My shot at Duke? Ahhh!

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<p>Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Intended Major: Environmental Science/Biology
Minor in Music maybe or major dont know yet.
High School Info: pretty good school in NC. Every year about 6 or 7 go to an Ivy League school.</p>

<p>GPA - 4.5455 weighted. 3.8636 unweighted. ranked 63/403</p>

<p>SAT Scores: 1860 I have to do better so I'm going to take it again in October</p>

<p>SAT II Scores: French: 760 World History: 710 Math II: 640</p>

<p>AP Scores: 4 in AP world, AP environmental and AP french language</p>

<p>ACT Scores: might take it</p>

<p>Classes Freshman year
- PE ( A both semesters)
- Biology ( A both semesters)
-Honors English I (A both semesters)
- Honors Geometry ( A both semesters)
- Concert Choir ( A both semesters)
- French II ( A both semesters)
- World history ( A both semesters)</p>

<p>Classes (Sophomore year)
- Chemistry (A both semesters)
- Honors contemporary world history (A both semesters)
- Honors Algebra II (A both semesters)
- Honors French III ( A both semsters)
- Civics &economics (A both smstrs)
- Concert Choir/ Health(A both smstrs)
-Honors English II (A both semesters)</p>

<p>Classes (Junior Year)
- AP World History ( A both semesters)
- AP French Lang (B first semester, A 2nd)
- Advanced (honors)Pre-Calc (C first semester, B 2nd semester)
- Honors English III (A first, B 2nd)
- AP Environmental Science (B first, A 2nd)
- Us History (A both semesters)
-Concert Choir ( A both semesters)</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes
- AP Calculus BC (2 semesters)
- AP English Literature (2 semesters)
- AP Physics B (2 semesters)
- Honors Physics Lab (2 semesters)
- AP Human Geography (2 semester)
- Treble Ensemble (2 semesters)
- Advanced (honors) French Literature (2semesters)</p>

<p>Current Extracurriculars (in school):
-Track
- French Singers
- Spanish Singers (Vice President)
-National Honors society
-French Honors society
- French Club
- Habitat for Humanity for 2 years
- Students Transforming Animal Treatment (my friend and I started the club my Junior year)
- Junior Class council
-Sophomore Class Council
- Freshman Class council
- Placed 17th National French Exam
- Over 150 comm. service hours.
-Junior Marshall</p>

<p>outside of school:
- i enjoy playing piano and singing. I took voice lessons for about a year and piano for 7 (but I had to stop)
- I volunteered at the ArtCenter this summer 2009
- I speak Spanish fluently
- I took Honors French IV Online in summer 2008 and I'm taking Honors Spanish IV online in summer 2009</p>

<p>Thanks for helping out.</p>

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<p>FWIW, most of the African American kids on college confidential I’ve seen get in, have a SAT math plus reading of at least 1300.</p>

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<p>SAT’s are very low, decent GPA, also get that Math II SAT score up.</p>

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<p>yeah I have to agree, you SAT is really low.</p>

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<p>try the ACT…since you do well in your subject tests…perhaps that format would work better for you…apply to a good spread of schools…re admission difficulty</p>

<p>You are signed up for a challenging senior year and your AP scores and SATIIs show you learn well–try not to spread yourself too thin fall of senior year so you can focus on your first semester grades…</p>

<p>get the ACT Red book and recognize that the exam is very different than the SAT…but perhaps better suited to you…you won’t know till you try. One of my sons got the same score basically on both SAT and ACT…he went to Duke…the other son got a much better score on the ACT</p>

<p>remember that Duke is a reach for most students just based on the huge numbers of applicants…so make sure to attach to some match colleges…this rule is for everyone. Build yourself a good college app list with colleges you would be proud to attend in the match category…and with a couple of reach apps</p>