I'm in love with Duke...chances please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>*So I just got back from my last campus visit, and it's official: I <3 Duke! Can you tell me what you think my chances are? Please be brutally honest, and, if possible, tell me where I need to improve.</p>

<p>-Junior
-Western NY, female, Asian
-Rank: 3/250
-GPA (unweighted): 3.95
-have taken all APs/honors possible so far</p>

<p>Courseload:
-APs... Bio, US, Lang. and Comp. (Euro last year-4)
-French through local college
-Honors: Physics, Pre-calc
-Anatomy (no honors available)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Physics
-AP Calc
-AP Psych
-AP Literature
-French 4
-regular Gov. and Econ (those just sound so boring, I don't think I could take the APs without falling asleep lol)</p>

<p>ECs:
-Cancer Research (Summer '06)
-Job (starting in May, will be 15-20 hours a week...will continue to work throughout my senior year)
-200+ hours community service: nursing assistant in Intensive Care Unit of local hospital, skating instructor for Skating Assoc. for the Blind and Handicapped, errand/escort service at hospital, tutor for 9th grade Bio students
-Interact Club (community service-based school org.)
- Cheerleading: Football, Soccer, and Basketball Seasons...JV (1 year, captain), Varsity (2 years...will be captain next year), UCA All-star ('03, '04, '05), trying out for an All-Stars team in May (2x National Champs! yay)
-JV Lacrosse
-Violin: Seven years in nationally recognized school orch. (but couldn't fit it into my schedule this year :/ ), Area All-State Orch. member, Auditioned for All-State, private lessons since 5th grade (still continuing, even though I'm no longer in the school's orch.)
-Student Council VP (2 years)
-NHS (projected: Pres. or VP?)</p>

<p>SATs: 2290 (740 M, 750 CR, 800 W)</p>

<p>-planning to take SAT IIs in June (def. Bio and Math IIC, not sure what else...I think I'll do alight, especially since it's a month after my AP Bio. I'm studying really hard for Math, since I did the worst on the Math section of the SAT I.)</p>

<p>-as of now, I want to major in biology (pre-med)</p>

<p>...oh, and don't take it offensively or anything if I don't respond quickly...I'm flying/driving home today and tonight, so I won't have access to my computer for awhile. Thanks a bunch for any help you can give me!</p>

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<p>w.t.f. one junior to another..Im jealous youre as good as in or ED/EA..</p>

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<p>Nice job on getting research! Since you are devoting so much time to it.. that will help!</p>

<p>GPA, SAT's... all seem pretty good.</p>

<p>I'd say that you have a SOLID chance at Duke ED... I know of people with much lower stats who got in... if you KNOW that you would rather go to Duke than anywhere else for certain, then I'd say apply there ED...</p>

<p>Duke RD... well, college admissions is so random these days! But you got a good chance there..</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>ED I'd say you have a very good chance at Duke. RD it will be more like 50/50, but if you put your mind to it and write good essays, I think you have a better chance RD. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Good essays and I'd say that you are in easy</p>

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<p>You have a very good chance for ED at Duke. If you are really serious about medicine you also should consider Interim Decision (non-binding) at Rice. Your stats are similar to those in the Rice/Baylor medical scholars program, one of the top BA/BS/MD programs. For more information check out Jennskate's posts under multiple degree programs. She is a Rice/Baylor scholar who also is from NY.</p>