I got deferred, please chance me.

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<p>I really want to go to Duke but got deferred ED, please chance me for RD. Thank you.</p>

<p>Senior
Indian Male</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 (One B in honors english)
Weighted Rank: 6 of 266
SAT: 1830 (590CR 650M 590W)
SAT 2: 700 Biology, 690 Math level 2
ACT: 29 Composite (27 English, 33 Math, 28 Reading, 28 Science)</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
AP US History
AP Calculus AB
Human Physiology
Junior Honors English
Spanish 4
Newspaper/Weight Training</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP US History (year 2 (2 yr course at our school))
AP European History
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Senior English</p>

<p>Activities:
Varsity Cross Country all 4 years (captain)
Varsity Track since sophomore year
National Honors Society (president)
Internship at Oregon Literacy over the summer
Volunteer at special olympics
Volunteer at museum of science
Hosted an elentary school race
REAL (help children in India get a better education)
Link Crew Leader for 2 years
School newspaper business manager
Dances for India Day at the mall</p>

<p>Awards:
Student of the Quarter in history, precalc, bio, stocks
Dartmouth Book Award
Newspaper Honorable Mention in publication olympics</p>

<p>I will retake the SAT in January hoping for an improvement.
Thank you so much</p>

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<p>Low chances unless you improve SAT/ACT.</p>

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<p>My thoughts exactly. I think you have a great shot if you can get that SAT up to around 2100+</p>

4

<p>my ACT score is a 35 and i got deferred...unless that's bad, I don't even know if improving your SAT scores will help...but obviously you should try.</p>

5

<p>No doubt it would definitely help.</p>

6

<p>wow, if someone with your SATs can gets deferred, then I guess that just shows that the SATs aren't like THE DECIDING factor in admissions. Of course, its not a 'mere check' either, but I guess your CRAZY senior courseload helped a lot in your deferral insted of rejection.</p>

<p>My advice is in two parts:
1- Retake SATs
2- send them your newest gpa, since Duke'll be interested in how you cope with 6 APs in a year (actually, its 5.5 APs, since APUSH is divided in two... weird)</p>

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<p>your screwed buddy.</p>