<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (730R, 780M, 800W) - SS from 3 sittings. 2290 from 1 sitting
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 790 Chinese, 700 US History
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.6 W
[<em>] Rank: 2/400
[</em>] Other stats: Lots of AP classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent, but nothing spectacular. Wrote the optional "Why Duke"
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see, but should be pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: should be good; I love the guy
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northwest
[</em>] School Type: Top 50 public I think
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Violin, Table Tennis, XC & track, Key Club
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I really have no idea. It seems like a lot of the guys who were waitlisted/rejected have much stronger credentials than I do. But admissions can be pretty random so I guess I got really lucky!
[li] Other thoughts: Congrats to you all and good luck to the waitlisted. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>congrats everyone!
um....i gathered my guts and logged in. and now it wont let me get past the warning thing under "view decision" -____- GAH!!!! I JUST WANNA KNOW!!!! GAHH!!</p>
<p>um OH MY GAWD.
im sry if this is annoying, but is this an acceptance or just welcoming you to the school?!</p>
<p>"Congratulations, *******!</p>
<p>We share your happiness, and we welcome you to Duke. Now the real fun begins: it's time to create your public profile, look at other students' profiles, post to our message boards, and meet students who are also headed to Duke."</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 math, 770 Reading, 740 Writing, 11 Essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 750 USH, 750 Chem
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] GPA: 4.7 ish W, 3.97 UW
[<em>] Rank: 3/540, but I should be 1/540 (debate grades screw everything up
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, etc etc. Will graduate with about 15 APs under my belt
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: One really good one about a doctor who told me I was going to die, and the other, supplementary one was actually a "canned case," which my fellow debaters would understand....
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was EXCELLENT... the other... not even close...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[</em>] Hook (if any): my parents never finished college, but this may have been counteracted by the fact that my dad makes over $100,000 a year
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California, baby
[</em>] School Type: REALLY horrible public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Debate (president, vice president, treasurer, and went to state twice), MUN (founder), AcaDec (highest scorer), Writers' Club (VP and co-founder), CSF (VP)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I also worked at the Courthouse because my dream is to eventually enter law, so I think this was unique
[*] Other thoughts: Duke was actually not my top choice (my last, actually), but I'm going to have to reconsider this. Go BLUE DEVILS!!!! MARCH MADNESS!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (800CR/800W/760M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Literature; 760 Math II; 750 US History; 740 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: Did not take
[</em>] GPA: 5.5xx on a 6.0 weighted scale (Don't know how to convert that to an unweighted, but it should be ~3.8 or so)
[<em>] Rank: 7/1088
[</em>] Other stats: 5s on AP BC Calc, English Language, World History; 4s on AP Computer Science A, US History, Spanish Language; 3 on Chemistry (it was a bad day)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty solid essays, I think. One was about a person who inspired me; I wrote about my best friend. Although, there's a pretty bad typo on my Trinity essay ("illicit" instead of "elicit")...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One should have been excellent--the man taught me US History last year and was one of my favorite teachers of all time and an AcaDec coach this year. The other was mediocre, not very personal, I don't think... not bad, but nothing outstanding.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor thinks I'm crazy. 'nuff said.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Included a Fine Arts supplement with me playing piano, which I've done for 10+ years. Also, my AcaDec team won State this year and set a few records while doing so, and I kept them updated on that.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Piano for 10+ years; Academic Decathlon (only senior year, but it's been a major part, and I think I made that apparent); Speech and Debate for first three years (nothing extraordinary there, qualified for TFA State but that's it); Art (didn't make it into my application very much)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I think I was overall a strong applicant. Also, my school has a decent record with Duke; two matriculated of the handful who were accepted. Finally, the said best friend whom I wrote my essay about wrote an "optional recommendation" for me, and it was beautifully written. Probably better than my second teacher recommendation.
[*] Other thoughts: I'm excited! This makes me feel better about being waitlisted at Rice...[/ul]</p>
<p>Yeah, I have an obnoxiously large number of people at my school. It's public, with a WHOLE range of people attending (and by that, I mean Ivy-Leaguers as well as potheads and pregnant cheerleaders)... and the only one in the town I live in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2250 (770M, 800W, 680CR... ouch...)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Bio-M, 750 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (WA doesn't weight grades)
[<em>] Rank: 1 of 295
[</em>] Other stats: 11 APs total high school career, 7 senior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Found a format and general way to write most of my essays so... meh?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: From what I heard, they were good...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good? Don't know counselor very well, she knows I'm motivated.
[</em>] Hook (if any): prolly not
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Good. Habitat for Humanity, Kiwanis, Salvation Army Bell Ringing, Key Club/NHS stuff
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: haha, for most of my college decisions, I have no idea. I wrote about musical theatre for one of my essays... Maybe SATs don't matter much... 680 CR... still unhappy bout that...
[*] Other thoughts: Congrats to admits!!!! GO BLUE DEVILS!!!! [/ul]</p>
<p>I didn't have an interview and I also was invited to the Minority Recruitment Weekend.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Chemistry
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I: 1870
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathII (650) Bio(620) Us Hist (610) I know they aren't great... I am antiSAT anything!
[<em>] GPA: 4.2
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs (including this year's): (4) US History, (3) Euro History, World History, Chemistry, Physics B, Biology, English Lit, Government
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Public Speaking, AP Govt., Graphic Communications 3,4 , Senior Productions, AP Chem, AP English Lit.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: idk?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Society of Student Leaders in Science, Academic Achievement for my HS, Bank of America Award - regional finalist(still waiting outcome of competition...). Nothing Special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Class Council - 4 years, Speech and Debate - 1 year, Senior Productions Comm Service = +300 hours
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship working in a lab for summer of 07 at The Scripps Research Institute
I work 22 hours a week at a normal job.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My passion for chemistry/internship.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I did research on proteins!:)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Below 50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen college & URM
[<em>] Strengths: Passion for Chem (evident in essays) and Internship
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of EC's
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Accepted most likely because I am a lower income hispanic female interested in chemistry. haha :P My research probably added a little padding too. My essays were amazing tho :)[/li][/ul]Other Factors: ??? General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm really happy... just anxious to hear from other schools!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2300 (760 M, 740 R, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 US, 730 Bio, 750 Math II
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.85 W
[<em>] Rank: 35/275
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average, I guess. I don't really know lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good I guess?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good I guess?
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: texas
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian - chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: music group related stuff: orchestra, choir, school musical, ensembles, etc; lit club; your basic honor societies and some other random clubs that probably weren't too important
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I'm pretty sure my rank did me in. It's ALOT higher now ... but that's no help anymore, is it? lol
[*] Other thoughts: I'm hungry, I want ice cream =P</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2270 M:800 CR:730 W:740
[ *] SAT IIs: Physics:770 Spanish:670 Math II:760
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: 3.9 UW
[ *] Rank: 8/324
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Hook (if any): not sure
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Texas
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[/list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country Team Captain, Varsity Track, President of Mu Alpha Theta, Treasurer Science Club, AIME Qualifier...
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Maybe my test scores? Not really sure. I think my EC's tied into my major (mechanical engineering).
[ *] Other thoughts: GO DEVILS!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2350 (770V 800 M 780 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800s in Bio E, Chem, Physics, Math II C, and Chinese. 760 in Literature.
[<em>] ACT:n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.96/4.32 (I'm not too sure about weighted cause our school doesn't do it)
[<em>] Rank: top 10% (no rankings either)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective: **[ul]
[<em>] Essays: last minute except main one, which was good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea (but I have really good relationships with my teachers)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): USABO
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:*[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Bio Club Prez, MUN Co-founder, speech and debate, science newsletter founding editor, FYCO section leader/MC, math and science club, research, some volunteering at hospital and through CSF
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: see hook
[] Other thoughts: I had a really bad interview (the guy asked me 1 question) so I don't think interviews count for that much of the admissions process. [/ul]</p>