Need Help!! Chance me for Duke, Northwestern, UPenn, other ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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applying to Duke ED as a classical studies (Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit) major with a minor in classical archaeology. Also NU would be my 2nd choice, and I have legacy there.

Chance me for:
-Duke ED
-Northwestern
-Upenn
-Brown
-Cornell
-Dartmouth
-WashU

-ACT: 33 Composite but 34 Superscore (Duke superstores) (waiting for past ACT results and will most likely be a 35 superscore)
-APs: World (3), Bio (4), Lang (4), US (4), Stat (3), AB Calc, French, Micro Econ, Macro Econ, Lit, Gov (11 APs)
-Class Rigor: I’ve taken very hard class throughout high school, but my GPA isn’t great
-GPA: UW: 3.8 (I didn’t do that well junior year with 2 B+'s and 3 A-'s because course load was hard & had family issues)

-Extracurriculars: I am applying as a classical studies major & classical archaeology minor and have done a lot in classical studies & archaeology, so I’m hoping majoring in classical studies (since barely anyone does) will give me an advantage

  1. Built a Classical Studies Non Profit Organization & received a scholarship for it from a Latin organization
  2. I am student ambassador for Archaeology Institute of America (only high schooler who does it) & received archaeology grant for research
  3. President of my Latin Honor Club
  4. Studied Ancient Greek (8 credit course) at UPenn over summer for 7 weeks
  5. I am the only high school writer for an online classical studies journal
  6. Team Captain of Varsity Soccer (4 years)
  7. President of SoupKitchen (volunteer at homeless shelter)
  8. Vice President of Model Congress
  9. Self Studied Sanskrit
  10. Volunteered at a Museum

-Awards:

  1. Received Latin scholarship from this classical studies organization and built a children’s program for classical studies out of it
  2. Received grant from Archaeology Institute of America and am doing research and archaeology work with it
  3. Scored perfect on National Latin Exam and then silver the next year
  4. I was Team Captain of my Latin team for a classical studies contest and we received 2nd & 3rd
  5. I received an honorable mention from this classical studies writing compeititon

-Letters of Rec:

  1. From my Latin teacher: he LOVES me (will write me a great one)
  2. From my English teacher: he liked me but prob an okay one (he had my brother too and loved him)
  3. (Outside recommender) From president of Archaeology Institute of America and she LOVED me (will write me a good one and will talk about leadership)

-Ethnicity: Asian girl
-School: Competitive af school in NJ, everyone is asian or white and very affluent, our school is one of the best in the state with several going to great colleges
-Legacy at Duke: my brother is currently a sophomore at Duke and is doing very well academically & my mom did her medical residency at Duke but idk if that counts cause she didn’t receive a degree from Duke.
-Legacy at Northwestern: My dad went to NU for undergrad and med school (so lots of legacy there)

*I’m really concerned about my GPA since it went very done junior year cause I received a 3.625, will this impact me a lot?

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Bump?

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Can someone please help me, I really need some feedback and I’m extremely stressed out about December 15th cause of Duke. please help, in dire need

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Your stats put you within range but all of theses schools are reaches for everyone. There is certainly a bump for applying to Duke ED and you have good ECs to support your intended major. All you can do now is wait and see but have good match and safeties on your list that you are excited about just in case.

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I second the feedback you got above. You have good stats and extracurriculars, and applying ED as a legacy will obviously help. Duke’s very selective these days, though, so it’s never a sure thing for anyone.

I majored in classics at Duke and loved it. The departments has very few undergrads, so they get a lot of attention, and classes are very small. One of the best perks is cross-registration with Carolina, which has very strong programs in classical languages and classical archaeology. Carolina’s anthropology department offers a variety of courses in archaeology as well, whereas non-classical archaeology is regrettably nonexistent at Duke.

Northwestern is an unusual choice for classical archaeology (it’s fine for languages), but otherwise I like your list. Have you considered JHU, Michigan, and UVA?

What are your safety/match schools? I recommend Bryn Mawr as a safe match.

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@momofsenior1 thank u! I appreciate the feedback!

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@warblersrule Wow! You majored in classics at Duke too haha that’s so funny! I am applying to Michigan, do they have good classics? Thanks for the feedback! Was your intended major when first applying to Duke classical studies or did you switch?

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sort of random but i’m curious why you put soccer so low on the list, if you were a captain for a couple of years and did it throughout high school. Wouldn’t that have been a greater time commitment than some of the stuff above it?

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@abc123xd in terms of EC order, I have soccer as #4 on my common app transcript. I wanted to primarily emphasize my leadership in classical studies. do u think I should make this higher? soccer has been a large part my life, but I would like to focus my application on classical studies