<p>HAS ANYONE ELSE GOTTON THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:</p>
<p>"Your admissions decision is still pending or unavailable. We apologize for this inconvenience."</p>
<p>I'M SO ANNOYED!!!</p>
<p>Haha, you caught me, OSU!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (800 V, 800 W, 640 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 640 Bio, 670 US
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.28 weight cumulative
[<em>] Rank: 3/740
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, i think; i wrote about my experiences volunteering in an Indian orphanage
[</em>] Teacher Recs: solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: solid
[</em>] Hook (if any): white girl with an international bend and undeniable passion for the school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern CA
[</em>] School Type: Huge and public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Solid (founding editor-in-chief of student newspaper, president of CSF, secretary of interact club, marching band, concert band, etc. etc.)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I'm a pretty solid applicant, though none of my stats are truly exceptional... But I think my essays distinguished me from the pack. :) Duke is such a dream!
[*] Other thoughts: I am also one of 42 finalists for the AB Duke Scholarship!!</p>
<p>[color=blue]Decision: Waitlisted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Neuroscience
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Negative
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 790 V: 800 W: 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem: 650 Math2: 800 EngLit: 750
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No rank or GPAbut its around 3.6/7 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: No rank
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year's):
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Tough
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know. Maybe 30-50
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commend, AIME qualifier, Community Pride Award (didn't list on app), Physics Olympiad nominee
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tennis (captain/first singles/state results), Co-coordinator of mandatory program at school, co-pres/founder of 2 clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None really, taught private tennis lessons
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): In hindsight, my essays were very weak for Duke.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research at UC on hemorrhagic stroke, at Drexel on hydrogels, at school on leadership
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public (IMSA)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High enough to not get need-based
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hook
[<em>] Strengths: Good interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: Bad grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I can't really bring anything to the school that other people can. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:**
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Don't really care that I got waitlisted</p>
<p>Duke sends 3,770 thick envelopes
By: Adam Eaglin
Posted: 3/30/07
The wait is now over for the 19,170 applicants hoping to be members of Duke's Class of 2011.</p>
<p>Acceptance decisions were made available online Wednesday evening, and letters will be mailed to applicants today.</p>
<p>The University accepted 3,770 applicants in total to be a part of next year's freshman class, including the 470 accepted early decision in December, bringing the overall acceptance rate to 19.7 percent-one of the lowest in recent years and down from last year's 21.2 percent.</p>
<p>Duke's initial 2006 acceptance rate was approximately 19 percent, but it ultimately rose with the number of students accepted from the waitlist, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said.</p>
<p>Guttentag noted that every year the University intends to accept a certain number of applicants off its waitlist.</p>
<p>The Office of Undergraduate Admissions said it intends to enroll a class of 1,665 students to matriculate in the fall.</p>
<p>Overall, Guttentag said he was pleased with the strength of this year's applicant pool.</p>
<p>"Academically, it's on par-it's not dramatically stronger, it's not weaker, it's very similar to what we've seen in past years," he said.</p>
<p>Beyond academics, Guttentag said the pool was one of the most unique groups of applicants he has seen in recent years.</p>
<p>"It strikes me as a more interesting group of students, maybe a little more diverse-diverse in the sense of their interests, their activities," he said.</p>
<p>The number of applicants to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences reached a record high at 16,132. Records were also broken this year for the number of black, Hispanic and Asian and Asian-American applicants, reaching highs of 2,190, 1,303 and 5,173 applications, respectively. A record number of international students, 2,292, also applied this year-an increase of 13 percent from the previous year.</p>
<p>The most significant drop occurred among applicants to the Pratt School of Engineering, Guttentag said.</p>
<p>"It was a drop of a couple of hundred-it was a noticeable decline," he said.</p>
<p>Guttentag said there were no clear trends in the drop of Pratt applicants, but added that admissions would further analyze the data in coming months.</p>
<p>He said he expects overall yield to increase from last year's 40 to 41 percent due in part to the admissions office's more proactive approach to recruitment.</p>
<p>Last year's yield had dipped slightly because of the ongoing lacrosse case, which Guttentag said should not play as large a role in this year's applicants' decisions.</p>
<p>"The [lacrosse] coverage was at its maximum right in the month of April, and I think there were some students who were trying to decide who were affected by all of that coverage," he said. "I think that the students applying this year have decided to apply having already processed all that information."</p>
<p>This year's applicant pool also saw new records in the number of applicants from North and South Carolina and applicants who were the children of alumni. As in previous years, North Carolina was the top state for admitted students.</p>
<h2>Duke extended offers of admission to only 43 percent of the 1,381 valedictorians who applied. The University also admitted 58 percent of the more than 1,300 applicants who had combined SAT scores of 1,550 in the math and verbal sections. </h2>
<p>? Copyright 2007 The Chronicle</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED (likely letter)[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2330 (750V, 790M, 790W)
[ *] SAT IIs: 760 Math IIc, 720 French, 700 US History
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] GPA: 4.1 uw, 4.5 w
[ *] Rank: 4/73
[ *] Other stats: Cum Laude, National Merit Finalist
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: very good, especially why duke
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2 outstanding ones
[ *] Counselor Rec: above average
[ *] Hook (if any): possibly because I'm a Caucasian kid that has taken 5 years of Mandarin and 4 years of French and am nationally recognized in both?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[ *] School Type: Small Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: Notables (serious a capella group), Glee Club, Model UN, Mock Trial, 3 years Varsity Cross Country, founded Chess Club, Economists Club
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted in my mind due to strong grades and SAT's, very involved in community, and presented a unique viewpoint as a white guy interested in Chinese
[ *] Other thoughts: At first disappointed because had heart set on Princeton, but I'm starting to think Duke is really the place for me! I'm looking forward to Duke Up Close in less than 2 weeks! Congrats to everyone who got in! If you didn't, maybe you'll be like me, not get into your 1st choice at the time, and realize that it will all end up for the absolute best!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 35(32E,35M,36R,35S)
[</em>] GPA: 3.84
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: AMC 12: 111.5, AIME: 5, bunch of AP 4s and 5s
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App one was about my mosaic personality and didn't write the optional essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Sweet
[</em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Indian
[</em>] Gender: XY chromosome
[/ul]Other Factors:*[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Math Club President, Quiz Bowl Varsity Captain, Speech & Debate stuff, MUN Secretary, International Club Historian, Health Council Committee President, etc. etc.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: pure dumb luck
[] Other thoughts: I'M SO FREAKING PUMPEDDDDDDD!!! GO BLUE DEVILS!!!!:):)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
Major Applied To: Biology
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): M-770 V-750 W-730
SAT IIs: Chem-670 MathII-770 Physics-760
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: not on a 4.0 scale
Rank: 6/590
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year's): 5
IBs (including this year's: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs
Number of Apps from Your School: Two
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Research at Cornell
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: service and many service-oriented clubs
Job/Work Experience: random part-time jobs
Essays (subject and responses): Very good common app essay, and I chose to write the Why Duke essay
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, highly competitive (kids go to top schools every year)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research
Strengths: essay, scores
Weaknesses: outside of research, my ec's are pretty weak
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: honestly, no one's gotten into duke from my school in ten years. the other student from my school who applied and I were both accepted. crazy.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all! I'm ridiculously excited!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section):2270 (800M,770CR,700W)
[<em>] SAT IIs:800 Math, 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 710 US
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.875 UW
[<em>] Rank: Top 10 %
[</em>] ACT: n/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's):Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C, Literature, Language, Calculus BC, Statistics, Government, Microeconomics, US History
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:N/A
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 10 maybe
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):Stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Nothing special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 10 hr per week job
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I suck at writing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't See Ok I would assume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dont Know her at all
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Nope
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Funny
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:USA South
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public Competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: A
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No
[</em>] Strengths:None
[<em>] Weaknesses:Too weak....
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 M, 700 V, 730 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 790 Physics , 740 US History
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.98 UW, 5.1 W
[<em>] Rank:10/650
[</em>] Other stats: APs: 5 Calc BC, 5 APUSH, 5 English Language, 5 Physics B, 4 Chem
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty decent, and I managed to slip in a mention of my TIP experience from like 5 years ago.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:I guess they were ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: all signs point to awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): Rensselaer Medalist, drum corps international 2-3 years, decent euphonium player
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White as a marshmallow
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Drum corps, Math Team, Band + Band Mentoring, and a bunch of little decorations
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Not sure... the interview was ok, i told them i was sending in a tape but got too lazy to do it... i guess i wrote a pretty good supplement engineering essay.
[*] Other thoughts: Duke is pretty awesome and it sounds like it'd be the kind of school i'd dig (probably my 2nd or 3rd choice). Unfortunately, their finaid package doesn't really hold a flame to stanford (choice uno)... so I won't be matriculating.[/ul]</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted (likely) *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 730
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] GPA: weird weighting
[<em>] Rank: 1/250ish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, I did the why Duke? one
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read (probably really good)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read (probably good)
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NC
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:**[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 3 varsity sports, eagle scout, academic teams, etc.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: good grades and scores, being from NC, commitment to ECs
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm really excited. I've got to choose between Duke and Yale.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
Major Applied To: Undecided
SAT: 2300 (M: 710, CR: 800, W: 790)
SAT IIs: USH: 680, Chem: 710, Bio: 650
ACT: didn't take
GPA: 3.88 UW, 4.67 W
Rank: 2/240</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: strong i guess...nothing amazing
Teacher Recs: one really nice one, the other was solid
Counselor Rec: sincere
Hook (if any): led an effort to build a local youth center, founded a Key Club Chapter....no "hook" really
State or Country: CT
School Type: Public in Fairfield County
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Demale
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: volleyball (Captain;MVP); indoor and outdoor track (all-conference awards), Pres./Founder Key Club; Historian of Spanish Club, led an effort to build a local youth center; Leo's Club; Vice-President of Latin Club; NHS; Group Workcamp; DECA
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: my transcript and activism within my community
Other thoughts: totally unexpected....i was all prepared to choose between ND and Georgetown</p>
<p>Greetings and congratulations to those accepted to Duke University.</p>
<p>For those of you who have decided to come to Duke this fall and are interested in Duke's Focus program, I wanted to let you know about the newest Focus cluster debuting this Fall called "Prospective Health Care: The Next Health Care Transformation?"</p>
<p>Although the word "health care" is in the title, this cluster is for everyone! The core courses are Public Policy, Psychology, History and Immunology-based.</p>
<p>This Focus cluster is based on an emerging discipline known as "Prospective Health Care," which is about personalized, predictive and preventative health care. If you Google this word, you'll see that Duke is a major impetus of this movement.</p>
<p>Our Center, the Center for Research on Prospective Health Care at Duke University Medical Center, developed this Focus cluster because we are dedicated to involving undergraduates. We also started the undergrad Duke Prospective Health Care Club two years ago.</p>
<p>Check out the Focus program website and read more about our cluster.</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1440 - 2240 (Math 770, CR 670, Writing 800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math I 690, Math II 740, Biology M 730
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.63 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1 / 70
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: worked really hard on it, very unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty much listed everything I did, kinda generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): Filipino
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: parochial
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[*] going to attend? [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>Too lazy to post stats but I just want to say thank you Duke for accepting me! I love it here!</p>