might mean something.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Duke Engineering, UT Austin (Plan II Honors), UNC Chapel Hill EA, Tulane EA, WashU RD
Rejected: Caltech EA, MIT EA then RD, Northwestern RD, Waitlisted Vanderbilt RD [/ul]
**General Comments: To be honest, this entire process is like a game of roulette. The only way to increase your chance of “winning” is by “playing” more: I was rejected by schools generally accepted to be “less selective” than Duke yet I got into Duke. I hate to say this, but my only advice to other students is to apply to as many schools as you like given that you genuinely are interested in each one. **

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2160 (M: 770, CR: 710, W: 680)
[] ACT: 34 (M: 34, R: 35, S: 36, W: 32)
[] SAT II: Math II: 730, Physics: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% out of 500, my school doesn’t give individual ranks
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B2, AP Physics C, IB Economics, English, AP Stats, AP Gov’t
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars:
    [list]
    The four I was most involved in:
    [] Baseball (4 years)
    [    ] Business Club, VP & Founder (2 years)
    [] Ski Club, Student leader (4 years)
    [    ] Political Club

[] Job/Work Experience: Have worked at two different places for 2 years, plus one summer internship with the USGA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Have volunteered for various causes. In my app I discussed one opportunity last summer where I spent some time in south Texas building rebuilding homes for impoverished families.
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendations: Great, I had two from teachers I had known for several years and had good relationships with from class, extracurricular activities, etc.
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Good[/list]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: +$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Good academics, variety of extracurricular activities
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I just went up against a lot of qualified competition and didn’t quite make it onto their list
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
Accepted: Penn State Main, U Pitt, Virginia Tech
Waitlisted: Georgia Tech
Rejected: Northwestern, Stanford EA
Waiting On: U Mich, U Penn
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone the got in, you all deserve it.

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DECISION - ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I: can’t remember, like an 1890…ew
ACT: 31
SAT II: didn’t send
GPA: 103.911/106
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/260
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send; took as many AP classes as I could in HS
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics 2, AP Spanish, AP Studio Art, AP Stats, Retail Store Management, Phys Ed
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): about 20 business/CTE related awards at the state level & international recognition, Hamilton scholar merit recipient, was honored by my county for my endeavors in business and education (but this was recently so they didn’t know), does homecoming queen count as an award? lol

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: state president for an international business organization that has 8900 NJ high-schoolers, senior class president, national honors society VP, black cultural league, peer transition leader, peer mediator, church (might have been a few small things too but I didn’t bother mentioning it)
Job/Work Experience: paid social media marketer for a non-profit organization in Philadelphia, social media marketer volunteer, chinese buffet hostess/waitress
Volunteer/Community service: very very involved, developed a campaign in the fall to help kids in my community who lacked necessities at home
Essays: 9.5/10 common app essay- wrote about how in the beginning of this year we lost our house but that i was a very adaptable person and to not let it get the best of me and how my business organization helped me become a strong person (sounds weird but it honestly made total sense); 10/10 duke essay- wrote about how physics is super hard and crazy to understand and define… just like me :slight_smile:
Teacher Recommendations: i think good
Counselor Rec: i love my counselor and tell him everything
Additional Rec: can’t remember
Interview: very very chill; he was an awesome dude; we did it in a busy coffee shop and he apologized for choosing the location asked if we should leave but I said the noise did not bother me and I just spoke louder lol; super casual conversation

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: pub
Ethnicity: 1/4 hispanic, 1/4 nanticoke indian, 1/2 african american
Gender: F
Income Bracket: It keeps changing. Ranges 60k-70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, low income?

Reflection
Strengths: leadership positions, character, people skills and drive
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ideek… potential?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Johns Hopkins [accepted], Univ. of Virginia [accepted], Univ. of North Carolina [accepted], Villanova [accepted], UMiami [accepted], currently waiting to hear back from 6 Ivys.

General Comments: I hope that wherever you choose to go to school you find happiness :slight_smile:

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2350 R 800 M 780 W 770
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 760 World History/ 760 Bio M/ 750 Lit/ 790 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.96 out of 4.00 (school doesn’t use GPA)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30-ish/527
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (5), Bio (5), World History (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (3), French (4), Lang (5), Art History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics I, AP Lit, Literary Magazine, AP Macro, Office Aide
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Gold Medal ('13, '14), National Merit [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: HOSA (president), Literary Magazine (editor), Academic Team, various volunteering organizations, Governor’s School during one summer
[] Job/Work Experience: nah
[] Volunteer/Community service: negligible
[] Essays: 7/10 Common App (about my interest in visual art) 7/10 Diversity essay (about cultural identity)
[] Teacher Recommendations:6-7/10, one of my teachers i had for 3 years
[] Counselor Rec: 5/10, probably generic
[] Additional Rec: nah
[] Interview:8/10 he was pretty chill[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: large-ish public
[] Ethnicity: east asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none! [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: good SAT score! not much else
[] Weaknesses: just mediocre all around i guess
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i’m super normal
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: GA Tech [/ul]
[ b]General Comments: acceptance was pretty slim because quite a few people from my school got in ED!! but all in all i’m pretty unfazed. it’s all good **

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Decision: Accepted

Prepare for some terrible formatting

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2160 (730 CR, 700 M, 730 W)
[] ACT: 33C (34E, 33M, 33CR, 30S, 31CE)
[] SAT II: Spanish 730, US History 730, Math 1 690, Literature 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/131
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), European History (5), Marcoeconomics (5), Psychology (5).

[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language, AP Microeconomics, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, Advanced Spanish, Senior Service Project, Ethics, and Puerto Rican History.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Model United Nations (Designated Recruiter, have won first twice, competed and placed internationally), English Club (Founder and President), Poetry Out Loud (Won school competition, competed at state-level), National Honor Society (Vice-president), Brainstorming Writing Competition (President, have won various prizes), Technology Club (President), Sacramental Confirmation Assistant, Science Competition Club (Secretary, have competed at state-level).

[] Job/Work Experience:Interned at Louisiana State Senate for two weeks.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Vietnam Estudia Tutor (Tutoring, +100 Hours), Headstart Teacher’s Assistant (+40 Hours), National Honor Society (+180 Hours). Total= +320 Hours.

[] Essays: For my Common App, I wrote about my culturally mixed upbringing. Long story, short: I was born to a Puerto Rican mother and an American father in New Orleans, Louisiana. I moved to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Katrina. I wrote particularly about my troubles adapting to a new culture and finding my own identity. I conclude by assimilating both American and Puerto Rican culture. I’d give this essay a 9/10. I think my story is pretty unique and crafted it like a story. I displayed my creative writing style by using colorful comparisons and flowery language (cause that how I write). I also revised it about 1,000 times, so it was well made. For “Why Duke”, I kinda just stuck to the script and mentioned programs I was interested in. Nothing special here, 7/10. For the diversity essay, I reemphasized my Latin heritage in a impassioned manner. Well-written, 8/10.

[] Teacher Recommendations:11th Grade APUSH teacher and 10th Grade English teacher. Did not see either letter (School Policy), but both are excellent writers and know me personally. I’d guess 8/10.
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see this letter either, but I’d assume it wasn’t too great. One counselor for 130 students, so I’m guessing bad results. I didn’t suck up to her either, so i’m betting on 6-7/10.
[] Additional Rec: Lobbyist for Health company (I interned for her). Excellent letter. Well-written and portrays me as multidimensional and hard-working. 9/10.
[] Interview:Did not offer[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico (Territory ftw)
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Competitive Private Catholic School
[] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: +200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lives in Puerto Rico?[/ul]
Reflection

  • [] Strengths:GPA, Plenty of Extracurriculars,Class Schedule, Standarized Testing, Essays, Ethnicity.

    [    ] Weaknesses: No real hook, Nothing truly exceptional in my Extracurriculars.

    [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths + living in Puerto Rico (location, location, location)
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
    Accepted: LSU, Vanderbilt, UMich, Notre Dame, Hopkins, Emory, Tulane, Boston College, and University of Puerto Rico.
    Rejected: Stanford
    Waiting on: Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, UNC Chapel, Tufts, Georgetown.

**General Comments:Take a breath and realize how much hard work you have put into the last four years of your life. If you got in, celebrate it. If you didn’t, forget it and move on. Happiness is all about how quickly you notice the next silver lining. **

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Decision: Accepted
Trinity College
Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I:
[] ACT: 33 C (34 W, 33 S, 35 R, 34 M)
[] SAT II: Did not send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/239
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5) Calculus AB (5) World History (4) Chemistry (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology (took over the summer) Dual Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Physics, AP French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:
Voted Secretary of Senior Class
French Club (president) - (Grades 8-12)
Prevention Club (secretary) - (Grades 10-12) ( Most active extracurricular activity; work alongside local chartered Prevention Council)
Green Club - (Grades 11-12)
Key Club- (Grades 10-12)
Concert/Symphonic Band (6-10)
Debate Team (8-9)
Beta Club (only available to 12th graders)
Pep Club (10)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered 115+ hours at local VA Hospital
Volunteered at local library 8-9th grade
Do the majority of volunteer work through school clubs (Key Club, Beta Club,etc.)
[li] Essays: [/li] Common App Main: My common app essay is about moving to America
Duke essays: Discussed why I loved Duke’s spirit of adventure and how I can add diversity to the campus (being a first-generation immigrant)

[] Teacher Recommendations: I had one recommendation from my English Lang teacher that I think was pretty good. He writes very formally and I think he is the best writer out of all of my recs. (9/10) I had the other from my chem teacher. I know my chemistry teacher on a personal level so I think her rec will be pretty good too. (8/10)
[] Counselor Rec: I’ve had my counselor write me a rec before for another thing and it was good but not anything exceptional. (7/10)
[] Additional Rec: I also had a rec from the head of the Prevention Council who I know personally. I think her rec was good and gave insight about me outside of the classroom (9/10)
[] Interview: I absolutely LOVED my interviewer and interview process in general. I had a really laid-back girl who was currently in med school near my town, which I found really interesting to discuss because I want to go on a pre-med track. Conversation seemed very natural and not strained or awkward at all. I couldn’t have asked for a better interview tbh! [/ul]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small, rural (<1000 total students)
[] Ethnicity: Black (Ethiopian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Duke is need blind
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation immigrant, Female going into STEM [/ul]
Reflection

  • [] Strengths: To be honest, I really didn’t expect to be this successful in my college app process. Of course I had good stats, but I think the most important thing was my essays? I really can’t tell you for a fact what set me apart, but I’m excited nonetheless!
    [] Weaknesses: Definitely my ECs and even some of my stats. I mean they were good but I don’t think they were exceptional. I really do think that Duke looks at the bigger picture when it comes to your application!
    [    ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I couldn’t tell you if I tried. Only the admissions officers know. Sorry, I know that’s not very helpful, but hopefully the other information I’ve provided can help you discern anything else.
    [li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Admitted: UVa, UNC-Chapel Hill, College of William & Mary, Johns Hopkins, Cornell (likely), Columbia (likely)
    Waitlisted: Lehigh (lol)

General Comments:

Honestly where I was at the beginning of my college application process versus now couldn’t have been night and day. I never thought in a MILLION years I would be getting into the places I’ve gotten into, let alone Duke. I was literally considering not even applying because I never thought I would get in, so if you’re someone who doesn’t think you’re good enough, the advice I would give you is just to try, because you never know what can happen!

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Decision: Accepted (Trinity)

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2280 (760 CR, 800 M, 720 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 750 Math II, 710 Lit, 680 French Reading
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/481
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), World History (5), Government (4), Economics (4), English Language (4), Physics II (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Physics II, AP French Language, Academic Decathlon, Debate I, Debate II, Personal Finance (hardest class ever, right)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Texas Boys State Statesman[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours(?) through peer tutoring, not much
[] Essays:

[list]
[li]Common App (Prompt #3) was pretty strong, about transitioning from homeschooling to public school, people liked it[/li][]Why Duke?: Last minute, but not bad; tied into my intended major (Public Policy)
[]Diversity Supplement: Didn’t write[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: AP Physics I teacher, AP World teacher, Debate Teacher/Coach/Fount-of-Wisdom; all very kind, personal[/li][] Counselor Rec: Went into my homeschooling background a little more
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Not offered[/list]
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large suburban public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$10,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, recs
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs (French, why do you do this to me?)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my Common App essay, since I really tried to pour some soul into it
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[list]
[li]Accepted: Duke, Williams, UT Austin, UT Dallas[/li][]Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, Washington University
[]Rejected: None
[]Waiting On: Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UVA, American University,
[/ul][/list]
General Comments:

  • To those waiting, hang in there. And remember: que sera, sera.
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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I: 2120 (800 CR 670 Ma 650 Wr)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 US History, Lit 740, Math 2 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97, 4.26 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/538
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Don’t feel like listing
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP World, AP Physics 2, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Euro Hist, Lit and Film, Advanced Debate, IR, World Relg,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Debate (President, National Qualifier), Key Club, National Honor Society (Officer), Spanish Honor Society (President) Spanish Club, Genocide Studies, Cross Country, Political Roundtable, there’s probably more
[] Job/Work Experience: Clerk at a Law Firm, a restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: school organizations, over 200 hours in total, also at a Humane Society in Town
[] Essays: CA 9/10 about Netflix actually, Why Duke about their culture 7/10
[] Teacher Recommendations: 10/10 for both…they’re really awesome people
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[] Additional Rec:n/a
[] Interview:[/ul] kinda weird but good overall, 7/10
Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >290k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] from the Midwest, maybe?
Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, grades
[] Weaknesses: test scores, awards, extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly no idea. didn’t expect it at all. Just feel extremely humbled.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
Acccepted: BU, UVa, UNC, Georgetown, George Washington University, state schools, College of William and Mar, Duke
Waitlisted: UChicago, WashU
Rejected: Nowhere
Waiting On: Princeton, Yale
General Comments:
Everyone will find their right fit. Good luck in the rest of your college journeys!

Also, sorry, but I don’t think i formatted this correctly

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Duke University RD 2020 Results Thread

idokyungsooidokyungsoo
03-22-2016 at 11:47 am edited March 22 in Duke University
Didn’t see a thread started for this year’s yet. Just a few days away from decisions being released! As always, please respect this thread and only post decisions. Good luck to all of you!

Be sure to remove the spaces within the brackets to achieve the desired format.

Rejected

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I:2240
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:770, 730, 720, 710, 670
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.87
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/654
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 4s, 3 3s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:all honors and ap/de
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nmf
[/list]
[ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:math vp, German treasurer, Spanish, nhs, varsity swim
[ *] Job/Work Experience: lifeguarding
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 133 hours
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendations: idk
[ *] Counselor Rec. alright
[ ] Additional Rec. eh
[ ] Interview:[/list] decent
[ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): fl
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: m
[ ] Income Bracket: 250 k+
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] art?
[ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths:Art?
[ *] Weaknesses: grades?
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]
Accepted: unc chapel hill, UVA, UF, ucf
Wait list: jhu, notre dame
Deferred:usc
Rejected: Vanderbilt, duke, Dartmouth Ed
[ b]General Comments:
I was really hoping to get in because I love duke but oh well

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

  • [] SAT I: 2150 (670 CR, 730 M, 750 W)
    [    ] ACT: -
    [] SAT II: 750 Physics, 700 Literature
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t use 4.0, but 9.5 out of 10.0
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/262
    [    ] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
    [] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load: Same as everyone else in my school - Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Math, History, Geography, Sociology, Philosophy, Portuguese, Literature, English.
    [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
  • Subjective:*
    [list]
    [    ] Extracurriculars:
    - Dance (Company Member)
    - International Relations Club (Founder)
    - Student Government (Vice-President)
    - Prom Committee (the person who did pretty much everything)
    - Drama Club
    - Horseback Riding (Commander)
    - Community Service Campaigns (Organizer)
    - Junior board at an international university
    - Philosophy Olympiad
    - Road Races
    [] Job/Work Experience: -
    [    ] Volunteer/Community service: -
    [] Essays:
    - Common App: 8/10, I suppose. Wrote about how dance helped me grow up and understand myself better. People seemed to like it a lot, but I had to cut bits because it was too long and I feel like I lost maybe what I loved most about it.
    - Why Duke: 7/10. Wasn’t bad, but I had a lot of difficulty trying to say what I really wanted to say.
    [    ] Teacher Recommendations:
    - Portuguese Teacher: Excellent! Was 3 pages long, actually, so I had to ask her to shorten it… Really moving. 8.5/10
    - History Teacher: A bit generic. 6/10.
    [] Counselor Rec: Generic, I’m sure. 6/10
    [    ] Additional Rec: IR Club teacher, was the best one, 9/10.
    [] Interview: -

Other

  • [] State (if domestic applicant): -
    [] Country (if international applicant): Brazil
    [    ] School Type: Public
    [] Ethnicity: White
    [    ] Gender: F
    [] Income Bracket: < 50K
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: GPA, Recommendations, and I don’t think my SAT was bad for an intl student,
    [    ] Weaknesses: ECs and essays (Why Duke, especially)
    [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was a long shot, anyway. I don’t think I was able to really put myself on the application, to really show who I was and why I’d be a good fit. I kinda got lost during the process, I suppose.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
    - Accepted: Minerva
    - Waitlisted: Pomona
    - Rejected: Duke
    Still waiting on Amherst, Brown, Carleton, Columbia, Dartmouth and Wesleyan.

General Comments: Congratulations to all of you who were accepted! Unfortunately, I will not be joining you next fall. However, I do wish you all the best in your journey wherever you may choose to go. To the waitlisted, don’t give up! If Duke’s your top choice, keep fighting and try to show them how well you fit. To the rejected, like me, I know it sucks. It sucks a lot. But really, when it comes down to it, we’re just a bunch of very talented people fighting for very few spots. I know we’ll do great things regardless.

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Darcybee—You may have a very difficult challenge academically at some of these elite schools…you will be with many students with very, very, very strong academic backgrounds. Good Luck and best wishes–please come back to this board with your choice and in two years with how you are doing. I am from a Ukrainian immigrant family and the load years ago was different but still super challenging. My mother was the immigrant and she became a surgeon but not without tremendous talent and effort.

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Decision: Accepted (Trinity)

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2320 (740 CR, 800 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 S, 36 M, 33 R)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 770 M2, 740 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/350
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), US History (4), Bio (4), English Language (5), European History (3), Computer Science (4), Calculus BC
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Latin V, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, Calc III (college online), Differential Eqs (college online)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, PA Governor’s School for the Sciences[/li]
Subjective:

[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Debate (4 years, Captain, several awards), Science Club (4 years, President), Science Bowl (2nd place regionally), Mock Trial (2 years), Student Government (3 years, executive positions), Class Ways and Means (3 years, treasurer), NHS, Church Hand Bell Choir (3 years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: countless hours at my local church, volunteering through NHS, Vacation Bible School help
[] Essays: “Why Duke” essay about research opportunities, “Culture” optional essay about family background
[] Teacher Recommendations: AP Calc teacher (excellent), AP English Language teacher (excellent), AP Comp Sci teacher (good)
[] Counselor Rec: We have a very close relationship, so her letter was outstanding.

[] Additional Rec: (1) My evaluation letter from the director of governor’s school; (2) A recommendation letter from a director at my church, wrote about my artwork and amount of time spent volunteering
[li] Interview:[/ul] Yes – went very well.[/li]
Other:

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None[/li]
Reflection:

[ul]
[] Strengths: Governor’s School, Essays, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: AP scores, lack of work experience/internships
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am humbled and blessed to have been accepted to Duke. There are an unimaginable number of talented, qualified students, and I happened to be lucky.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: Carleton, Colgate, Purdue, Pitt, Case Western
Rejected: MIT, Johns Hopkins
Still waiting on many others
General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted, and to those who weren’t, please do not be hard on yourselves. You’re all amazing students who will go on to do amazing things.