<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[ *] Other thoughts:</p>
<p>Remove spaces for it to work, and here's a sample:</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 US History, 800 Physics, 800 Literature
[<em>] ACT: 36 composite (36E, 36M, 36R, 36S, 12E)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/6000
[</em>] Other stats: USAMO qualifier and IMO qualifier, USAPHO and IPHO qualifier, USACHO and ICHO qualifier, USABO and IBO qualifier. TASP. RSI.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unique and made everyone who read it cry
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pulitzer quality
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pulitzer quality
[</em>] Hook (if any): Published author and published research paper on the cure for cancer and aids. Oh yea, my dad donoted $1 million to the school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Alaska
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: half black, half eskimo
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: all state baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track, wrestling, and tennis. I have a new CD comming out
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I have no idea, pure luck
[*] Other thoughts: good luck to all!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 750 USH
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] GPA: 3.86 UW, ~4.15 W
[<em>] Rank:6/375
[</em>] Other stats: ?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: BAD
[</em>] Teacher Recs: OK
[<em>] Counselor Rec: lack luster
[</em>] Hook (if any):none, rlly
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:So Cal
[</em>] School Type: Crappy public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:random, generic stuff, nothing special
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I had below average test scores, OK grades, wasn't involved in anything of importance</p>
<p>[<em>] Other thoughts[/</em>]: Oh well, I had a snow ball's chance in hell anways! Congrats to you all!</p>
<p>BTW, I feel like I'm digging my grave doing this!!!</p>
<p>This is an excerpt of what my Duke homepage (and that of many other applicants) says right now:</p>
<p>"Congratulations again on being one of our top applicants!...we very much hope that you will visit during one of our Blue Devil Days programs on April 6, 9, 16, 20, and 23. You will receive more information about Blue Devil Day with your admission packet. You'll find that Blue Devil Days is another wonderful opportunity to find out what makes Duke so appealing to so many students.</p>
<p>Eh, I'm a bored insomniac at the mo', so I'm doing this now instead of waiting 'till Wednesday.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790M / 760V / 720W -- 2270C
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Latin / 800 Math Lv. 2 / 770 Math Lv. 1 / 680 US History
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.81 W
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank officially, but I'm 1 or 2 out of 145
[</em>] Other stats: Er.. 5s last year on US History, Language & Latin Lit APs... taking 5 APs this year (Calc BC, Physics, Lit, Gov, Stats)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote about how I was forced out of AP Chem to fulfill art graduation requirements in Ceramics last year, and what I learned from it. It was okay, but nothing great. I noticed a grammatical error in my "Why Duke" essay AFTER I submitted it, too.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good? I didn't read them, but the teachers knew me well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good (did read this one :D)
[</em>] Hook (if any): None.. unless being a Girl Scout since K is considered a hook? hah
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Very small, competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Mock Trial (4 yrs, 2 as Captain), Math Team (4, 1 Captain), Varsity Field Hockey (All-Star 2006), Varsity Tennis, Model UN (founder), School Council, Student Council, Literary Magazine, Alliance for Acceptance & Understanding (Co-President), managing Girls' Varsity Basketball, Physics Olympics, Middle School Science Olympiad Coach, Dollars for Scholars Rep, Girl Scout working on Gold Award... and a few other things I'm probably forgetting
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Because I'm a huge Duke BBall fan?.... er, rather, strong extracurrics / transcript, probably =D
[li] Other thoughts: Got my "likely" extreeemely late, so I'd given up hope on early notification for a while, but now I'm wicked excited for Up Close. Any other early-notifications going there? Kinda wish I'd heard about the Robertson scholarship before so I could've sent in the supplementary form, though.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (780V 770M 780W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 USH 700 Chem and Lit
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 102.2
[<em>] Rank: 2/286
[</em>] Other stats: AP Scores: 5 on Eng. Lang, Chem, Stats, USH, Euro
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good. I did both optional questions
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Heavenly
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Misssissippi, TASP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MS
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender:M
[/ul] Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Debate, mock trial, independent research
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Because I worked hard. No use being humble at this point.
[*] Other thoughts: Duke's a great school. Hope I can afford it.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180 (750 CR, 760 M, 670 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 (Math II), 720 (Chem), 690 (Physics)
[<em>] ACT: 33 (35 S, 34 W, 32 M, 31 R)
[</em>] GPA: 3.982 UW, 4.713 W
[<em>] Rank: 5/328 UW, 3/328 W
[</em>] Other stats: AP Calc BC - 5, Total of 6 IB classes and 4 AP classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote about my family trip to Trinidad during my freshman year spring break, and how I saw where my parent grew up and how far they have come in life.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Don't really know...I'm guessing good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My former counselor retired at the end of last year, so my new counselor didn't really know me. She e-mailed my teachers for the subjective stuff, so I think it was fairly good, but for the most part, really objective.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Susan Coon (my regional rep) came from my hometown, so she knows the math/science center that I attend really well, and she came to meet all the applicants from my school earlier this year.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type: I go to a regular public school for half the day (IB school, pretty good, but doesn't send many kids to elite schools on its own) and a math/science magnet school for the other half (really small, sends a lot of kids to elite schools)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Caribbean
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: 4 years cross country (4 varsity letters, Senior Varsity Award); Played violin for 6 years (local youth orchestra, summer internationally touring youth orchestra, school orchestra, various pit orchestras for school musicals); Independent research for two years; cheerleading for a year; track and field for 2; NHS (like everyone else); FIRST robotics; maybe some more but they don't really count...
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I would have been surprised to be accepted, let alone a likely letter.
[*] Other thoughts: I'm really excited to go to Duke Up Close and check out the campus!! I'm debating between Duke and U of M right now, but I haven't received all my decisions so I'll see what happens... [/ul]</p>