<p>Finally got on through my mom's T-3 line. ACCEPTED-- Yes! Stats later.</p>
<p>Both Shrivats (my twin) and I were accepted!!! :D :)</p>
<p>Decision: Slapped in the Face!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: n/a
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Chem: 760
[<em>] ACT: 35 composite
[</em>] GPA: 3.6 UW
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: Princeton University Math Contest Winner, South Carolina ARML A Team, South Carolina All State Math Team, AHSIMC winner, and some more math stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were very good, guess Duke didn't think so
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read, probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read, probably very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Carolina resident
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South Carolina
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: East Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: 400 hours of volunteering at hospitals, nursing home, etc. 240 hours of colorectal cancer research at USC, published paper, and submitted my abstract w/ my app. Submitted artwork w/ my app.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: beats me
[<em>] Other thoughts: not that </em>*ed, since I woulda chose WashU or Yale (if I get in) over it</p>
<p>congrats everyone =]
we're about to spend the next four years of our lives as Dukies!!</p>
<p>accepted!!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=black][ b]Decision:Waitlisted**[ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>*Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT: 760M 670CR 720W
[</em>] SAT IIs:800IIC, 680USH, 600 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8/4.4
[<em>] Rank: 3/326
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Non Competative Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: A lot with leadership, nothing that unique.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: SAT Physics score, average SAT's, average EC's. (Physics really hurt because I applied to Pratt)
[] Other thoughts: Oh well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Did not take
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Spanish, 690 US History, 660 Biology M, 610 Literature
[<em>] ACT: 30, 10 Essay
[</em>] GPA: 3.9/4.25
[<em>] Rank: 4/535~
[</em>] Other stats: 4 on AP Bio and US History, 5 on Spanish</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Best I've ever written
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome I assume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Minority, poor</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Large public (5000+ students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Had a job, a lot of tutoring activities, NHS, some other things
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Minority, essays, and letters of recc.
[*] Other thoughts: Pretty happy right now, though not as exciting since I got a likely. I can't wait to see my financial aid package.</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT: 760M 670CR 720W
[</em>] SAT IIs:800IIC, 680USH, 600 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8/4.4
[<em>] Rank: 3/326
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Non Competative Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:*[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: A lot with leadership, nothing that unique.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: SAT Physics score, average SAT's, average EC's. (Physics really hurt because I applied to Pratt)
[] Other thoughts: Oh well.</p>
<p>congrats to those who got in! :)</p>
<p>Rejected: Duke
Waitlisted: WashU
Accepted: MIT, CMU, Vanderbilt, UT</p>
<p>Thaz messed up</p>
<p>**Decision: Wait listed </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1970 (630W, 730M, 610CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs:780 BIO-M 740M2C 700USH
[<em>] ACT:28 composite
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[<em>] Rank:1/569-570ish..?
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be good, my bio teacher LOVED me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Hook (if any): really involved? but not enough haha i guess
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA
[</em>] School Type: Good Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Girl
[/ul]Other Factors:*[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: 3 years Varsity XC, 4 Years Soccer, (3 JV-Captain and 1 Varsity) Varsity Track, Dragonboating, 4years MUN, Red Cross Vice President, NHS President, hospital volunteering (almost 100 hrs)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: GPA and ECs probably made up for the bad test scores, but it wasnt enough i guess.
[] Other thoughts: I'm thrilled because i thought i was rejected on the spot. haha so i guess, its better than expected.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR, 780W, 780M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Lit, 800 Phys, 800 Chem, 800 Bio E
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Different System: ISC/ICSE. (Indian): ICSE (grade 10): 96.6%, ISC (12): Predicted: 97-98% :)
[<em>] Rank:1/2 of 70
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): N/A (Doing Lang, Phys C, Calc BC, Chem, Bio through self study)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ISC: English, Physics, Math, Chem, Bio, Environmental Science
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):Ref: Stats Profile
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, Quizzing, Creative Writing, Math/Science, School Government etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Brilliant
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Brilliant
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):N/A
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):None, specifically. (Engineer who's also a debater and quizzer? Twin? :))
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Dubai, UAE. (Indian National)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):N/A
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[<em>] Strengths:Twin? Generally strong app.
[</em>] Weaknesses: (International?)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congrats to all Accepted, Good wishes to those waitlisted, commiserations to those rejected.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]</p>
<p>[li] SAT: 2220 (800 CR, 680 M, 740 W)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 770 USH, 750 Math II, 720 Lit</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: NA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 3.93 UW, ~4.25 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 3</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]</p>
<p>[li] Essays: Not really sure</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: didn't read</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: decent</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): no but low-income, first-generation, immigrant (but asian) </p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Location/Person:**[ list]</p>
<p>[li] State or Country: CA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: bad public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Viet</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other Factors:**[ list]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars: not too great</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: not so good EC's, didn't write Why
Duke essay
[</em>] Other thoughts: damn Duke was one of the few schools I wanted to go to but I'm waitlisted and now I have no hope whatsoever for tommorow's schools which are even harder to get into. Blah.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (780 M, 720 V, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Biology-Molecular, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.5W, 3.9UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 5 5's on APs (Bio, Euro History, Enviro Sci, US History, Eng. Lang.), National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were great, put a lot of work on my open-topic one especially.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I read one, it was amazing, other one I haven't looked at.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I assume good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Sent in music tapes, been playing violin and piano for 15 years and 14 years, respectively.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 14/15 years of violin/piano private study, taught self to play mandolin, flute, some guitar, etc., worked at the Hollywood Bowl, worked at UCLA and at my music school for community service...
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Passion for extracurriculars - music.
[</em>] Other thoughts: Very excited to go down and visit next month![/ul]</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (800 R, 750 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Lit, 750 USH, 740 Math2 (agh)
[<em>] ACT: nope
[</em>] GPA: 3.98/4.00
[<em>] Rank: 5/500
[</em>] Other stats: Two 5's on AP's (normal for my school)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Well, I worked hard on them...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One excellent, one good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington state
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Pretty good, but not spectacular.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Lots of leadership activities(theme of my application), pretty good SAT, GPA.
[*] Other thoughts: Yay!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul][<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT Reasoning (by section): 2170 690 R, 730 M, 750 W
[<em>] SAT Subject tests: 2270 Bio-M 780, Math II 770, Chemistry 720
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: Many Classes, only two tests taken, 4 this year
[</em>] IBs: N/A
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3 ish, 3.989
[</em>] Rank: 1-3ish/~300
[<em>] Senior Yr. Courseload: Very Heavy All AP - 4.0
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me
[<em>] Common or Duke App?: Common
[</em>] Other stats: Took all APs school offered (bio, calc, 5yrs spanish, chem, english,government) and independent studied Comparative Government/Politics (related to major)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] ECs listed on app:
US Department of State Youth Ambassador to Egypt for one month
LINC Conferences with Iraqi and Egyptian Youth in Washington DC
(I also mentioned the community outreach presentations on middle eastern conflict resloution that I did)
US Air Force Academy Summer Seminar (One week at the academy doing classes and training)
US Naval Academy Summer Seminar (One week at the academy doing classes and training)
President of the US @ National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence, and Diplomacy
US Department of Energy Science Bowl Regional Semifinalist
President of school's Scuba Club
ASB Senator
DAR Essay winner of 34 High Schools (waiting on state)
Varsity and Club Soccer 9-11
Cross Country 9-10
There are more, but those are the most important
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Focused on charactar developement/patriotism/teamwork that i experienced at the naval academy summer seminar.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): None
[</em>] Hook (if any): Cool guy :)?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Rural Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: None really
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Passionate EC's, low SATs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted or rejected: Duke is very competitive
[/ul]Other Factors:
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Duke wasn't really my first choice. I feel happy that I was so close, but I still feel a little bad that I didn't make it. If I don't make Columbia or Princeton tomorrow , I'm afraid im off to state school. Hope you guys are happy with your decisions. I didn't get mine till 4:00 because of the slow website! *</p>
<p>For those of you that are waitlisted, you still stand a good chance. While I highly doubt that there will be as many people taken off the waitlist as there were last year, some will still be taken.</p>
<p>No one knows how the LAX scandal will play out this year.</p>
<p>accepted!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR, 800W, 730M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 Lit, 770 Phys, 800 Chem, 780 Bio E
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Different System: ISC/ICSE. (Indian): ICSE (grade 10): 94.2%, ISC (12): Predicted: 97-98% :)
[<em>] Rank:4/5 of 70
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): N/A (Doing Lang, Phys C, Calc BC, Chem, Bio through self study)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ISC: English, Physics, Math, Chem, Bio, Environmental Science
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Ref: Stats Profile
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, Quizzing, Creative Writing, Math/Science, School Government etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Brilliant
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Brilliant
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):N/A
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):None, specifically. (Engineer who's also a debater and quizzer? Twin? :))
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Dubai, UAE. (Indian National)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):N/A
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[<em>] Strengths:Twin? Generally strong app.
[</em>] Weaknesses: (International?)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congrats to all Accepted, Good wishes to those waitlisted, commiserations to those rejected.</p>
<p>*Decision: WAITLISTED *</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 USH, 690 MTH2, 680LT
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA: 4.11 W
[<em>] Rank: No Rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Essays: +
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ++
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ++
[</em>] Hook (if any): None.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Small Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: Two club Presidentships, an internship, an awesome A+ fundraiser, a couple other randomthings
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[ *] Other thoughts: Showed enough interest (visited Duke all the way from CA), probably just wasn't up to snuff. A girl who applied to Duke last year from my school though got waitlisted and is there now.</p>