<p>I applied to Duke with this resume but I just started thinking maybe I should've applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. Could I have had a real chance if I had applied there? I want to go on to medical school, so I also wanted to ask which would be the best med school for me? btw I live in NC, that's why I decided to apply to Duke...</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hispanic, Male, 17 years old
Fluent in English, Spanish
Fairly Fluent in French</p>
<p>SAT I: 2130, Reading: 650, Math: 730, Writing: 750
SAT II: Biology M: 730, French with Listening: 640, US History: 650
AP Exams: Biology: 5, US History: 5, English Language: 3, Spanish Language: 5
GPA: Weighted: 4.6522, Unweighted: 3.8696
Class Rank: 12 of 376
Awards: Junior Marshall, Outstanding Senior, and Science Olympiads Medals, AP Scholar with Honor</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule Honors & APs:
Honors French IV, Honors Anatomy & Physiology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP English IV, AP Environmental Science, AP European History</p>
<p>Academic Merit Extra-Curricular Activities *
French Honor Society - 10th, 11th, 12th (Elected ICC Representative)
National Honor Society - 11th, 12th
BETA Club - 12th
National Science Honor Society - 12th
National English Honor Society - 12th</p>
<p>Special Interest Extra-Curricular Activities
*<em>Science Olympiad Regionals - 11th (Placed 7th in Microbiology and 16th in Cell Biology)
*</em>*HOSA Club - 10th, 11th (Elected Reporter), 12th (Elected Committee Chairperson)</p>
<p>Leadership Roles
*<strong><em>Amigos Tutoring Program - 11th, 12th (Appointed Co-President)
*</em></strong>*Sabres Mentoring Program - 12th (Attended a 35-hour training course)</p>
<p>Sports
Outdoor Track Team - 10th (Unable to continue due to injury)
Indoor Track Team - 10th (Unable to continue due to injury)</p>
<p>Work Experience
My moms job is cleaning houses. I have helped her over previous summers, especially after she was diagnosed with cancer.</p>
<p>Notes
* - Academic Merit Societies are all involved in Service Projects
** - A competition concerning all major categories of scientific research.
*** - Organization for all interested in pursuing a health-related career. Members help with the blood drive, organize fundraisers, and attend walks supporting research for various diseases and conditions.
**** - Program designed for juniors and seniors to tutor middle school students in all core subjects. Volunteers meet every Monday for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
***** - Program designed for juniors and seniors to mentor incoming freshmen, and thus ease their transition into high school. Mentors must attend a intensive college-level course on leadership skills.</p>
<p>I wrote amazing essays, every teacher/friend that read it said they were really powerful.
I have done an independent research project while in high school, and wrote Duke a short essay about it, couldve done the same for any other school.
I've had amazing recommendation letters as well.</p>