***Official Duke 2015 ED Results Thread***

<p>Ok, so obviously the "d-day" (hopefully a good one) has not arrived yet, neither has the announcement of the decision day, but I just figured it would be great to have a thread open. Please only post the decisions on here...there is a separate "hopefuls" thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1021290-duke-2015-ed-applicants.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/1021290-duke-2015-ed-applicants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>good luck to all Duke ED 2015 applicants and, possibly, future blue devils!</p>

<p>WOW 10char</p>

<p>I almost threw up when I saw this lol.</p>

<p>let the games begin…</p>

<p>To format it properly, delete all the spaces that come after a bracket in both the decision and stats</p>

<p>Pick one and include either Trinity or Pratt:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ul]
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:

[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[ ] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[ ] Interview:[/ul]
[ b]Other
[ul]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul][</em>] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
[ b]General Comments:
</p>

<p>Hopefully we see a lot of green in here guys. :D</p>

<p>decisions come out Dec. 14th at 6pm…everyone get ready!!</p>

<p>One day. Bumping this so people can find it. Just saw someone else made one for ED as well, not sure which you guys want to use…</p>

<p>Bumping this one final time so it’s above the other one.
USE THIS THREAD for your stats please!
now no more posts here until decisions are released.</p>

<p>oh and good luck to you all!</p>

<p>I was officially accepted on the 9th of December!!! I graduated from a high school in NC, but im doing a post graduate year at Northfield Mount Hermon (boarding school in MA).</p>

<p>Pick one and include either Trinity or Pratt:
[ size=+4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<p>[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): AP Stats - 5, AP CompSci - 5, AP physics-5, IB Physics - 6</p>

<p>[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (18/320 at graduating school) (NMH - no rankings)</p>

<p>[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): SkillsUSA National Champion Cisco Internetworking (2010), 3rd placement at Nationals (2009) and 2x State Champion (2009,2010)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
*
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): WRESTLING!</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Reside In North Carolina, Board in MA (prep school, PG year)
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Graduated from public school, Currently attend private school
[ *] Ethnicity: African/American - Multi-racial
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wrestling!
[ b]General Comments:**</p>

<p>@lildeezul could you please fix your post…BusinessScholar said explicitly to delete the spaces inside the brackets; that way the things show up colored and formatted nicely. I fear if you are the first example, other people will follow suit tonight and it will be a bracket-y nightmare. thanks.</p>

<p>Sorry about that! how do i edit?</p>

<p>Hmm…I think there’s only a small window where you can do that…oh well it’s not a big deal haha! I’ll post mine when I find out tonight and try to do the correct formatting and it’ll all be good.</p>

<p>Alright everyone, the decisions are only a few minutes away. EVERYONE REMEMBER TO DELETE ALL THE SPACES INSIDE EVERY SINGLE BRACKET TO FORMAT IT CORRECTLY.</p>

<p>Pick one and include either Trinity or Pratt:
Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 730 Math II, 720 English, 700 United States
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s and B’s. mostly B’s
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5’s, 1 3
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: meh
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/Distinction</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective:</p>

<p>[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity Debate mainly
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Panera Bread, Burger King
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~300 hours
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Ok
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Great
[</em>] Why Duke Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[</em>] Interview: Good</p>

<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, large
[</em>] Ethnicity: ORM Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essay was really good
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA blows
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA</p>

<p>Eh.
General Comments:</p>

<p>Accepted Trinity!!</p>

<p>Im so excited! Ill add my stats later. Congrats to everyone else that got in!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred from Trinity</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* [li] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (740 reading, 780 writing, 680 math)[/li] [li] ACT: didn’t take[/li] [li] SAT II (if submitted): 740 literature, 720 Math I[/li] [li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8[/li] [li] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): most A’s and a few B’s in all IB/AP courses for all four years (the first two years were “preIB”)[/li] [li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 0.5% of district (28 out of about 4000)[/li] [li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro history (3), Microecon (4), US gov/politics (5), US history (4), Bio (3), Psych (5…self-study), Language/comp (5)[/li] [li] IB (place score in parenthesis): due to take IB diploma tests May 2011[/li] [li] Senior Year Course Load: English 4 IB, IB History of the Americas, Spanish 5 IB, Biology 3 IB, IB Stat/Differential Calc, Social Anthropology 2 IB[/li] [li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit (finalist status still pending), National Hispanic Recognition Program finalist[/li] [/list]Subjective:

[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):[/li] [li] Job/Work Experience: year working in a local Bagel shop[/li] [li] Volunteer/Community service: a lot, don’t feel like listing all[/li] [li] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about my role as president of the Unity Club in my school. It’s a unique club and one that focuses on diversity and acceptance, which obviously are things important to Duke life.[/li] [li] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about my experience on swim team and how important it’s been to me despite the fact that I wasn’t very good, hah. Sounds kinda cliche, but it actually reads a lot more creative than it sounds.[/li] [li] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): I thought my ‘Why Duke’ essay was one of the strongest parts of my app. I feel like I did a good job expressing just how passionate I am about Duke and how well the school fits my needs/wants.[/li] [li] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Waived my rights, but I’m sure they were really good.[/li] [li] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Amazing. My counselor really likes and has gotten to know me well over the years, and she wrote me a glowing rec.[/li] [li] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): I forgot to send it, ■■■. [/li] [li] Interview: It seemed to go reallyyy well.[/li]</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* [li] State (if domestic applicant): Florida[/li] [li] Country (if international applicant): USA[/li] [li] School Type: Public, around 1500 students[/li] [li] Ethnicity: Hispanic[/li] [li] Gender: Female[/li] [li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, Duke TIP(?)[/li]</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* [li]Strengths: essays, course rigor, leadership in ec’s, recommendations[/li] [li] Weaknesses: test scores (specifically math), gpa?[/li] [li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because my life freaking sucks, obviously.[/li]</code></pre>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<pre><code>* I’m really disappointed, but screw it. At least there’s still RD, I guess.
</code></pre>

<p>And sorry I don’t know how to fix the formatting.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Trinity</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didnt send.
[</em>] ACT:33 (28 writing was the worst)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):Didnt submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97 something (1 B)
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All As. AP US, AP STAT, AP Music, AP Psych, AP Econ, AP Spanish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):~10th percentile
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):5s on Stat and US
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:4 APs 2 Honors 1 Regular
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Spanish Exam… lol thats it
[/list][ b]Subjective:**

[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Jazz Band for like 3 months, my own band (i demonstrated significant impact through this), Other random things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:T-Bones/Panera
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club at my school (150 hrs, chair of several committes)[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):About my band, emphasized IMPACT and desire to create change.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About my evolution in music relating it to my general thirst for knowledge.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Didnt write a WHY DUKE essay…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):Never saw them. I chose my REGULAR english teacher because she knew me very well. Maybe that meant something?
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didnt see it
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):Saw this one. My spanish teacher. It was good but not amazing. Still good though.
[</em>] Interview: Went well and we connected but it wasnt like i got the guys cell phone number.
Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths:ACT 33? I mean its ok…, My overall strong interest and passion for music was definitely paramount in my success. It was my whole app. The recommendations must have been key as well. Academic rigor? maybe?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Awards…nearly none. not too many leadership positions<br>
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Just really ecstatic and I wish the best to all of you.</p>

<p>Yea the format template is terrible, mine didn’t work either</p>

<p>Business Scholar left out some important tags. Here’s the correct form to copy and paste. </p>

<p>Again, **remove the spaces **after each opening bracket if there’s an empty space.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**</p>

<pre><code>[ list] [ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/list][ b]Subjective:

[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[ *] Interview:[/list]
</code></pre>

<p>[ b]Other**</p>

<pre><code>[ list] [ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/list]
</code></pre>

<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>

<pre><code>[ list][ *]Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list]
</code></pre>