<p>I applied to Duke without much hope of getting in but I got waitlisted which is surprising when i saw the stats of the other waitlisted students ( much better than mine). So do I have much of a chance to get off the waitlist? and can you please chance me for Hopkins and Dartmouth? Your help is greatly appreciated.
My Sat is 2120 ( 710 CR, 680M, 730 W),
GPA (3.88uw, 5.98W)
APs (Psych. 5, Spanish Lang. 5, Eng Lang. 5, Us His. 5, Art His. 4, Chem 2(ouch),
(taking Ap Eng Lit. Ap Bio & Ap Gov. senior year)
E. C. ( HOSA for 2 years ( vice president), 1 year of NHS, and Computer Club 1 Year)
Community Service: help planned Church Charity Drive to buy school supplies for underprivileged children.
For my essay I picked the significant experience topic and wrote about how I immigrated from Cuba when I was 7.
Recommendations: excellent teacher recs. but a generic counselor rec.
Rank: 97 percentile, my school doesn't rank but i have a graduating class of 924</p>
<p>Getting into any of these top schools is such a crapshoot these days its hard to say whether a waitlist in one = acceptance or rejection at another. Just try not to take it too seriously - you’re bound to get a great education no matter where you go. It might help if you said which school (within Duke) you applied to, though. Sometimes a certain program at one school will be harder/easier to get into than at another.</p>
<p>Best of Luck!</p>
<p>p.s. I got waitlisted as well :(</p>
<p>I applied to trinity</p>
<p>you stand as good a chance of gettin off the waitlist as anyone else. if you really want to go to duke then be sure to show how interested you are in going to duke (but without being obnoxious) because if/when they start calling kids that got waitlisted they want them to be people that will take the offer. </p>
<p>as for chancing you on hopkins and dartmouth…i really couldn’t say. you look like you should have as good of a chance as anyone else though so good luck</p>