<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 750 M 780 WR 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry 800; US History 800; Math II 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.28 out of 4.30
[</em>] Rank: 1/150
[<em>] Other stats: AMC 12: 115; AIME: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: The ones I wrote were good, but I didn't write the Why Duke essay.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Medical Research?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Habitat for Humanity, Medical Research, Varsity Tennis, Student Exchange Program, Science Bowl
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: High Stats and Good EC's
[</em>] Other thoughts: I won't be attending, but the likely was still nice.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350 (800V 790M 760W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800IIC, 790US, 780Chem
[<em>] GPA: ~3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: No rank. Top decile.
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction, AMC 12 118.5, AIME 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Quirky. My main essay was sarcastic.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent. One was a "best in career" type.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Humanities awards?
[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: Average public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: F</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: **</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity Cheerleading, MUN President, EIC school newspaper, Founded community service project, 1st chair in regional orchestra/school band, Science Olympiad Co-President, other stuff
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Lucky? My awards? Mostly luck.
Other thoughts: I'm soo excited to meet you guys at Duke Up Close!</p>
<p>Edit: I obviously can't figure out the format. ^_^</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chinese 780 Math 780 Biology 740 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.o UW
[</em>] Rank: 2/700
[<em>] Other stats: 8 AP: 6 5s & 2 4s, NMF NCTE Writing Award National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Amazing. Great Why Duke with Personal Experience
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One Awesome Another Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't see
[<em>] Hook (if any): Sent in an awesome Piano CD recording (state award in music) and 2 summers of research in my field of passion : biomedical engineering
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: FL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Basketball and Golf (both captains). Founder and President of Asian Club. Vice President Mu Alpha Theta and Women's Club.
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Well-rounded with great leadership qualities.
[</em>] Other thoughts: I will most probably not enroll at Duke and feel bad taking a spot.</p>
<p>Thanks. That makes me feel better because I received 3 likely letters and all of them aren't my top choices. Last week, I just got accepted to one of my top choice and two more top ones are coming out this week, so it's too late to withraw any applications.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2080
SAT IIs: 790 (Math II), 750 (US HIST) 620 (Physics...haha, bombed that one!)
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.98 UW
Rank: 24/478
Other stats: 9 AP classes through high school, 4's and 5's so far
Essays: Unique. Witty and sarcastic. Spent A LOT of time on them
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Basic, I guess
Hook (if any):
State or Country: GA
School Type: Regular public high school
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
Gender: Female
Extracurriculars: 3 years of Varsity Basketball, 3 years of Varsity Track, officer in Key Club and FCA, member of BETA, NHS, Habitat, and Red Cross, National Hispanic Scholar, Editor of school newspaper, been published in local magazines/newspapers
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: A lot of unique activies, work at a vet, volunteer through local shelters, foster and adopt dogs on my own, etc
Other thoughts: Debating between Duke and Wake right now, oh the decisions..</p>
<p>Shows that you definitely don't need perfect scores to get in =] stand out!</p>
<p>Yeah, Forest, that's just how college admissions works. <em>shrug</em> I've got at least five schools ahead of Duke on my list (all of which I'll find out about this week), but, hey, if you don't end up taking the spot, perhaps you're giving someone on the wait list a shred of hope.</p>
<p>The thing is, you're not taking someone's spot at all. Duke sends out more acceptances than there are spots in the freshman class--they expect a lot of people to turn down the acceptance. That way, they can afford to reject or waitlist anyone they don't want to come. Because the possibility of you turning down Duke has already been factored into admissions--they won't even have to go to the waiting list (maybe a couple waitlistees but not dozens). So, your decision to go to Duke or not won't really have an effect on anyone else.</p>
<p>i'm international and the decision release time for me is 6.30am. which means that i have to stay up the entire night refreshing the duke page. and then rejoice/brood for 20 minutes and set off for school... almost 4 more hours left...</p>