ED and from SC

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>WILL APPLYING EARLY DECISION AND FROM SOUTH CAROLINA GIVE ME A BIG ADVANTAGE?? I've posted my stats before but here they are again:</p>

<p>Location: Large High School in SC of around 2300 students</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian (I love my origins, but not when it comes to applying….)</p>

<p>Performance:
GPA: UW: 4.0 W: 5.2
Rank 3 or 4 out of 660 (I hope I can improve, but I predict the large class will slowly dwindle)
AP Classes: Human Geography, World History, Statistics, Calculus AB, English Language, US History, Government, Computer Science, Biology, Physics, English Literature, Economics, Phsycology, Spanish</p>

<p>Standardized Testing:
Now here is my weakness, I have taken the Sat and Psat when they have not really counted, but it seems that I always do poorly in them. No matter how hard I try I can't seem to do well.
I took the SAT II World History and got a 610
As far as Sat's and Act's I am taking a Kaplan course this summer but I am still very worried that my SAT's can really hurt me.
I know it's hard for you to evaluate my chances w/o my Sat's but can u tell me what a good minimum score I need to aim for to have a really good chance of getting in?</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
Speech and Debate: Event Chair last year, Co- Captain this year, National Forensic Leage National Qualifier, Outstanding Distinction Degree 1000 pts, All-American.
<strong><em>I really want to emphasize leadership in everything I do, especially with Speech and Debate. My event is Student Congressional Debate and it teaches you so much leadership and speaking abilities, I have noticed so much improvement. Furthermore the National Forensic League emphasizes the leadership that comes with student congress</em></strong></p>

<p>Youth in Government: Youth Attorney General of SC and Youth Governor of SC this year. Helped change YIG program.</p>

<p>Boy Scouts of America: Several Leadership positions b/c it is mandatory. Eagle Scout</p>

<p>Academic Team: National Qualified Team Freshman Year, Captain</p>

<p>National Honor Society and Beta Club: Running for Leadership positions next year for both.</p>

<p>Youth Leadership Program of Greenville Chamber of Commerce: This is the first year they have started this program so I don't know much about it, but it is very selective and I have been admitted.</p>

<p>Summer Job for 3 years</p>

<p>Started my own business: Built websites for a few companies and fixed and built computers with friends</p>

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<p>havent you already asked this</p>

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<p>who knows, maybe?</p>

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<p>Joe Meyerowitz: you should've read, thas why i said, "I've posted my stats before but here they are again:" i've posted my stats before but without saying i'm applying ed from sc.</p>

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<p>You could have used the existing thread. Anyway, applying ED helps your chances, but I don't know if doing it from SC does. You might be a candidate for one of the many Carolina-residency-required merit scholarships - look into that.</p>

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<p>hmm, I got in. You seem to have good qualities, so show them on paper.</p>

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<p>applying from SC is def an advantage....Duke in its charter has to take so many from NC and SC every year, which turns out to mean that students from both states are admitted at a substantially higher rate than other states</p>

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<p>Yea, Ol' Benjamin Duke had two major stipulations when he endowed the University: that the Chapel be the tallest building on Campus by some odd number of feet (hence the reason for no tall buildings on campus) and that 18 percent of students be from either North or South Carolina.</p>