i got deferred...what are my chances? and any tips?

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<p>Indian (asian) Male from Florida
ACT - 35 (34-writing, 35-math, 34-reading, 36-science)
GPA - 3.92 Unweighted, 5.2 Weighted
99th percentile in county (No Class rank) class size - approx. 500
Summa Cum Laude of school
Classes- 6 IB classes 1 dual enrollment, 7 IB classes last year (Tested out of Spanish. Doubled up in sciences, took both chemistry and biology (2 year IB courses)
AP Exams - Calculus AB-5, English Language-5, U.S. History-4, AP Psychology-4, AP Microeconomics-4, IB Spanish-6</p>

<p>Main ECs:
- Varsity Tennis 4 years - Earned Letter
- Math Team 4 years - Calculus Team
- Mock Trial - 3 years as Team Captain and Prosecution Attorney on state ranked school team
- Service in villages of India for the past 2 summers with Northwestern University grant along with siste. I have been involved with a group of students from SLU who are campaigning for global health reform. Will be going back next summer to India to conduct further research.
- Director of Youth Wing of India Association of Fort Myers
- Selected Representative of NHS
- Legislative Coordinator of Youth In Government club
- Attended selective science program at University of Florida
- Program at University of California at Berkeley last summer
- Mu Alpha Theta - 4 years
- Member of Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honors Society)</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
3rd Place in County Mock Trial
3rd Place Regional Science Fair for red tide research in Southwest Florida
15th place Pre-calculus Regional Mu Alpha Theta Competition
4th Place Algebra II Regional Mu Alpha Theta Competition
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award winner
Finalist of State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida for work with oysters in tidal deltas
Outstanding Freshman Speaker of Youth in Government
National Merit Commended Student
Published poem in anthology: "A Celebration of Young Poets".</p>

<p>Essay on Hurricane Charley and Aftermath and how I have changed after it.</p>

<p>I was deferred ED and I am wondering what my chances are for RD. If you have any tips for me to improve my chances, let me know. Thanks</p>

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<p>Your stats look pretty darn good to me--not sure why you were deferred. Did you have good recommendations? I would send a letter saying how you still very much want to attend Duke, provide any updated stats if applicable, etc. Good luck!</p>

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<p>My friend, who was deferred from Columbia, wrote a passionate letter to the school about how much he wanted to attend there. He got in RD and is now a Lion. I hope you become a Blue Devil (that is assuming you pick Duke if you get in, :)!) Good luck.</p>

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<p>my recommendations were pretty good and I thought my essays are really good. Does anyone have an idea why they deferred me? and yes i will probably send them a letter about how much I want to go there..</p>

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<p>just wondering, when should we send this letter?</p>

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my recommendations were pretty good and I thought my essays are really good. Does anyone have an idea why they deferred me? and yes i will probably send them a letter about how much I want to go there..

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top colleges are all pretty random in terms of admit, especially ED. You should start looking into other schools.</p>

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<p>yeah does anyone know when to send this letter saying that you really want to go there? is there are a specific time for that?</p>