Official Duke 2014 ED Results Thread

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<p>Okay now i actually have time to post stats (BECAUSE IM NOT STUDYING FOR FINALS WHOOOOO)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (trinity)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 800, 800, 800

  • SAT II: 800 MathIIC, 770 Chem, 750 Bio
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
  • AP: US history (3), Physics (5), English Language (5)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AB calc, ap chem, ap french, eng honors, bioethics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Pfizer Excellence in Research award, national merit commended, AP scholar, First Place solo Abhinaya award (I’m indian)
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chem club (president), Dance, Piano, Model United Nations, Research Programs(2 of them), academic summer programs, community service, saxophone, pit orchestra for school musicals, cultural organizations, yearbook, humour publication, debate

  • Job/Work Experience: teaching indian dance to little kids
  • Volunteer/Community service: Whole Kids Outreach program, Holiday food drive, Can collections, weatherstripping
  • Summer Activities: see extra curriculars
  • Essays: dece.
  • Teacher Recommendation: English, US history
  • Counselor Rec: duh
  • Additional Rec: my research mentor from award winning project
  • Interview: at firstwatch, SO MUCH FUN, my lady was really interesting.
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?:yeah

  • Intended Major: Bio
  • School Type: college prep
  • Ethnicity: Indian
  • Gender: Female
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): i am not sure. none i guess.
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: grades, research experience

  • Weaknesses:interviewing…
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: research experience, plus my essays
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMKC, MIZZOU, wisconsin (safety schools). I would have applied to brown, harvard, yale, stanford, northwestern, johns hopkins, uchicago, washu, UNC, emory, vanderbilt
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<p>General Comments: so exxcitedddddd</p>