<p>Stats:
SAT: 720 V, 800 M, 800 W
SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 720 Bio E, 800 Math IIC
GPA: 3.95 UW / 4.28 W
Rank: ~top 2-3%
Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[ b]Subjective:**[ list][<em>] Essays: very creative
[</em>] Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): i'm just well-rounded:)</p>
<p>[/list]Location/Person:
State or Country: nj
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:[ list][<em>] Extracurriculars: captain of 2 sports, pres of a club, band, theatre, volunteer at hospital, a few other things...
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: not too sure but i'm really happy!!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2310 (800W/800CR/710M)
SAT IIs: 760 Lit, 700 US History
GPA: 3.9/4.5
Rank: 4/375
Other stats: 5s on AP US History, English Lit, English Language
Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: One decent, one outstanding (from my college professor in English, saying I was a better writer than his doctoral candidates)
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): Major national debate and forensics awards (quarterfinalists at nationals, state champions, etc.), tons of great ECs, from underrepresented state (KS)
Location/Person:
State or Country: Kansas
School Type: Mediumish public, 1200 kids
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars/Awards: Debate and forensics (extensive awards in both), writing awards, class president for three years, editor-in-chief of high school newspaper, section leader in top women's choir
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Essays, debate awards, graduate school-level work in English.
[*] Other thoughts: Accepted at Yale, UVA (with Jefferson Scholars full ride), Wellesley, UNC already and awaiting more Ivy results today! Congratulations and good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780 CR, 770 M, 770 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 740 Eng Lit
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 uw
[<em>] Rank: 2/400
[</em>] Other stats: Six 5s on APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: UT
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: varsity tennis, piano, debate, mock trials, math & science, peer mentor
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: ECs + stats
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm so excited! Good luck to everyone else.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M, 800V, 780W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math 2, 760 Chem
[<em>] ACT: didn't send
[</em>] GPA: 98 W
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: APs - 5's on Euro, US, Psych. 4's on Physics B and English Lang.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good. I thought they were creative and original.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don't know.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese and Korean, double whammy lol.
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Tri-M (officer), Varsity swimming, Yearbook (student life editor), Varsity winter track, Future Leaders of America, marching band, and other insignificant ones. All-State band and All-County swimming. Bio-related internships. Volunteered in a hospital. I also design websites.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Pretty well-rounded, and I didn't request financial aid
[li] Other thoughts: I'm excited, but I don't think I will attend Duke =X.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1510/2240
ACT: 35
SAT IIs: Math II 780, US History 740, Chem 710
GPA: 4.0 (98.944) unweighted
Rank: 2/375 unweighted
Other stats: 5 on AP Statistics, Chemistry, and US History; graduating with 7 APs</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: they were ok- i liked them
Teacher Recs: didn't read but i think really good- from my math teacher i have had for two years
Counselor Rec: didn't read but should be good- i have known her since elementary school
Hook (if any): i can't think of anything- my team won a national championship?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors:
EC's:
2 years varsity Cross Country- state champions
4 years horseback riding- captain
Science olympiad- national champions, cocaptain
Beta club treasurer
Key club
other random clubs
same job for 2 years- 10 hours per week</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (720 M, 740 R, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: none<br>
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Rank: 2/382
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AMC 12 101.5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: not the best, but not bad
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Swimming, 4-year Varsity letter; JSA, founder/president; newspaper editor; key club treasurer; peer tutoring; volunteering at salvation army
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I don't stand out
[*] Other thoughts: Duke was my "for funsies" school, I've been set on Notre Dame since freshman year and got accepted in the top 20% there... go Irish!</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2050 (m:730 V:670 W:650)
* SAT IIs: USH:680 M1:720 M2:710
* ACT:
* GPA: 4.12-weighted
* Rank: 12/220
* Other stats: AP Stat-4 AP Us-4
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: i think they were decent
* Teacher Recs: idk
* Counselor Rec: probably really good
* Hook (if any): well rounded, from CT, Jewish?
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CT
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity cheerleading all 4 years, captain this year, Vtrack 2 years, President of AVON club, ALOT of community service, National Honor Society, Owner of a belt company, involvement in Jewish community..confirmation, wrote school constitution, etc
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:I was actually REALLY surprised..but quite overjoyed
[<em>] Other thoughts: Not so happy about being waitlisted at Lehigh..F</em>** them..i got into Vandy =)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
SAT I: 2200
SAT II: Spanish 770, US History 710
AP/IB taken/scores: US History 5
GPA weighted: 4.10
Rank or % estimate: top 20%
School Type: private
Gender: female
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats everyone, and good luck!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2260 (750 M, 740 R, 770 W)
SAT IIs: 770, 760
ACT:
GPA: 4.5 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
Rank: top 2%
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, a lot of other awards
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: I assume good
Counselor Rec: I assume good
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors:[list][li] Extracurriculars: a lot</p>[/li]
<p>:)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (740M/770CR/720W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit 780, Math Level 2 670, US History 680
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 3.87 UW, 6.17 W
[<em>] Rank: 2/~540
[</em>] Other stats: NM Finalist, CompTIA A+ Hardware and Software Certified Computer Tech, Red Cross/YMCA Certified Lifeguard.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Why Vandy was good, if somewhat choppy. Other one was not good, in my opinion - rather dull and very choppy. Why Vandy had one typo, Other had one big typo and a couple smaller ones.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I'm not allowed to read them, but I know my English thought I was really funny and really smart. I just imagine the toher one was good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing. She used to tell me I knew more about the classes at our school than she did.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Can't think of any.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Founded the Ultimate Frisbee club at my school; Varsity Swimming, 7 yrs, Captain for one (+ Misc. awards), State finalist for a couple years; VP of a Venture Crew (Boys Scouts-related org.); Treasurer for Exchange Service Club; Outstanding Attorney award at a recent Mock Trial competition. I'll stop there 'cause those are the ones I consider most important and interesting. Total of 300-400 service hours, but only 150 recorded. I also work 24 hrs/wk, but that wasn't on the app.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Excepting the arts and music, I suppose they looked at me as a sort of Jack of All Trades?
[*] Other thoughts: I'm thinkin' Vandy is my first choice right now. Even if I do get into Yale.[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED
Stats:
SAT: 2290 (800M/710CR/780W)
SAT IIs: Math Level II 800, US History 720, Chemistry 710
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.15 weighted (max is 4.3)
Rank: 4/370
Other stats: NM Finalist, web design business, coordinator of community service group, math club leader, canned food driver leader, track, rugby, basketball
Subjective:
Essays: OK, nothing special
Teacher Recs: probably great
Counselor Rec: probably good
Hook (if any): Can't think of any.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Catholic private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Not sure. I thought I had the stuff to get in. Congrats to all. Maybe essays sucked.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2170
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT:32
[</em>] GPA:3.98 UW
[<em>] Rank:43/625
[</em>] Other stats:Nat'l Merit finalist, quite a few national and state journalism awards (but not huge ones), award by my city for my work in journalism
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Outstanding
[</em>] Hook (if any):Well...even though I didn't have a great rank and perfect test scores, I was really passionate about what I did in high school - and I think that showed. I'm East Indian and I'm not going into math/science, which may have helped. But honestly...who knows?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Arizona
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:South Asian (East Indian)
[</em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:Tons of journalism experience - EIC of the newspaper, executive editor of a summer magazine... and a little bit of community service. Also NHS, etc.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:I don't think I'll ever know exactly what it was.
[*] Other thoughts:I just want to say something to the CC's out there who are applying to college next year - whether Duke is your dream school or not. DON'T listen to everything people say on the "chances" discussion threads here. More than a few people told me that I had NO CHANCE at most of my schools except for Vassar. Well, I did get into Vassar...but I also got into my dream school, Duke. Some people said that my rank was far too low, and that my course load wasn't rigorous enough because I had concentrated on my journalism work rather than taking 20 AP classes. I didn't win any huge competitions, but I did care deeply about everything I did...and I worked hard. Remember that college decisions are TOTALLY subjective...so remember that, although people may mean the best when they chance you,(some people on here are awesome) it by no means reflects your admissions decision. They haven't read your essays or recs, and they don't really know who you are. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 780M 780W 710CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780US 740CH 720M2
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.95uw
[<em>] Rank: 2 out of 220
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Interviewer was a personal friend of my dad
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Las Vegas, NV
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender:male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:volunteering, soccer, track
[*] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Got majorly lucky</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: English
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2400
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 3.9
[</em>] Rank: unofficially top 5%
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 12
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Not too many
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing outstanding
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: nothing extraordinary, but lots of leadership, arts, service, and academic activities
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay was outstanding. I did write the Why Duke essay.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150+K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): in-state
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: in-state[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats! I got a likely letter in Feb...I've been counting down to my Duke visit ever since!</p>