Official Duke 2014 ED Results Thread

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<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>

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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)
    </code></pre>

<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.
    </code></pre>

<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.
    </code></pre>

<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
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: so exxcitedddddd</p>

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<p>I was accepted! I’m so relieved, now I don’t need to spend more money and time on more apps! Congrats, to all who got accepted, can’t wait to see you guys at Duke!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted to Pratt[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M 760 CR 710 W 800
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 780 Math II, 780 Bio M, 730 US
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), US (5), Bio (5), English Lang (5), Psych (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Econ (both), AP Spanish, AP Chem
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo (Instructor for 4 years), Spanish Club (President), Engineering Club, National Honor Society, Link Crew (to help freshman)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 4 years instructing Taekwondo
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Home
[ *] Summer Activities: Working 40 hours/week
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Better than normal
[ *] Additional Rec: Great
[ *] Interview: None
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but haven’t received any.
[ *] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Top 100
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150-200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ /list]</p>

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<p>ok…so ppl w/ 18_ _ and 19_ _ and 20_ _ on their SAT’s can get accepted or at least deffered…and i cant get in even if i have family connections! w t h. screw duke. anyone who didn’t get in: it’s b/c ur too good for that school. duke is in the middle of nowhere…and the crime rate is very high. i just applied cause of family pressure. now i am free to apply and go anywhere i want to. same to all rejects like me. we are not losers. we are winners.</p>

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<p>^ 2468… did you feel like venting a little? lol heavy sarcasm</p>

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<ol>
<li> Board scores are only a fraction of Duke applications, and other areas such as grades, essays, recommendations, and ECs are at a level equivalent or above than that of SATs and ACTs. Getting denied sucks, And i’d like to wish you the best of luck in finding a college that is perfect for you.</li>
</ol>

<p>Congrats to everyone accepted, I look forward to seeing you and another 1,000 students yet to be admitted next fall!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M 650 CR 670 W 680 11 ESSAY
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: 670 LIT
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue; school only gives us our weighted so…5.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5), US (5), English Lang (5), Psych (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Language, Yearbook, Computer Graphics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience: 6 years babysitting the same girl (was with the family through a divorce and mother’s rehab stint)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: +1000 hours; +200 in foreign countries; preseident’s gold level service award
[ *] Summer Activities: Working 35 hours/week; spending a month in Costa Rica/ Fiji/ Thailand doing community service
[ *] Essays: Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good (two AP teachers)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very Good
[ *] Additional Rec: Better than teacher ones
[ *] Interview: Yes; told me Id be deferred…
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Comparative Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Top private school
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >100K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
[ /list]</p>

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<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (two year president; only 11th grader in history); Green Team (founder); Student Government (served as class president for 2 years, representative one year, and co president of all of SGA); Key Club (secretary for 3 years; recognized as top in state); Young Politicians (secretary); Mu Alpha Theta/Math Club; Yearbook (copy editor); Varsity Basketball… etc</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected =[</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 700M 670V 700W

  • ACT: 30
  • SAT II: –
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4) Chemistry (2) Calculus AB (4) Lit&Comp (3) Java (4)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, Economics, AP Lang and Comp, Spanish 4, AP Psych, AP Physics
  • Major Awards (Nationally Ranked Mathematician)
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club (President, Secretary); Student Council (Prefect); National Spanish Honor Society (Member); National Honor Society (Member), Varisty Soccer, Varsity Tennis

  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service: 500+ Hours between Hospital, Soup Kitchen, Zoo
  • Summer Activities: Duke TIP, Stanford Summer College
  • Essays: Decent
  • Teacher Recommendation: Great
  • Counselor Rec: Good
  • Additional Rec: None
  • Interview: Alex Parrish (Great Interview)
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No

  • Intended Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • State (if domestic applicant): West Virginia (You think I’d get in right?)
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Private
  • Ethnicity: Asian (No tricks)
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: 100,000+
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Legacy

  • Weaknesses: GPA
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied ED
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Rejection Sucks</p>

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<p>I was kinda excited before but I’m gonna post my stats now</p>

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

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 740R, 800M, 780W

  • SAT II: 800 MathIIC, 800 Chemistry, 750 Biology M, 700 US History
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: Physics C, BC Calc, Ap Spanish, Ap Econ, English H
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (a bunch), NHS (Treasurer), Peer Leaders, Ultimate Frisbee (co-captain), Mock Trial, Academic League, SO, FBLA, Int’l Club, Tabla, Saxophone, Tennis, some more but I can’t remember

  • Job/Work Experience: Kumon, Tutored at CCB, Coach Tennis
  • Volunteer/Community service: 3 hrs a week at hospital, 400 hr Eagle Project
  • Summer Activities: two computer science courses for credit, going to India, BSA summer camp, Eagle project, coach tennis
  • Essays: pretty good
  • Teacher Recommendation: Really good, Math, Bio
  • Counselor Rec: Really good
  • Additional Rec: Dad
  • Interview: Beasted it!
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No

  • Intended Major: BME
  • School Type: public
  • Location: NJ
  • Ethnicity: Indian
  • Gender: Male
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have an artistic side (sent supplement material)
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: SAT, EC,

  • Weaknesses: GPA
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Really good interview, lots of good ECs that make me scarce
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got into Rutgers
    </code></pre>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 710M 630V 710W
ACT: 32
SAT II: 650 Math II, 680 Chem (so bad I got a bloody nose during test haha)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% i think?
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5) Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Economics (Macro/Micro), AP Lit and Comp, AP Biology, Latin Literature Honors (The AP Catallus class that is not an AP as of this year), Honors Physics, Spanish V, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit scholar nominee, George Eastman Leadership Award, National Latin and Spanish Exam awards
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Trainee to a Professional Ballet Company (spend about 33 hours per week training and rehearsing, perform regularly with company), Latin Club (President), Math League, Spanish Club, Peer Helpers, Link Leaders,
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: About 200 Hours, Tutoring, Assisting children’s roles rehearsals with ballet company, many through Peer Helper program at my high school
Summer Activities: Ballet Intensives </p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Pretty Good, I slacked on these but definitely not bad
Teacher Recommendation: Very good I think
Counselor Rec: Decent
Additional Rec: Ballet Mistress at company I dance with, probably pretty good
Interview: Went well, not awesome but definitely well</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Dance and International affairs or Economics
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Highest available to check
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Named Trainee to a professional ballet company at age 14</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars, recommendations, Why Duke Essay
Weaknesses: SATs and ACTs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Balance of high grades and extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else because I got it was early decision, but planned to apply to Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Northwester, New York University, University of Richmond, University of Rochester, Vassar</p>

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<p>Please if you were rejected or deferred do not take your frustration out on those who were accepted. Those accepted did not personally make sure that you wern’t. The process is fair and is not wholly based on SAT scores. Yes you are most likely smart and will get into a school that is just as good. Your life is not over.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800W, 790M, 780CR
SAT II: APUSH-760, Chem-760, Math2-800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
APs: Bio 4, Chem 5, Physics Mech 5, Physics E&M 5, Calc 5, Psychology 5
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP English Language, AP Comp Science, Geosystems, Economic Theory/ Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology Lab, and AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Qualification for USAMO, 6th Highest AMC12 score in Virginia</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) at Naval Research Laboratory
Essays: Common App “Other”, SEAP paper about summer research, and Why Pratt? Did all essays the day before i submitted…
Interview: REALLY good.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: BME
School Type: Thomas Jefferson HS, Merit Based, Examination Admission
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Interview, Visual Arts Portfolio, Teacher Recs, couse weight, APs, SATs
Definitely NOT GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Did not apply. Early Decision!</p>

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<p>oh, and i guess AP Scholar, national merit, private art lessons, private piano lessons too…but i think that teacher recommendations and your overall courseload are the most important aspects
yay duke 2014!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred (Trinity) **</p>

<p>**Objective: **[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 760 R: 750 W: 740
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 740 Lit: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): bottom 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (4) Lang (5) Bio (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, post calculus math class, English electives, Physics B, the norm
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Commended, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 year president of the 2nd biggest club on campus, executive editor of 2 publications, Senior student council, tour guide, founder of debate club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a Resteraunt for the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 160 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Interned at a Harvard lab for 2 years
[<em>] Essays: one about community service, really in depth why duke, and well obviously a good research one
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really Good for one of them, and Good for the other
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very detailed considering he has 40 other people. About leadership skills
[</em>] Additional Rec: My harvard professor
[<em>] Interview: Went very well. But i didn’t have his email so I could not send him a thank you note
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ (but I go to Philips Andover)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private - top 2 schools in the country
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Research Experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred - well my grades sucked. I got a 4.0 fall term but they didn’t look at those grades. I’m not too upset though.</p>

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<p>did you really get in? I guess you dont have to have a high gpa and a 36 on the ACts to get into duke. Just have to be yourself and do really well on the essays.</p>

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<p>that was for college douch by the way</p>

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<p>neonseri <---- not a real person. join date of december 2009 convienantly a few hours before she posts this? justtttt trying to scare us people.</p>

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<p>Mikala Ferugia??? Sei un omosessuale.</p>