Legacy, ED, and new ACTs--Chances?

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<p>Female
White
Rising Junior (Class of '10)
Arizona</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0, Weighted: 4.7
Class rank: 3/500</p>

<p>Freshman Schedule:
English I Honors
Biology I Honors
Spanish II
World History Honors
Art I
PE
Geometry Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Schedule:
English II Honors
Chemistry I Honors
Algebra II Honors
Spanish III
World History AP (4 on the AP test)
TA Biology</p>

<p>Junior Schedule:
English III Honors
Chemistry AP
Physics Honors
Trig/Pre-Calc Honors
US History Honors
Spanish IV Honors</p>

<p>ACT: 33 Composite (Re-taking next year)
SAT: Taking in November</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
1. Panacea--Community Service, Secretary (10), Service Director (11) 100 hrs.
2. Interact- community service club (9) 20 hrs.
4. Basketball- Freshman Team Captain (9)
5. Math Club (11-12)
6. Science Bowl Club (11-12)</p>

<p>Honors or Accomplishments:
1 vs. 100 game show contestant "super smart kids episode"
Spanish Honor Society (Vice President)
National Honor Society
Published in school's literary magazine</p>

<p>Research Experience:
Intern at the UCSD Medical School Department of Infectious Diseases during the summer of 2008 working 45 hours a week for 6 weeks performing research on various viruses. </p>

<p>I have legacy at Duke from my dad, aunt and uncle (pretty sure the latter two don't count for much). And I'll be applying for ED (100% sure). </p>

<p>What do you think my chances are?</p>

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<p>Everything looks really good right now, but remember--you're just starting Junior year. Just stay focused on doing well this year, and worry about the college hunt in a semester or so.</p>

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<p>I think you are in especially with ED. I also don't think you need to retake the ACT with that score. If you plan to visit, there's also an alumni office that might interview legacies - that could help you if it's still offered.</p>

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<p>There are about 4 people from my school that also have legacy along with many more people who will apply. 1 of the legacies has like a 2300 SAT score and the same grades and ranking. The others I'm not really too worried about. But I know the top 5 kids will also apply to Duke. Should I be worried about that because won't they be reluctant to accept that many people from a single school?</p>

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<p>Duke doesn't care how many students they take from each school...there's no cutoff. Don't worry about that.</p>

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