<p>Yeah yeah, so I mooched it from other college threads. It's a pretty decent idea, nonetheless.</p>
<p>Accept: top 2%, 2 enormous passions with leadership/awards, bio research/training institutes
Defer: nothing national, if they're in a 1500+, 3X750+ mood, okay bio rec, school doesn't offer many AP's and won't allow college courses to be taken during the school year
Reject: they think my essay blows</p>
<p>Accept: top 2%, heavy baseball involvement (dedication), 550+ hours at local engineering firm (applying to pratt), Physics course at UVA
Defer: Nothing that completely jumps off the page and says WE HAVE TO HAVE HIM
reject: MUCH Lower SAT/ACT score than typical applicant for engineering, might be too low to even consider =</p>
<p>Accept: Top 1%, high GPA with very heavy courseload, self-study AP course for exam, heavy involvement in dance and a killer passionate essay about it
Defer: EC's are average. Nothing too stellar.
Reject: Those darn EC's. I just might not be good enough for them.</p>
<p>That actually made me feel better.</p>
<p>Accept: Top 5.3%, somewhat high GPA (3.92-ish and rising), very heavy courseload, very involved in music at school and in community as well as in festivals
Defer: SAT scores are mediocre (1370 on 1s and 2x730s and 760 on 2s), Community service is not outstanding
Reject: Very few leadership awards, submitted a 580 SAT 2 score along with my others, and it would be just my luck. They probably do not like my essay, either. Also, I submitted my teacher recs late because I forgot to ask my teachers to fill out the Duke forms. They're probably saying "haha, that idiot doesn't deserve to be accepted because he can't follow directions."</p>
<p>I hope my recs are ok. I mean, it's not like we can open them and see. Sorry, anyway, back to the thread.</p>
<p>Accept: #1 in class (4.0 uw GPA), major leadership positions in all ec's on app., passionate & personal answer to the "why Duke?" question
Defer: middle of the road test scores (32 ACT, two 4s & a 5 on APs), job experience (engineering firm), but applying to trinity (how will that look?)
Reject: All awards and honors are on the local level, essay not spectacular</p>
<p>haha you worked at an engineering firm too? why arent u applying to engineering? what was your act breakdown? i work at.. <a href="http://www.ditusa.com%5B/url%5D">www.ditusa.com</a></p>
<p>accept:very good essays, ECs, recommendations
defer: barely in the top 10 %, and the adcom that i talked to for my state was not a happy camper when she saw 4 Bs from 10/11th grade.
reject: SATs definately.</p>
<p>accept: 3 time national champion all-star cheerleading, ranked in junior olympic track and field, 6 varsity letters, captian-varsity cheerleading, sister graduated in '03, african american female, in state, full IB
defer: class rank- top 12% (43rd best public in the nation), sat score-1400 ouch...
reject: weak SAT I and SAT II math scores</p>
<p>wow i want to go to duke SOOOOO bad.</p>
<p>i think i remember looking at your stats on the prstats website! goodluck!</p>
<p>prstats scares me...</p>
<p>lol i like looking at averages for the different tests and saying to myself "yeah, i was nowhere close"</p>
<p>bsbllallstr8,</p>
<p>I worked at a little local engineering firm (heck, they don't even have a website) that did mechanical, electrical, etc. plans for businesses, colleges, etc. using AutoCAD. I didn't apply to Pratt b/c I am not 100% sure I want to go into engineering, and I spoke to an admissions officer and she recommended applying to Trinity b/c it is fairly easy to transfer into Pratt, IF I am admitted and choose to do so after taking some classes. What kinda stuff did u do at your work?
ACT(32) E:28 M:33 R:31 SC:34</p>
<p>I do everything from electrical schematics and mixer drawings in autocad, to using excell to create quotes for potential customers... whatever they need me to do.. i guess. Do you have autocad at your house? I could send you a DWG</p>
<p>Accepted: The Magic 8 Ball read "All signs point to yes."
Deferred: Typo on my application that read "I can't wait til I get to Puke!"
Rejected: They decide to actually read my application and/or they discover that I hired contract killers to seek and destory the eight other people from my school applying to Puke.</p>
<p>Accept: High testing scores, perfect grades in all math science classes (Pratt), top 20% at elite private school, great recs, two varsity sports (4 years)
Defer: Nothing outstanding, not too many leadership positions, Average GPA (hardest classes offered at my school)
Reject: GPA, "lame ECs"</p>
<p>Accept: 1%, research, Intel ISEF finalist, Siemens semi, presented research at MRS, a bunch of awards i'm too lazy to list, ART/PHOTOGRAPHY portfolio, good SATIIs, violin for 8 yrs, 6 APs this year
Defer: my teacher used the wrong name in my rec (american name instead of chinese) and then spelled it wrong :(!!!!!!
Reject: don't think they will</p>
<p>accept: squash nat'l champ, prez of JCL
defer: GPA (3.6 uw)
reject: class rank</p>