indian guy from jersey would like a chance

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Gender: M
Race: Indian
Location: suburban NJ (HS ranked 4th statewide recently)
SAT: 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W), 1 sitting, not superscored
PSAT: 226 (so should get semi-finalist before ED time rolls around)</p>

<p>-SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 US History, 800 Bio, 800 Math II, 800 World History
-GPA: 95.50 weighted, 4.1/4.0, top 10%, school doesn't rank </p>

<p>APs
-Chem 5
-Bio 5
-Stat 5
-US Hist 5
-Calc AB 5
English Lang 5
-I guess I would be "AP Scholar with Distinction", I know it doesn't mean much</p>

<p>Senior Year APs
-Calc BC, Physics C, English Lit, Gov + politics, Econ</p>

<p>-ECs: 4 year wreslter, JV sportsmanship award, no great awards/hooks (will try to spin wrestling in essays, not too many indian wrestlers)</p>

<p>-300hrs comm. service at local hospital
-3 yr Model UN and Youth and Government member
-Exec Council for Model Congress (club got funds taken away end of soph year, had to disband)</p>

<p>-spent summer between jr + sr yrs in EMT class (120 hrs class) + will be EMT for 3 months before applying ED to any school (4hrs/week commitment)
-summer jobs as lifegaurd (summer before sr year), 10 hrs/wk</p>

<p>What are chances at Duke RD as a bio major?</p>

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<p>Was the EMT thing affiliated with any school or was it a private thing? Cuz the only thing I could find was a course offered at a college and I’m looking to get an EMT class.</p>

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<p>it was a first aid squad. Any more chances?</p>

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<p>I just don’t understand what people are looking for with these posts, but I’ll try to provide as much help as I can.</p>

<p>1) SAT is above average for Duke
2) SAT II’s are also above average
3) GPA is good
4) 8 AP’s so that is pretty good (I would say around average to slightly above)</p>

<p>Your weak point will be your EC’s. As you can see your SAT, SAT II’s, and APs are either average or above average for Duke. So you have the academic side, now what about the rest of the application. The application is made up of recommendations, GPA, SAT, essays, and extras. The community service is good, but I don’t see much leadership or much passion for any of your EC’s, which could be a weak point.</p>

<p>My final word of advice is don’t “spin” anything into an essay, write about what you are passionate about or what best encompasses who you are. Adcoms will be able to tell when you are being disingenuous. If wrestling is who you are and what you are passionate about write about it, if not you have the community service or the EMT thing which you might be more passionate about.</p>

<p>Overall I’m sure you have a great chance but like I tell everyone else RD acceptance rate last year was around 15% so while you have great academics you have to focus on the rest of your application now.</p>

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<p>good chances…</p>

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<p>yup all about your essays and how you put ur app together, but still, high chances, it is duke, so very high acceptance rate for a top school</p>