My Chances at Duke?

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<p>I come from a competitive Houston area school. What do you think my chances are here?</p>

<p>Stats:
Ethnicity: Vietnamese female
SAT I: 2300 (Reading: 740, Math: 760, Writing: 800)
SAT II's: Taking Math2 and Lit in October
ACT: Taking in Sept to try to offset rank/GPA
Rank: 67/599 (11%)
Weighted GPA: 5.266 on 6 scale
Unweighted GPA: 3.5 on 4 scale
AP score of 4 on English Composition and Chemistry</p>

<p>ECs:
Senior class president
Junior class VP
Red Cross VP
Student Council member since 9th grade
Red Cross Club member since 9th grade
Debate team competitor since 9th grade
NHS and Spanish National Honor Society</p>

<p>2006-2007 Greater Houston Area's Youth Service Committee Board
I and 7 other board members organized service projects for Houston's high school Red Cross clubs to participate in. Sponsored by Houston's RC chapter, we promoted health awareness and volunteerism through projects like RC orientations, Mass CPR trainings, and fundraisers for measles vaccinations. (etc.)
(5 hrs/wk)</p>

<p>I'm a teacher's assistant at a non-profit Vietnamese language and culture school. I teach second-graders for 3 hrs every Sunday.</p>

<p>I have 250+ volunteer hours through these ECs, Habitat for Humanity, and volunteering at the hospital and food bank.</p>

<p>I work for an OB/GYN doctor 10 hrs/wk doing insurance billing.</p>

<p>I mentor a pediatrician 4 hrs/wk in a Scientific Research class at school. I will be forming a science project through my observations.</p>

<p>Awards:
National Forensic League's Award of Excellence for 217 pts (honor society for debate that keeps track of wins)
National Merit Commended (209)
Academic Excellence 3 years
School Leadership Special Award 06-07 and 07-08
YES award for 250+ volunteer hours</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>May I ask what you plan to be? (career-wise)</p>

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<p>I plan to be a Pre-Med student majoring in Psychology.</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting this twice...your stats look even better the second time around.</p>

<p>I say low reach/match, but what do I know? I'm in the same boat as you.</p>

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<p>I never understood how the whole weighted gpa thing works but ur activities and work experience is insane dude</p>

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<p>overall very good stats and ECs...id agree with low reach/match for you. i want to go to duke too/also doing scientific research. good luck though</p>

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<p>Ummm... You've been debating since 9th grade and have 217 points? ..... Don't put this on your app. /commonsense</p>

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<p>Is 217 low? They wouldn't want to know your score anyway so it doesn't really matter.</p>

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<p>Things look pretty good.. but I wouldn't go as far as match or even low reach.. the fact that your UW GPA is 3.5 and ur not in the Top 10% will make Duke a reach, really matters by how competive ur school actually is.</p>