<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
School: Large MD public
GPA: 3.87 unweighted, 4.50 weighted
Rank: Top 10%
Major: Mathematics, maybe double in Physics or Chem. Decisions, decisions...
Applying To: Trinity, Early Decision
SAT: 710 W, 720 M, 680 CR (2110 total) <-- I hate you SAT.
SAT CR + Math: 1400
SAT II: 720 Math 2, 660? on Chemistry
APs: Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Statistics (5), Chemistry (3), World History (3)
Financial Aid: No
Recommendations from: AP Calc 1 & 2 teacher, AP Chemistry 1 & 2 teacher</p>
<p>Junior Year Courses:
- American Studies 2
- English 11 Honors
- AP Chemistry 1 and 2
- AP Calculus AB and BC
- AP Statistics</p>
<p>Senior Year Courses:
- Calculus 3
- AP Physics 1 and 2
- AP Language and Comp
- Differential Equations (at a 4-year college)
- Discrete Mathematics (at a 4-year college)
- Linear Algebra (at a junior college)</p>
<p>EC's:
- Entrepreneur of international business
- Lots of volunteer work
- Organized 4 major charity fundraisers
- Established and Sponsor Athletic Scholarship for Cheerleaders
- 8 years (3 years in HS) of club cheerleading, was captain
- 3 years of varsity cheerleading, was captain
- Varsity letter recipient</p>
<p>Academic Awards:
- National Honors Society member
- AP Patriot Scholar (School wide award, finishing HS with at least 6 AP exams/college courses taken)
- AP Scholar with Honor
- Academic Letter Recipient
- Maryland Distinguished Scholar
- Student in selective Dual Enrollment program</p>
<p>Hooks: Legacy (Mom attended Duke)
Other: Thought my essays were pretty good! Especially my "Why Duke".</p>
<p>wow…we have very similar stuff. stats, legacy status, extracurriculars…all line up with mine…crazy! So i guess saying you have a good shot means that i have a good shot…but if only i was true and sure about this =P</p>
<p>Huh? Maybe 1400 in one-sitting, while 1430 as best scores? In any event, you seem like a competitive applicant. In 2001, the acceptance rate for legacies ED was 66%. RD acceptance rate was 44%. Now before you get *too *excited with those numbers, note that the legacy pool is typically stronger. Heck, the legacy admissions rate is 40% to Harvard, and people don’t think being legacy and Harvard is a shoo-in. Also, over the last 10 years, the legacy admissions rate has most definitely gone done from those 2001 figures (although it’s still most certainly substantially higher than the rest of the applicant field). In general, though, Duke gives you an advantage if you’re legacy especially if you’re applying ED. ED legacy boost (when comparing to other ED applicants) is much greater than the RD legacy boost (when comparing to other RD applicants). They like to see families of Duke build a strong connection to the university over the course of many years to build a strong alumni network and makes it more likely that you’ll donate to the university later on in life. If you’re a qualified applicant anyways and in the range, it’s the “hook” that *can *make a difference. (Note that it does not make an unqualified applicant suddenly qualified). I think you have a good shot.</p>