Official Duke 2014 ED Results Thread

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted (Pratt)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630R, 800M, 670W
[</em>] SAT II: 800 MathIIC, 730 Physics, 800 Language w/Listening
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
IB Math HL, IB Physics HL, IB English HL, IB World History SL, IB Language SL, IB Music SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: MOST demanding
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF Grand 3rd… etc. too many to list to qualify for ISEF & others
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra ensemble leader, Swimming captain, Forensics, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, Volunteer works of teaching children, Missions trips, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Working at a University Lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Every week… total of 700 hours throughout high school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Stanford EPGY, preparing for ISEF, internships, traveling
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: English, Physics
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Yup
[<em>] Additional Rec: A graduate Student
[</em>] Interview: by phone… wasn’t that long… didn’t really ask a lot of questions
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: ECE
[<em>] School Type: Prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl engineer
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: competitions & essays & IB
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT&grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Have ALOT of research experiences…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve been accepted to GTech (w/ president’s scholarship), UMich Ann Arbor, UIUC <- safety schools, Applied to MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, UPenn, Berkely, UCLA, Wellesley, Smith for regular decisions <- have to withdraw now that I got into Duke ED
[/ul]General Comments: Yay~ I can’t wait!!!</p>